Surviving the 18 month sleep regression (just!)
Unfortunately, this post will not make your baby sleep through the night or solve all of your sleep regression problems, but I hope that it will help you feel like you're not alone and suggest ways to settle your baby, so the awake times are as calm as they can be. 2017 was the year that launched one hundred milestones, and it was a triumph of wonderful and magical chaos as we embarked on our first full year of parenthood. We had first solids, first holiday, first haircut, first steps and first overnight away from each other, and of course Rose's first birthday! It was wonderful and we navigated the unchartered waters with a mixture of fear and excitement, surviving by taking each day at a time, including my first day back at work! So now we are nearing the 18 month mark and parenthood is starting to get really fun, we can play chase, try and have little garbled conversations, Rose has a wicked sense of humour and so there are a lot of laughs and she continues to LOVE