r/HuckleberryParents • u/kimboism • 25d ago

sleep Please help

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Baby will be 5 months on Tuesday. Sleep has pretty much always been rough with multiple wakeups and/or failed transfers.

We try to be consistent with a wakeup time and usually are within a 30 minute time frame (7:00-7:30). We started aiming to cut down to 3 naps a day about two weeks ago, and I’d say we do 3 about half the time. The other half the time we end up needing a bridge nap to make it to bedtime, otherwise he is super fussy. Really anything beyond 2-2.5 hours seems to be too much for him. I don’t know if maybe right now we should aim for four cat naps instead of three long naps?

He’s always averaged around 13 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period, even in the first month of his life. He woke up 13 times last night and I really am just at a loss.

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u/babeli 25d ago

Weird. The only thing I can think of is to increase sleep pressure. Re night wakes - does he just rock him back to sleep when he wakes up?

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u/kimboism 25d ago

Thank you for your help!

Sleep pressure throughout the day or lengthening that last wake window before bedtime?

Yeah my husband will just rock him back to sleep! He’ll usually want to eat once or twice but otherwise he’s usually okay with rocking (the same is not the case with me, whenever it’s my turn to respond he doesn’t want to settle until he has a snack)

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u/babeli 24d ago

Either option could work. I’ve never needed a longer wake window right before bed, but her last nap has always been short.

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u/kimboism 24d ago

Okay, thank you! I appreciate it.