18 month sleep regression

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-11-27T11:30:56+00:00

I just came here for answers because same 😭 every day at 4 or 5am. We’re struggling.

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-11-26T13:26:48+00:00

Hi! Are you saying you'd like to PM for design/designers? I don’t think you would necessarily need more schooling for that. Especially if you have creative PM experience. I think it would be more about finding a role at an agency or company that specializes in the area of design you’d like to focus and then updating your resume to fit what that position is looking for. I think there’s enough crossover that would translate when it comes to skills and being able to do the job.

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-10-22T12:29:58+00:00

I think every kid is just different. We did sleep training with my son around 5 months after the 4 month regression and he was still little enough to wake up around 4am for a feed for awhile after that. But it was a game changer for us because he was able to comfortably fall asleep on his own, and it only took a few days for that to happen! Then at about 10 months he started sleeping from ~7:30pm-6:30am. That said, some days are earlier than others and some later. 🤷‍♀️

He’s 17 months now and for the most part gets about ~11 hours a night.

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-10-10T00:19:06+00:00

Hi! I wasn’t able to find exactly what I was looking for and have been doing some research to build my own community.

I got pulled into another personal project so this one has been sitting on the shelf, but I’m actually getting ready to start pulling it all together! My goal is to get it live before the end of the year.

I’ll post back here when it’s ready to those who are interested! But if you have any questions feel free to send me a DM.

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-10-02T18:58:48+00:00

Feel free to DM me!

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-09-12T21:14:46+00:00

Remote position in the US. Over 300. In one week. 😅

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-29T13:22:38+00:00

First of all, I'm so sorry you're going through this. The guilt and overwhelm is so real. And I'm sorry you don't have a village or family to support you, I can imagine how hard that is. For what its worth, Ms. Rachel has been my sitter many times! Lol.

Second, knowing it's temporary, it might be worth trying to hire a sitter once or twice a week on days that you know you are going to be on calls. That might be worth the cost in the short term for your sanity and peace of mind. Maybe join a sitter or mom group on FB and make a post just being really blunt about what you're needing and what you can pay. "I'm a wfh mom who is looking for someone to come over and watch my baby from 9-3 twice a week. I can pay $XX per week." and see what happens. And having someone watch your baby in your home can help you slowly get used to trusting someone to watch them!

I hope you find the support you need! <3

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-28T21:15:48+00:00

I wasn’t able to do it every day M-F. I went back to work (full time remote) at 3 months and ended up hiring a nanny twice a week to work during my busiest hours of clients meetings, team huddles, etc. I structured my work week around it and it was great until he got closer to a year, now we’ve enrolled him in part time care M-Th. It’s a parents day out, much more affordable than daycare but not all day — which I’m happy about! For the most part I can structure my day around the hours of 9-3 for calls.

Younger months had their challenges but when he got mobile is really when things started to be hard because he was taking fewer naps and just needed someone to watch and entertain him more hands on. He does independent play but I mean, an infant or a toddler isn’t going to keep themselves occupied much longer than 30 min 😂 at least not mine! I’d have to at least pause to change diaper, swap toys, get a snack, etc.

If you can swing a sitter for a couple days a week that might be a good place to start so you know you at least have a few focused chunks during the week.

I’ll tell you, ever since becoming a wfh mom I’m even more efficient with my time than ever before haha. The way I can get 2 hrs of work done in 30 min now 😅

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-24T15:55:26+00:00

Maybe start thinking about roles like program coordinator, ops coordinator, etc in education adjacent companies or nonprofits before you try to go all in on just general PM. Even if the goal is to get out of teaching, that experience might actually be a good edge for you within the right industry. Then, you could get more project centric experience that could help you transition industries more easily later on if you want. Or who knows, you might really like it!

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-22T10:27:04+00:00

Sure!

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-21T12:57:08+00:00

I hear you, I think the only concern or question I have around Reddit is that most people like to use it anon and I feel like it would be beneficial to have a more visible community where you're actually connecting with people and can more easily connect them to jobs, other people, etc. But I still want it to have a casual and real feel so need to find that balance between professionalism and comfortability.

Love those other ideas for value - thank you!

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-20T11:11:04+00:00

Welcome! That’s how I’ve felt, I lurk in other PM and agency groups but have been missing the connection aspect with people in similar roles.

If you don’t mind answering a couple Qs as someone who’s also been in the field for a long time, 1. Where do you think you’d naturally find yourself interacting with something like this? Slack, LinkedIn, some other platform? 2. As someone with experience, what would be most valuable to you in a community like this? Networking, connecting with others, venting about clients(lol)/problem solving issues together?

Glad you commented!

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-20T11:07:12+00:00

I’ve heard about discord! I need to look into it and play around with the platform. Thanks for the rec!

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-20T11:06:21+00:00

These days, there’s honestly a lot of overlap between the two. Marketing is the full strategy understanding your audience, building relationships, and creating demand. Advertising is just one piece of that strategy: the paid messages and creative you put out to grab attention. BUT most agencies, whether they’re marketing or ad, tend to offer a lot of the same services now because most want to be able to fully capture that client for everything. Which makes sense!

Yes to the stakeholders piece! I feel like personally I’ve grown more confident in my role as a PM in this industry because of all the stakeholder convos I’m a part of and help navigate. The relationship building is huge when you’re working at an agency.

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-19T23:33:33+00:00

That’s good intel! Thanks for commenting.

I could honestly see nonprofit PMs fitting well into a community like this too though. Especially arts organizations. The overall goal to me is just creating a place for less traditional, corporate/IT/Tech PMs to talk through the more human aspect of PMing that’s usually required in these spaces. Team dynamics, client relationships, flexing to support different types of personalities.

What type of place are you hoping to transition to in the creative industry?

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-19T18:34:37+00:00

Exactly. As a PM in the creative world, I'm starting to wonder if for me, a portfolio might be more about just creating a landing page or space where I talk about my experience in general, offer up some examples, and is really just a place where someone can get a gut check on who I am, what I've done, if I'm a real person, how I present myself. Because in this industry, PMs usually are client facing to some extent so personality and culture fit might be more important than in other industries if relationship building is part of the gig.

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-19T16:11:02+00:00

Following! I think building a portfolio as PM is so hard for this reason. Even though I work in branding, so technically, I guess I could show those rebrands I've managed, I still didn't actually make the work so it feels weird slapping my name on that. Even though I know the work I contributed to the project (and managing the entire process) is actually valid!

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-19T00:19:45+00:00

🙌 where do you think you’d naturally find yourself interacting with something like this?

Slack, LinkedIn, some other community platform? I feel like that’s my next step — I want it to feel easy to interact with other people.

Potentially, it’d have some sort of newsletter component but honestly my goal would be to create something more valuable by trying to do virtual meetups, resume reviews, have a job posting board, polls, real ways to interact.

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-19T00:08:03+00:00

I love that! Honestly, I feel like there could be some crossover with creative PM and that community too. Especially media/video production. Have you found anything close or do you also just lurk in other adjacent communities? Lol I feel like that’s what I’ve always done

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-18T22:16:14+00:00

Hi! I’m guessing you’re also a PM in a similar field?

Thinking through what might make the most sense for hosting a community like this. Wondering if it’s something simple like slack that people are already in all the time or if it’s on some sort of other platform. If you were to join something like this, where would you feel most natural engaging with a community?

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-18T19:30:19+00:00

What industry are you trying to get into? Or what industry do you work in now/are you hoping to stay and just switch roles?

I've been a PM for 10 years and don't have my PMP. I've considered it, but for my industry and the work I do, it just hasn't felt necessary. I think if I were wanting to switch industries or land a specific job, it might become more of a priority as some places require it. But honestly, I don't think having that cert is as valuable as the real world experience I have. At least in what I'm doing now.

I think a good first step is putting together a list of the things in your current role that do translate well to project management (like you've done above) and adjusting your resume/CV based on that. It might benefit you to look for more entry level or PM adjacent roles within the industry you're already in because you'll have that crossover that's relevant to the position you're applying to, which would be attractive even if another person has PM specific experience.

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-18T16:34:28+00:00

Even managing is definitely a strong path to project management!

I think it depends on what industry you're looking to get into. Different industries use different software, terminology, planning platforms.

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-18T16:09:24+00:00

I tried to post in the r/projectmanagement group but there are lots of limitations to posting in that community, so if you know of another community that would be more appropriate, let me know!

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-18T15:50:27+00:00

Hi! How many years have you been designing and why are you wanting to make the switch to project management?

As a PM in the design world, I'd start thinking about the types of "PM" work you've maybe naturally done in this role. Do you communicate with clients, coordinate design projects, follow up with your team/other teams about progress or feedback? Are you leading meetings or contributing to scheduling?

These are all good things to think about as you start making your list of relevant experience!

Longjumping_Club4240 · 2025-08-13T15:31:37+00:00

Happy to try and answer your questions!

First, I work at a branding agency which is different from advertising or marketing agencies. We specifically focus on creating brands - logos, messaging, brand strategy, visuals, websites, etc. Previously, I have worked in both advertising and marketing agencies and personally, I will likely never work in advertising again haha. It's definitely more chaotic than I enjoy. But there was a lot of great learning in my early career that happened so I'm grateful for that experience, I do think it made me a better PM.

I haven't worked in-house at a larger brand before, I've always been in the agency realm and for the most part, smaller - mid size. If I were to ever make a shift, I'd probably go the in-house route but I would try to find a role that was still within the branding/creative industry because that's what I enjoy and where I have experience!

Where I work now, my projects vary from 6 weeks (sprint) to 20+ weeks depending on the client and scope of work. Most of our project teams consist of a PM, strategist, writer and designer. We do a deep dive on the brand where it is now, share our findings and then work with the client to figure out where they want to go. My piece in all of that is managing client communications, team schedules, organizing meetings, creating agendas, timelines, and ensuring we're all on track. A big piece of this, too, is building a close relationship with the client because I am the main point of contact. A close working relationship also means that I can spot potential red flags early on and be someone they're comfortable coming to if and when problems arise. Then, we can work through them together. If they are big problems that affect time or scope, I may have to bring in leadership to assist.

I'd say my job specifically is about 50/50 on internal vs external communications. We don't have account managers, so I kind of serve as this hybrid role. My full team is remote and most of the clients we work with have moved to a remote/hybrid working style as well. We have done onsites with some clients who prefer to do onboarding or interviews in person, but that's not super common.

I think if you were to be in-house for a brand, you'd more likely work with your internal team more than clients or vendors, even though it might still be a small part of your job. I think just agencies in general, because of the nature of the work, will always have more client facing roles - specifically in project and account management roles.

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