Sleep problem at 18 months

Hi mamas! I sleep trained my kid around 4 months and it went really well. He has been sleeping in his crib in our bedroom (except for few days when he'd be sick/teething/travelling and we'd co sleep). He is 18 months now.

Since last one week he doesn't sleep when I put him in bed, calls out to me and goes to sleep only after I pat him in my own bed and transfer to crib. He then later wakes up in the night and would only sleep in our bed. Seems like he has developed a preference for co sleeping.

Context: I weaned him from EBF at 12 months to only two sessions (pre bedtime & morning). I decided to drop it to just one session last week and then this happened. Restarting it hasn't helped.

Do I need to sleep train again? CIO at this age feels harder than the 4 month one. Is it simply 18 month regression? Teething? (Dont spot anything) weaning issue? Co sleeping preference?

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Whenever this happens to us we do the CIO for about 10 minutes and it basically resets him. He’ll sleep through the night until something like teething starts again.

Thanks Susan! Sounds reassuring, I have attempted that for the nap today. Hope it works for bedtime 🤞

My son had just started sleeping in his own bed in his own room and now sleep regression and teething is hitting hard. He has a temp of 100.4 and is very clingy where I can’t put him down or he starts crying. I’m just giving him all the cuddles cus I know this won’t last forever

My son has co slept pretty much since he came home. He has slept through the night since about 8 weeks or so. He is going through a sleep regression and it’s sooo hard. I just had twins so it’s been rough. He’s still in bed with me, we do our usual little routine. It he didn’t fall asleep til 2 am the other night. He didn’t even whine much he just couldn’t fall sleep. My son does have a tooth coming in but he had 5 teeth come in at once and he was the happiest kid ever lol.

Yes the cuddles are so heartwarming, just dont want to ever give up! He did get fever. I retried sleep training it is working when he wakes up in between. But bedtime has now consistently become me lying down with him. I love it but I also know it wont be sustainable. Maybe just a good problem to have lol

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences! Sometimes probably we just need to know we aren't alone :)

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