18 month sleep regression....

The 18 month sleep regression hit our household....the one all my mommy friends have been telling (crying to) me about. I had my fingers crossed it will bypass us all together or not be as bad as I have heard (4-6 weeks without sleep sounds painful). Well, as we all know you don't always get what you wish for!!!  Mason turned 17 months and the regression began (leave it to him to be slightly ahead of the game). At first we were experiencing waking up in the middle of the night to him screaming (brutal but we can handle this) it has now morphed into Mason refusing to go to bed, nap or lay down for that matter. He is doing most of his sleeping sitting up and the other portion laying next to me (gasp, so creating a bad habit with this one but we have to get some sleep). This morning he got up at 4:30am and Mason was ready to rock in roll. He is a mess (it isn't even 8am yet) and we are trying to be as patient as possible on such little sleep. I have to say I'm exhausted but it's like my body knows how to handle the lack of sleep and is allowing me to function a bit. Even with the ability to function (somewhat) I am finding this so frustrating! Mason has always been a good night sleep and easy to put down. He knows the drill and totally understands what we are saying which makes this different from his infant days. We are all doing the best we can! We know our little guy needs his sleep but we also know the 18 month sleep regression is very much real and there is little we can do but muddle through. 

Here are a couple pics of Mason sleeping sitting up. Wish us luck: