🔁 Sleep Regressions
4-month, 8-month, 12-month, 18-month, 2-year — what causes each, how long they last.
The 4-Month Sleep Regression: Why It's Actually a Maturation
It's 3 a.m. and your baby — the one your in-laws kept calling "such a good sleeper" — has woken up for the fourth time tonight. Two weeks ago, she was doing four-hour stretches. Now it's every 90…
The 8-10 Month Regression: Object Permanence and Separation Anxiety
It's 2 a.m. and your baby — who had, against all odds, started sleeping in four- or five-hour stretches — is screaming like you've vanished off the face of the earth. You haven't changed anything. No…
The 12-Month Sleep Regression: Walking Wakes Them Up
It's 3 a.m. and the baby monitor lights up. You watch, bleary-eyed, as your almost-toddler pulls to stand in the crib, takes a few lurching steps against the rail, sits down hard, and starts crying.…
The 18-Month Regression: When Bedtime Becomes a Power Struggle
It's 8:47 pm. You've done the bath, the books, the song — the same routine that worked beautifully three weeks ago. Now your 18-month-old is standing in the crib, red-faced, hurling their lovey onto…
The 2-Year Regression: Nightmares Begin
It's 2:47 a.m. and your two-year-old is screaming for you — not the hungry newborn cry you survived before, but something new: "Monster! Monster!" You rush in, and they're sitting up, eyes wide, arms…
Is It a Regression or Is Something Wrong? When to Call the Pediatrician
It's 3 a.m. and your baby — who was finally, *finally* sleeping in four-hour stretches — is screaming every 45 minutes like a car alarm with no off switch. You've checked: no fever, no rash, diaper…