Your baby had been sleeping so well, you honestly thought you’d cracked it. You even wrote down the exact 10-step routine that worked like magic… and then suddenly, everything changed.

Now they’re up every hour.
Naps last about 17 minutes.
And bedtime feels more like a workout than a wind-down

Sleep regressions, or progressions, as I like to call them, are usually tied to big developmental leaps. Your baby’s brain and body are learning new skills, and sleep can just go a bit wonky.

Some babies breeze through them, others get completely thrown off. And while a little sleep chaos is part of the first-year package, that doesn’t mean you can’t make it easier on both of you.