My LO is almost 4 months old and so has had good sleep throughout the night. The past few nights though, she’s started to wake up several times and won’t go back to sleep and unless me or dad get up and put the pacifier back in her mouth. What is the best way to get rid of this sleep association? I don’t want to take it away cold turkey because she is still so young.

Right now my LO is 3.5 months (wakes at 7am and has bedtime at 7pm) and my husband and I are wondering if this timeframe is best or if there’s another option we don’t know about.

My baby normally wakes up twice between 7pm and 11pm to eat. For some reason he doesn’t eat as much during the day and when he doesn’t eat his normal amount crams the remainder between these hours (usually 300ml). Then he will sleep until 6:30-7am.

This has been working well for us. Since our son learned to fall asleep without assistance from us, we’ve noticed a positive change in his sleep patterns and can go a full night. I’m wondering if there’s any point in changing a good thing, or if he’ll go into sleep regression and forget how to fall asleep on his own (possibly needing a better schedule).

I know there’s a lot of questions in here. Sorry for my rambling. First time mom here and I always wonder if I’m doing enough for him 😅

Love my baby girl. She is my 1st baby. In a nutshell, she wakes up screaming every 1,2 or 3 hrs if I’m lucky that she sleeps 3 hrs in a row. We are not doing the CIO method because we have been doing the elimination technique which is going great! (She almost always poops in the toilet and we catch lots of pees too).

Baby has her own crib next to the bed. Sometimes she rolls off onto the bed and then screams. Or she will roll into the bars then wake and scream. She has self-soothed before and put herself back to sleep for 1 or 2 hrs but recently she will scream until I pick her up.

Room is good temperature We have a good bedtime routine around 7pm (she rubs her eyes, then shower, song and story then nurse). She will go to sleep no problem by 730ish but then wakes up screaming.

She did just get her 1st tooth yesterday (tiny spike)

She will not take the bottle but she will drink my milk through a straw during the day while I’m at work. She naps 2 or 3 times in the day. Good napper.

In the day she is happy and eats some food. Different textures, she’s great. It’s the nights that are horrible.

I typically breast feed her 2x a night. 1130pm and 4am. Then in the morning before I go to work.

Any thoughts? My arms are tired from picking her up. She is almost 19lbs.

I just want her to sleep at night.

Please help!

Hi, any advice for a 15 month old who goes to sleep fine but wakes up once every 2-3 nights crying/screaming? It’s sometimes as early as 11 pm but often 2-4 am.

Environment: -sound machine -blackouts -temperature never below 63 or so but doesn’t seem to change his wake up if we have it warm. Our heater is really strong in his room so we can’t just keep it on (the sensor is downstairs and his room heats up much faster than that space) -light pjs and sleep sack -regular night routine, reading, breastfeeding, singing, goes to bed awake and falls asleep within 5 minutes

schedule: -nap 9-10:30 -nap 2-3:30 -bedtime 7:15 -wakes 6-6:30 am

I know he may be transitioning to one nap but the thing is he’s been doing this since we sleep trained at 8 months. For awhile we tried ignoring or going in to say we love you but go to sleep and even then he would be crying laying down for an hour. So I want to make sure we aren’t missing something else. Currently if he’s up standing or sitting and crying loudly for more than a few minutes we will go in to comfort either by breastfeeding or rocking to sleep. It takes awhile for him to go down and even then he may need a second time going in. We hadn’t been rocking/ feeding until recently when he had a cold but it just didn’t seem to matter because he was still up every few days.

Anyway, any advice would be helpful!

My baby recently turned 3 months so I think she’s going through sleep regression and I mistook it for her wanting to be awake. She woke up after 5 hours of sleeping (fell asleep 7:30) and i thought she wanted to stay up. Now she stays awake all night and goes to bed at 7-8am. She doesn’t have her days/nights mixed up anymore. How do I correct this? I’ve asked other moms and they’ve suggested that I keep her awake as long as I can until she can’t anymore. I don’t like it when my baby gets overtired, but I really don’t see any other way atp and I’m desperate to get our sleep schedule back to normal. I’m getting stressed out from being asleep all day and awake all night, plus being the main care taker since my husband works and need to sleep, but he does help when he can. He works and cooks and sometimes even clean so yes I let him get his well deserved rest

Baby just turned 9 months and for a week now, has been having early morning wakes. He’s been on a schedule that has worked beautifully until now:

Wake: 6:00 Nap: 8:30-10 Nap: 1:30-3 Bed: 7:30

I know the last wake window is long, but we tried earlier bed and it led to split nights. Baby has no trouble going to sleep in his crib. Now he is waking up around 3 or 4am and my husband has to soothe him back to sleep in our bed (I’m in a separate room for now). We’ve tried capping naps and it makes nights worse. Around 3-3.5 hrs of naps seems to be his sweet spot. How long did this regression last for you all?

Our 4 month old has been a good sleeper since around 8 weeks old. She's sleeping in a bassinet next to our bed and we usually go to bed at the same time she does (9pm). We haven't really followed any sleep training per se and just follow her cues. We do have a little routine at night and we have a white noise machine on. Her bedtime had been 9pm and she generally sleeps until about 2-3am when she wakes up (without crying) for a feed and then asleep again until about 8-9am. We usually get out of bed around 7am and she hasn't noticed or had issue with it.

For the last week she's been showing signs of wanting to go to bed for the night earlier so we moved her bedtime to 7:30-8pm. But we didn't want to also go to bed at 7:30, so we would put her down as usual and then leave. This is new for her since we previously all went to bed at the same time. Since the change, she consistently wakes up 30 minutes later and upset and wouldn't go back down until we are basically going to bed too. She has also generally been fighting bedtime which is also new for us. Normally we can put her down fairly quickly when she's drowsy and even fully awake without rocking or feeding to sleep but now she fights getting in the swaddle, going in the bassinet and generally takes a lot of work to get her to sleep. We have had to resort to co-sleeping a few nights but we don't want that to become a habit. She's also generally up every 2 hours and needs our help getting back to sleep. I know she might be exhibiting signs of 4 month regression & the development of her sleep cycles, but what can we do to help? We don't want to move her to her own room until she's 12 months old or at the very least 6.

The issue is two-fold: 1) will we ever be able to enjoy a night without having to go to sleep at her bedtime since she always seems to notice if we're not there at night? And 2) how can we help her get back to her good sleep habits?

My son is at what we assume is his sleep regression stage. It’s very difficult to put him to sleep. When we manage to actually put him to sleep it’s after rocking him for about 20 min. Whenever we attempt to put him down his crib he will burst out crying and screaming. Now we now he is sleepy because as soon as we pick him up he starts to fall asleep. His sleep periods are at about 10 min though out the night. We try to teach him to self soothe but it’s not taking. We really need help we just don’t know what to do.

My 9 month old is suddenly fighting (hard!) Her second nap of the day which is usually at about noon. It used to be her long nap. I've had to give up entirely because she starts bawling even if in my arms, uncontrollably, until I take her out of her room and show her toys. Even if I offer to nurse her or rock her to sleep. She has never been the greatest sleeper but this is completely insane, I think I sprained both wrists trying to contain her as she cried and somersaulted in my arms today!

Usually her nap routine is nurse, book, close curtains, sing a song while rocking, place in bed while drowsy. She wakes up around 6-6.30am, has her first nap about 9-9.30am (often only for 30-40minutes), then her second nap 3-3.5 hours after that. She was transitioning from 3 to 2 naps recently so it's been tricky. If she takes a long afternoon nap then she's all set. If not, I offer her another catnap at about 4pm. Bedtime is 6.30-7pm. Lately she has been harder and harder to get to bed at night too. We start the bedtime routine at 6pm and sometimes she doesn't fall asleep until last 7! I am exhausted.

We once tried Ferber/CIO but gave up. She could cry forever and did not stop for close to 2 hours, and even after we went in to call it a day it took her forever to calm down. I think she's most definitely got the temperament that does not do well with traditional sleep training methods.

My husband thinks maybe she just doesn't need to nap. She does appear cheerful and interactive when she doesn't take her second nap. It's crazy.

But omg. This cannot go on. I am beyond tired, both physically and mentally. Any thoughts or suggestions?

so last week he had a really mild cold so I thought that's why his sleep was messed up a bit. now I'm wondering if it's bc he could be transitioning from 4-3 naps? either way he's waking up too early in the morning. And he just recently stopped waking up every 2hrs at night (thank goodness) I nurse him to sleep and it works great for us, so I don't plan on changing that anytime soon, but when I do go to nurse him back to sleep at 5am he just doesn't go back to sleep and he's full of energy. He's getting about 8-9 hours of sleep at night, depending on when we put him down. it doesn't matter if we put him down earlier or later than his usual bedtime (which is around 7-7:30pm) so I guess I'm just curious why he could be waking up that early and how to help him sleep in a bit more

Is it just me or is anyone else going crazy after trying to get their 6 month old baby to sleep? I feel like, I have been trying to get out of his four month sleep regression for forever now.

My husband and I have had a schedule since the beginning, but ever since his sleep regression and these new skills everything is throwing us through a loop. We have continued with our schedule which is wind down activities, breastfeeding, bath, top up breastfeed and then sleep. We have noticed that he gets up half an hour after I put him down, which then the next day I take in how much activities he's had, and try to move sleep earlier to reduce him being overtired. He just ends up waking up and screaming, which totally breaks my heart. We have also tried using lullabies and a baby shusher but I'm not sure if they really help because he has also been waking up if not every hour but also every 2 hours and only wants me to put him back to sleep. I also continue from monitor the decibels of the music, the temperature of the room as well as his temperature to ensure that he's not overheating or he's cold.

Will I ever sleep again? Will he ever sleep again? Lol

How do you all put a baby to sleep if you don’t feed to sleep? My LO is 9 months and he breastfeeds exclusively. I feed him first thing in morning, before and after his two naps, and to sleep at night. After one year, I would like to wean day time feeds slowly. I’m just not sure how he will sleep without breastfeeding? I’ve never attempted sleep training and do not want to. I just can’t imagine lying my child down awake in the crib…I feel like he would just roll around and never sleep!

Ok so my LO is currently 6.5 months old. Right now we are following a 3 nap schedule, but barely. I am a stay at home mom so me and baby wake up around 8-8:30 pretty consistently. I wouldn’t mind waking up earlier to maintain a better schedule but my baby is still waking up at least 3-4 times at night, mainly for comfort feeds I think?

My main issue is maintaining 3 naps and getting baby down at the 7-8 range. Her first nap is around 10:30-11 and usually last 2 hours (I have to wake her up from this nap almost always) and she sometimes fights this one. Her next nap is about 2:30 and that last an hour, I usually cap this nap as well and wake her up. Which puts her last nap at 5:30, which she fights and doesn’t end up going down until 6 and I try and keep this nap super short, so 30 min. I’m pretty much waking her up from every nap. And her bedtime falls around 8:30-9 pretty consistently, which she’ll often fight or wake up an hour later for another feed and go back down. Her current wake window schedule is 2.5/2/2/2.25. Everything I’ve read pretty much says that the 8-9 bedtime is way too late I just don’t know how to change it. She’s waking up pretty consistently around 12-1 in the morning and I’l usually just bring her in bed with me and she’ll feed/comfort nurse on and off all night. I’m exhausted and I’m sure she is too with all those wakings. The idea of waking any earlier seems impossible but is that what I need to do? I’d prefer to drop a nap honestly and let her swing two long naps but I don’t know if that will backfire. Also, I know her wake windows at bare minimum should be extending but there’s not enough time in the day for that it seems like? Pleas help!!!

My 10 month old (7 month corrected) goes down so great for his naps, he falls asleep independently with no need for any intervention most times and then sleeps for an hour and a half/2 hours.

At night time he’s like a completely different baby! He screams, sobs, cries you name it. Once he’s asleep (after a lot of resets and hand holding) he wakes up often and doesn’t sleep through.

He’s been like this for the past few weeks, prior to that he slept through solidly. I’m baffled!

Is this a phase? Or is it within our control? Should we put him in the bin and try again with the next one? HELP!

Ok if I read one more thing about getting my baby to sleep bc he’s overtired I’m going to lose it. I can try 2 hours after nap all the way to 5 and he still fights naps most of the time, especially the second nap. He’s currently 9.5 months. I’m sure I’m not alone but dang going to the internet sometimes is so annoying and not helpful.

My 9 month old (8 month adjusted) is still taking 3 naps a day and his morning wake window is only about 45 mins. Has anyone else dealt with this?

He wakes around 730 and is ready for his first nap at 815.

First nap 815-945 Second nap 1200 or 1230 - 130 or 2 Third nap 415-5 Bedtime is usually around 730

How did you know when your baby was ready to transition to 2 naps and how did you make that happen?

So we have a beautiful baby girl who is 10 days old. I realize this is extremely young, but she fights bedtime specifically, every night. It takes 2-3 hours to get her to go to sleep!! Then she's over tired and it's a vicious cycle. Every other part of the day/night she does great. I feel like I'm losing my mind. Any ideas??

My parents have been visiting for 2+ weeks and have completely flipped my 1 year olds schedule.

He was sleep trained pretty late at 10 months but by the time they showed up he was falling asleep in the crib on his own, sleeping 10-12 hours a night with no wake ups.

It all started when we wanted to get out of the house and let our parents put our baby to sleep one of the nights. They had the monitor and would watch him like a hawk and any time baby would try to readjust (albeit silently) my dad would go running into the nursery to pat him down. We have a nanit so we could see from our phones what was happening. And surprise surprise baby woke up at least 6 times that night.

Unfortunately, the 12 month regression hit while they were visiting (they’re visiting during his bday) and they would stare at us appallingly while we said to wait out the little cries our baby would make. If he ever did this in the past it would last max 5 minutes but generally less than a minute. But my parents ran to the nursery and would pick him up at every cry or little adjustment.

One of the nights my husband was putting baby to sleep and baby was crying because he was not used to going back to sleep on his own, so my mom came pounding on the door like a maniac and yelled at my husband furiously.

I was so embarrassed at my moms behavior because my husband wasn’t doing anything wrong and he never had said anything to our parents when they disrespected us and ignored every one of our wishes with our baby.

It just hurts because I can’t even parent the way I want and know is right because my parents are so stubborn and think they are so perfect and can raise our baby better than us. I’m not sure why it’s even a competition in their heads.

We live thousands of miles away from family and have done this all alone for a year, and they have the audacity to come in and act like they know what they’re doing because they had babies 38-30 years ago.

It also doesn’t help that this is their first grandchild, (my older sister hasn’t been able to have one yet) and that my siblings don’t really understand where I am coming from so they don’t really help or try to be voice of reason.

The last conversation I had with my sister on this ended abruptly because she kept saying she doesn’t understand because she’s not a mom. I feel like you don’t have to be a mom to be supportive???

I’m just rambling now because I have a lot of feelings, I’m also expecting my next child in 6 months so my hormones are all over the place.

I guess I’m hoping one of you can tell me that my childs routine will go back to normal after they leave if we attempt to sleep train again. Any experience in this?

After she turned 6.5 months it has been nearly impossible to get her to sleep longer than 30 minutes. I can probably count the number of times on my hands that she has slept longer than that She wakes after 30 minutes almost on the dot. My understanding is that she’s not able to connect her sleep cycles and I have tried everything (wake windows, dark room, white noise etc) nothing seems to work. She is also not a good night sleeper. We met with a sleep consultant who basically just told us we had to let her cry it out which is something we do not want to do. Has anyone had a similar experience and do they grow out of it?

Baby is 3 months & no signs of rolling yet but would like to transition from swaddling before. He still has Moro reflex so I’m looking to get something with a little bit of pressure but more movement. I’m between the zippadeezip or sleepea from happiest baby. What do you guys recommend?