u/Low_Relative9021

MY ISSUE AT THE END!

Current ish but working on transitioning:
DWT: 6:30am
Bedtime: 7:30pm
11 hours night sleep
Bedtime routine: bath every other night, lotion, pjs, bottle, story(s), singing, sleep
Ferber trained-ish (still working on it) he generally sleeps pretty well
Approx ww’s: 2/2.5/2.5/3
Totalling 10 hours wake time

As of today working on transitioning to 2.25/2.5/2.75/3 to work on extending ww’s as he turns 6 months in a few days

Naps have been working well consistently 1hr 15 mins for the first two and 30 mins for the last one totalling an age appropriate 3 hours of day time sleep

MY ISSUE RIGHT NOW: today’s first nap was 1hr 20 mins, second nap was only 30 mins as we were out and about, normally he sleeps well on the go but he woke up and wouldn’t go back to sleep

Do I keep the last nap only 30 mins to preserve sleep pressure tonight?

OR do I give him extra time for the last name (45-60 mins?) to prevent him being over tired for tonight’s sleep?

Hi! My baby will be 6 months old in five days. I’m trying to figure out where to start with adjusting his wake windows / nap lengths. Where do you start when adding more wake time? Which naps is it best to subtract time from?

He used to wake for one night feed between 2:30am and 4am, but those have kind of stopped, but we’re currently struggling with EMWs between 4:45am and 5:30am, most times I can feed him and get him back to sleep but sometimes it takes 30 or so minutes for him to fall back asleep, then he’ll sleep until 7 ish (which is kinda nice for me, but throws off our schedule a bit)

DWT: 6:30am
Bedtime: 7:30pm
11 hours night sleep
Bedtime routine: bath every other night, lotion, pjs, bottle, story(s), singing, sleep
Ferber trained-ish (still working on it) he generally sleeps pretty well
Approx ww’s: 2/2.5/2.5/3
Totalling 10 hours wake time

His first 2 naps are usually 1hr 15 mins (give or take, I’ll adjust the second one accordingly) and 3rd nap 30 mins
Totalling 3 hours day sleep

I think my schedule / timings are all pretty spot on for 5 months old, so if anyone has any suggestions for how to combat the EMWs I’d appreciate that!

Plus, looping back to my original question, what’s the best way to make tweaks to the ww’s and naps to transition him to a more age appropriate schedule for 6 months old?

TIA!

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Hi! 5.5 months old. Ugh I’m struggling. After the regression I thought we found such a good groove with sleep, but now we’re facing fighting naps and EMWs and I’m not sure where I’m missing the mark with his schedule

DWT: 0630, bedtime: 1930

2/2.5/2.5/3

Nap 1 and 2 are approx 1 hr 15 mins, nap 3 is 30 mins, totalling 3 hours day sleep, 10 hours awake, approx 11 hours night sleep which seems like the textbook perfect set up for his age

Guy is fighting naps (he does put himself to sleep, but I have to go in once or twice to settle him before he does)

He goes down easy at night, drowsy but awake after his feed. He sleeps from approx 7:30pm (sometimes 7:15, sometimes 7:45 depending on timing / naps through the day) and our nights only have 2 wakes max, looking like:

- sometimes wakes around midnight and just needs resettling, back to sleep within 5-10 mins

- sometimes wakes any time between 2am and 4am for a feed

- sometimes both; sometimes neither

- but lately, I’d say 8/10 of the last nights, he wakes around 5am seemingly ready to party. It feels so close to DTW that I try to just settle him and avoid feeding / fully waking, but lately I’ve been giving in and feeding him, which will result in going back to sleep until 6:30 or 7, but it takes him a while to get back to sleep (maybe 20-30 mins) If I DONT feed him, he’ll fuss and stir and toss and turn and whine for approx 45 minutes - 1 hour before falling back to sleep

Maybe this isn’t an issue at all? I don’t mind doing a feed at 2, 3, 4am, but the 5am wake ups where he takes forever to go back down is what I’m trying to get help with

Is there somewhere I should be making tweaks in our schedule? Should I be approaching the night wakings (if they happen) differently?

I’m also mindful that he’ll be 6 months shortly and the schedules / wake windows could be approaching a change, so I’m willing to start transitioning the schedule in a way that’ll make those changes easier if anyone has insight on how to go about that?

Thanks in advance for reading my novel!!!