10 Month Old Sleep Regression?

I would say the reason this is happening all of a sudden is that separation anxiety has begun. It starts around 9 months and peaks between 11 - 13 months, so you're definitely in the time frame for that. When he wakes up and doesn't know where you are, it is upsetting at this stage of development. You're going to have to be patient and help him through this time. I believe that crying-it-out methods when they are going through the separation anxiety stage could be damaging. Go to him before he gets upset, and you may be able to quickly rock him back to sleep. It will get better, I promise!

This is a period of lots of cognitive development and milestones, that often lead to interrupted sleep. My 2-yr-old went through the same thing around that time. Good sleep will come and go through this time, but by 11 mos or 12 mos they seem to be over it. Good luck!

How has his napping been. If he has not been napping well or having a shift in his nap pattern this could be why. Also maybe try putting him to bed a little earlier. These two things have worked well for me in the past. If you create a sleeping log for a few days you will see what the pattern is and how you can fix it. Log time & how they went down and how long they slept and how they woke up. Good luck

I'm not sure if your situation is this, but here's my 2 cents:

My kids are a little older now (6 and 8), but what I finally realized when they were little is that just as you get used to something, it changes! Especially in the baby/toddler stage - and especially with sleep! Things would be great for a few months, and then one day/night the routine would change. OR things would be not so good and finally things would calm down and a new routine was set.

All I can say is hang in there and it will get better again! Routines change and we adjust. I hope this helps.

Totally normal. Sometimes they get stuck standing up too. They are trying out their new skills! It passed pretty quickly with my son. Good luck!

He may actually be waking up hungry, my son did not sleep thru the night without a feeding or two until he was 15 mths or so. And he still occasionally will wake up thirsty or a little hungry and a glass of milk will fill that void and let him go back to sleep until morning. Childrens sleep patterns change ALL the time. My oldest son who is now 3 has taken to only sleeping 7 hours at night :( , I am HOPING this changes.....but that's all he needs right now apparently.

Good luck, I would try getting up, giving him a bottle right away and seeing if he goes back down and falls alseep. If he drinks the whole thing, after a week, try giving him a little less in the bottle, than go down to half a bottle, than 1/4, than maybe just pat his back until he falls asleep, etc. Until he sleeps all the way thru again.

good luck
K.

usually when kiddos make some kind of developmental jump they process it in their dreams. regression is the right word for it! when he's standing in his crib he might not know how to sit down or is maybe afraid to let go.
whatever the reason, when he wakes up crying he needs reassurance from you.

if you help him lie down and pull up a chair, sit down, then rub his back or keep some kind of touch on him until he goes back to sleep he won't expect a bottle or to get out of his crib.

and yes, there will be times you end up crashing in the chair and then waking yourself up with that wicked neck snap!

Hi J.,

My daughter is 11 months old now. She sleeps through the night, but about 1 1/2 months ago, we started having problems putting her down to sleep at night and she started waking up in the middle of the night. It lasted only for a week or two. I read on the webiste (I forgot which one) that they go through this phase aound this time. Hopefully that's what your baby is going through and he will be back to being a good sleeper in no time.