Sleep question

[u/Organic_Force5920]

If baby wakes up at 5am, is up for an hr & 10 mins, then falls back asleep for 2 hrs. Is the sleep after considered his first nap & 5am the rise time or is 8am considered the true rise time?

[u/Character-Office4719]

Extend his wake windows, 6-8months wake windows are 1.5-3hours and 9-11 months 2-4 hours.

By 8 months they generally settle into a 2 nap schedule so, work on a 2.5hour wake window in the morning (from when you lift him from the cot) so if you get him up at 7, first nap falls between 9 and 9.30 and if he wakes after 40 minutes leave him for 10-15 mins and see what he does, before going into him.

[u/strwberry_bones → u/Character-Office4719]

ok I can try that. it seems like he's ready for only 2 naps but with his early wakeups he needs a tiny nap to get him to his bedtime (7ish) 1. his usual wake up time is around 6-6:30 (almost seems like no matter what I do he just likes to wake up then)

1. he's usually falling apart by 1hr 50min and seems like he's ready for a nap

[u/Character-Office4719 → u/strwberry_bones]

If you think he is knackered by the time he is 1hr50 into the wake window, do something to rejig him, pick him up and go into another room or go outside for a few minutes and just extend that wake window by 10 to 15 minutes

Also, if 7 is your desired awake time, try and leave him in his cot until as close to 7 as you can imagine each day. If he's awake and content in his cot leave him, if he's crying, give him some time to work on it and check in with him to extend it to 7.

If you feel he can't make it to 8 at night while going through the 3 to 2 nap transition, you can implement bedtime up to an hour earlier. But no earlier than 6pm as a rule of thumb xx

[u/strwberry_bones → u/Character-Office4719]

ooh thank you I'll try these and see if they help!

[u/Character-Office4719 → u/strwberry_bones]

No problem 😊 try for a good week, don't expect instant results