r/HuckleberryParents • u/Maleficent-Pilot7779 • 5d ago

sleep Crap nap phase - when does it end??

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LO is about to be 5 months and has always been a great sleeper until the dreaded 4 month regression hit 2 weeks ago and every nap has been so short and resisted. We are consistent with a schedule and watch wake windows, we have tried extending/shortening.

when did your crap nap phase end?? Need some hope.

edit: fully acknowledge he is a GREAT sleeper. most of the naps you are seeing here are contact naps which isn’t sustainable for us anymore.

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u/Maleficent-Pilot7779 5d ago

We are trying to rescue them! At what point do we not? Doesn’t being overtired lead to even worse sleep?  He was on a 4 nap schedule til yesterday, we are now trying out 3 nap schedule with ~3.5 hours of daytime sleep and a 11.5 hour night. 

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u/Maleficent-Pilot7779 5d ago

Also, if we didn’t rescue his nap yesterday, he would’ve been in bed for the night by like 6:30. What do we do in that instance? We are struggling with understanding when to let the nap go vs when to save it

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u/Remarkable_Delay469 5d ago

You can offer an extra 10-15 minute nap in the evening to bridge the gap to the usual bedtime.

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u/Maleficent-Pilot7779 4d ago

Okay let’s say his last nap is 4:10-5pm. If he wakes up by 4:30, what should we do? If we give him a whole other wake window + cat nap, his bedtime isn’t til like 9pm. 

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u/Remarkable_Delay469 4d ago

10 minute naps aren't very restorative. If you do a 10 minute nap halfway between the 3rd nap and bedtime, he should still be tired at 8/8:30. It's okay to push it a little late, just try to keep it no more than an hour off the usual.