18 month sleep regression?

Question

My son hasn’t been a good sleeper for awhile now and I am interested to see if anyone else is going through this.
He wakes throughout the night, every night screaming and wanting to be held. He’s basically 100% up but extremely cranky. 
I know there is a 18 month sleep regression, but I really can’t remember when he used to sleep through the night at this point. 
Today, my husband & I decided we are buying everything and trying everything because we do not know what to do anymore. Books, different sound machines, light projectors, sleep sacks, ANYTHING. I heard a few good things about the Hatch (sound machine, lighting system) and the nested bean sleep sack. Anyone have luck with these?
I am just interested to see if this is common right now and if anyone else in Sept babies is going through this. Or, if we’re the only ones and need to look into other help. 
Thanks in advance!

Answer

Mine did. We ended up having to employ cry it out. It breaks my heart, but it was the only way we got her sleep trained. She was sleeping solidly through the night, no issues by day 3. 
It breaks your heart, but what I did to make it easier was tell myself that I was teaching her a skill. She had to learn to put herself to sleep and the only way for her to learn it was to do it, without me interfering.
We do 10 minute segments, so cry for 10 minutes, go in and calm down, repeat until asleep. Usually takes at max 30 minutes.

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My son has been a great sleeper and he skipped all sleep regressions...until a few weeks ago! He would wake up crying around 2am. I let him cio for about 15 min but he just got louder so I went in and checked on him. He wanted to get up and play! I thought he was hungry so I gave him a banana...the next night he woke up again and asked for a banana!  After reading online about the 18 mo sleep regression, I made sure to stop introducing new bad habits! The third night, I went in and calmed him down briefly, but didn’t turn on his night light or talk to him, or take h out of the crib. A few nights of this and he has been back to sleeping through the night.

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Mine did after my husband traveled for work and returned. It was like he just needed to know we’d be there in the morning. He travels again in 3 weeks, and I’m not looking forward to it happening again. 
We went through a phase where he was waking up at specific times and I realized it was too cold in his room. So we got a space heater and after a few nights he was crying just a little later than the times he had been crying. Turned out when the heat kicked on finally for the rest of the house, it was getting too warm for him. Lighter pjs under his sleep sack and readjusting the whole house temps/ schedule, and he wasn’t waking up screaming. 
Now my LO wakes up at random times through the night, but rarely yells. Mostly talks to the babydoll in his crib, reads a book that’s in there or talks to himself. I think sometimes it’s due to gas, and others he’s just sort of brain dumping his day.

18 month sleep regression?

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