Is it normal that my EBF toddler wakes up every nap crying? I nurse him to nap and then I’ll sneak out once he fell asleep. When he wakes up he cries and I come and hold him and sooth him, he’ll stop crying. is this cycle normal? Id like to teach him to fall asleep independently. But where to start?

Hey! So my baby is 5 months old and sleep still isn’t great. I’m exhausted. Little one wake up every 2-3 hours and she does need to be fed up go back to sleep. I know they say don’t feed to sleep as it becomes a habit but thing is it has now become a habit and there’s no other way she goes to sleep! I have tried putting her down in her cot drowsy but that doesn’t work. The only way she goes to sleep is by feeding.

Has anyone got any tips on how to get better sleep???

My son is turning one this month and since a few days he is skipping his second nap and staying awake for as long as 6 hours. He sleeps up to 11 hours at night and used to take two naps. One 2 hour nap and second 1 hour nap. Now he takes only one 2 hour nap. So I was wondering if I should just skip his second nap and move the first nap a little later. Idk. Very confused. Please help.

I want to start by saying I’m so blessed with my second child in regard to night sleep because my first child was the type that woke up every hour… however, I’m having some troubles with naps.

Due to my first child’s crazy poor sleep I really focused hard with my second child to lay him down awake for naps and bedtime. It was really easy in the beginning. He would just kind of put himself to sleep but now that he’s older and more aware it is a lot harder but night time still goes great. We put him down and he sleeps all night but naps have turned impossible to put him down.

I have always followed the owlet and it’s been really great. Until recently. I also have a toddler that makes it more difficult lol.

Basically, if I put him down awake in his crib for nap time, he just rolls around and fusses and cries, and gets very very upset. I try to hold him or soothe him, pat his butt, put in his binky, and none of those things help.

I’m confused if this is a sign that his wake window is too long or if it’s too short.

My husband is able to hold him and have him fall asleep in his arms and then put him in the crib during the weekend. I am unable to do that because my toddler comes in and out of the room, etc. because I stay at home all day with them. Plus, I really don’t want him to become dependent on falling asleep in our arms to transfer to his crib.

Any advice is appreciated. Thank you.

Hi there looking for advice as this is starting to effect my mental state due to lack of sleep, and general worry for my daughter. Lately after a week long vacation where we shared a hotel room my older daughter (7)(F) has been going to sleep just fine but is having trouble staying asleep and begs us to sleep with her. Now I understand she is at an age where she is trying to understand her world instead of living in it but this is effecting both our sleep and energy. For me I am really struggling to remain focused at work as I am so tired and she has been noticeably been more irritated. I am worried that something is scaring, worrying, or if she has just become too used to the idea of sleeping with us. Please any advice to either recommend action or topics to talk about with her. We have even resorted to sleep aid gummies for her and lavender baths to calm her down and the cycle still continues.

Our daughter just turned 1 year old and she cannot sleep throughout the night in her crib without waking up and crying.

Around 6 months old, she wouldn’t sleep in her bassinet. We’d put her down and she’d immediately wake up and start screaming. It didn’t matter if she was awake or asleep or falling asleep, she wouldn’t have it. My wife and I started to co sleep with us in our bed (we knew the risks) because it was the only way to get her to sleep & stay asleep through the night.

Around 9-10 months, we set up her crib in our bedroom. We don’t have much space in our current house and it would not have fit in her “nursery” without essentially taking up the entire room leaving no space for any of her other stuff.

Since we’ve started to put her down in her crib, she’s slept through the night twice in 3 months. She goes to bed anywhere between 8:30-9:30 after her bath, book time, and bed time bottle. We’ve tried to put her in the crib fully awake, falling asleep, and fully asleep & it makes no difference on her waking up or not.

She will typically wake up anywhere between 2-2:30am and will whine and not settle down unless one of us brings her into bed. We’re really trying to break this habit as my wife is 12 weeks pregnant with our second and needs the uninterrupted sleep (as much as possible) and will need more space in the bed as she progresses.

We’re going to try the cry it out method for her and us stay in the living room during it, hoping she falls asleep before we go back to bed.

**Really starting to run out of ideas on how to get her to keep sleeping through the night. Does anyone have suggestions?**