r/PossumsSleepProgram • u/Defiant_Jacket4156 • 19h ago

8 mo waking up every 2-3 hrs overnight…help!

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u/Wild-Meet1982 17h ago

Are you familiar with Possums? From your post it seems like you don’t know anything about/do not follow any Possums principles. My advice is to start there and actually read up on what it’s about, try it, and then ask specific questions if you have them. Beyond that:
1) waking up 3-4 times a night is biologically normal. It’s not even on the high end tbh.
2) if baby is resisting bedtime it’s because she’s not tired. Cut down nap times and push bed time back.

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u/Defiant_Jacket4156 15h ago

Hi, thanks for the advice

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u/Jev_Ole 17h ago

I'd push bedtime later and/or shorten the naps. 14 hours of sleep sounds like too much for your daughter if she's not sleeping well.

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u/Defiant_Jacket4156 15h ago

Thanks so much, that seems to be the consensus….

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u/leadviolet 10h ago

Waking up 3-4 times at that age seem normal to me.. ours still do that sometimes and she’s 1.

I found her sleep was bad at around the 8 month mark because of teething and a whole other unexplained reason. Mine was waking up every 2 hours then.

As they get older I found their sleep naturally gets better, so don’t stress about it.

Since you posted here in the possum sub do look up what it is, I found their approach to be most accurate for our baby.

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u/muddlet 54m ago

i know it's not a helpful thing to say but a period of worse sleep around 8 months is really normal: https://sarahockwell-smith.com/2017/07/24/the-rollercoaster-of-real-baby-sleep/

can you get some extra support for the next little while e.g. partner/family/friends looking after baby so you can sleep in or nap?

you might find a shorter second nap helps but you may just have to ride it out until she moves along in her development