I’ve literally made this post 3 times now and every comment has said it’s sleep regression, hell at one point I thought it was myself. But at this point there’s no way it’s sleep regression, and when I tell you I’m out of options I genuinely don’t know what more I can do.
I haven’t slept in my bed in almost 2 weeks, I’m exhausted, and honestly and little frustrated even though I shouldn’t be.
My lo will not go to sleep in her crib. She’s a year old, we do white noise and a shh noise, we’ve done both since she was born. But literally since the day she turned one she will not let me lay her in the crib.
She will fall asleep while nursing ( and no putting her down while drowsy doesn’t work) I’ll hold her for a couple more mins, I’ll stand up I’ll walk her to her crib, all while sleeping. But the second I lay her down she’s instantly up and screaming. I need sleep, I need to sleep in a bed. I don’t know what more to do and I need someone to tell me something bc this isn’t working.
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I would be frustrated if this was happening to me too, so no judgement from here. When my boy was having this same issue, all I did was give him a bath at night and it worked. Can you try that? Who knows, it might work.

Sorry to say but it probably is sleep regression. It can last 2-6 weeks. Sometimes less sometimes more. My little one went through a sleep regression around 11 months. It was hell! For a good month she would stay up until anytime between 2 and 4 in the morning. I thought something was wrong with her...I mean I guess there kind of was... teething, leaps, so many things happening. I feel like 10-12 months a lot is happening within their little bodies and brains. They are learning to walk, talk, teeth are coming in, just so much happening so yes sleep regression is %100 possible around this time. Sleep regressions tend to happen between the 11-13 month age. Of course if you every think something is wrong medically talk to a pediatrician but if not try to take it easy on yourself. If you can take some space from baby. Have someone help take baby off your hands during the day to help so maybe you can get a nap in. I hope this will all pass quickly for you. Also want to apologize for the incredibly long comment.

Have you tried laying her down on her stomach instead of on her back ? That helped me !

I've heard that white noise can sometimes trigger a babys fight or flight and make it hard for them to sleep, maybe try a different sound thats similar? The sound of a dryer is what we switched to and it's considered brown noise, i hope this helps and i hope you are able to sleep in your bed soon, you're doing great mama 💕

I’m so sorry you’re going through this. I was in a pretty similar situation not that long ago, mine hates the crib and she is a stage 5 clinger. We can get her to nap in her crib during the day but struggle really bad at night. I will say consistently is key you gotta do the same thing every night at the same time. Some tips I can offer, try putting a heating pad on the crib and take it away about 5-10 mins before you put her down. Gives her the same warmth as mama and it’s definitely helped us.if possible opt into a floor bed sometimes babies hate the crib walls. Introduce a thin blanket, not ideal at 12 months but just make sure it’s breathable like muslin. Also maybe try putting her down 30 mins later or at least a whole lot sleeper. Hopefully one of these things help and remember this will pass

Is she walking? When my daughter did something similar to this and it lasted about 2 1/2 weeks it was when she started walking. It was really rough but it passed. I just stuck it out, did our normal routine and made sure she knew sleep was happening in her crib. At 1 I also introduced a stuffed animal for her to cuddle since it’s now safe, have you tried that?

Is cosleeping an option?

Are you doing a nightly bath time routine? I’d be exhausted too mama! But maybe try some relaxing lavender in bath and set up a routine and that might trigger her to think it’s bed time. We started this at a young h age and as every baby is different, our but guys sleeps thru the night.

I’ve also had luck with putting my daughter down on her side and rolling her to her stomach. If she stirs we’ll pat her butt (sometimes pretty aggressively lol) and put my hand on her back while shushing and it would work to get her to sleep.

I could have written this post myself. It’s been 3 weeks of this and I’m just at a loss. Hoping it gets better soon bc I miss my bed 🥲