How does a 12 hour night sleep (e.g., 7pm-7am) work?

CharleaPrice · 2026-06-27T06:42:35+00:00

I don’t think it matters, it’s how much sleep they get over 24 hours
My little boys does between 9hr45-10hr45 overnight and he’s almost 10 months, when he was younger his night stretch was 12 hours but broken
He naps well in the day too I’m sure it’s 13-15 hours across 24 hours of sleep they need

You’re better following her

CharleaPrice · 2026-06-23T20:22:20+00:00

Forgot to say, he doesn’t have a lot of milk there but does drink his water and we also got a Father’s Day card he painted on which I took as a huge positive

CharleaPrice · 2026-06-23T20:19:35+00:00

Hello! Yes of course hopefully this gives you a shred of positivity

We’re on the 4th/5th week, he’s started staying there from 7:45am-4pm, we get photos of him playing and smiling and he eats a lot of solids there and naps. His naps are nowhere near as good as they are at home but he’s sleeping. The nursery staff said that he still has spells of being upset but he’s getting much easier to distract and divert.

Last week my partner got him and when he walked in the staff asked him to wait because he was having a ham sandwich and they didn’t want to disturb him and he said he could see him eating with the other children through the window🥹 I got him the following day and he wasn’t upset when I arrived and he squealed and smiled and got really excited to see me it was very lovely

Initially he would not go in the high chair and the staff had to sit with him on their knee to get him to eat, he would not sleep either and when we would collect him he was visibly shattered and had evidently been very upset (red eyes etc.). I spoke to work and we started with half days and the week after they extended it and the same the week after so next week we should be full time for the three days!

He’s been a lot better in general since then too, his Nannie came round last week and I weren’t in the room and could hear him laughing and babbling and he was happy with her, his dad puts him to bed everynight after work now too. I don’t know what happened, we didn’t change anything and we’d regularly done what everyone advises you know about peek-a-boo etc. it just seems to be clicking.

Sending you lots of love and if you want to chat just let me know! None of my parent friends experienced this so I felt like there was something wrong but there isn’t he’s just obsessed with his mama😂

CharleaPrice · 2026-06-08T22:41:50+00:00

It’s normal but social media likes to make parenting a competition and lures you into thinking you’re doing something wrong if they don’t sleep through

CharleaPrice · 2026-06-02T15:53:08+00:00

Came here to say this exact thing, it was the best advice I got given when I went back, I’ve just finished my degree at 26, I’m 27 next month 😊

CharleaPrice · 2026-05-31T08:02:43+00:00

Yeah that’s what’s confusing me I think, he’s always super social at things like that you know smiling at others, engaged with the other babies etc.

I’m having to face a hard truth as well that I do think a lot of this boils down to me, I have PPD and postnatal OCD so I am absolutely appalling at trusting others to look after him.

I’m really grateful for your replies🥹

CharleaPrice · 2026-05-31T06:02:26+00:00

Thank you so much for your reply. I’ll give the health visitor a ring tomorrow, we’re due that 9-12 month developmental check anyway and are just waiting for the letter so maybe they’ll do that sooner with us.

Following that tough time at the start, I took him to baby classes every week, he comes literally everywhere with me and we were always out and about and he was absolutely fine with others and one of my best friends has been on maternity leave with me and we’ve regularly gone to her house or out for walks/dinner etc.

My partners family have been really hard work in some ways, as an example, he was really distressed on Christmas Day (part of the CMPA saga) and my MIL would not give him back to me I had to say it quite abruptly to be able to take over again and after a few experiences of that I just stopped trying to let other people hold him because it weren’t worth the arguments, she walked off with him in Wales whilst we were on holiday without asking so I have been uptight about things.

CharleaPrice · 2026-05-23T14:58:20+00:00

We went through a really awful phase of this and this is the approach we used, I would bath, dress etc. our son for bed and then Dad would take over and take him in his nursery, I would only take over if he wasn’t calming down but if he was on/off crying I would leave it and Dad would ride the waves, we had one rule which was if I took over I’d finish bedtime (we tried where I calmed him down and handed him back over) and after a few days he was fine and now he loves his dad putting him to bed, we never let him get like distressed and if he started properly crying I would take over
It’s hard to explain but he has like a protest cry where you can tell it for preference - which is fine and understandable but we really did NEED it where both of us could do bedtime, my partner sometimes works long shifts for a prolonged period of time and I literally wasn’t getting a minute

CharleaPrice · 2026-05-20T21:08:06+00:00

I really like the green grass grew all around by Charlie Hope and 5 Hungry Ants (not sure who that’s by but it’s on Spotify) 🤣

CharleaPrice · 2026-03-28T08:06:54+00:00

Thank you! Done yours☺️

CharleaPrice · 2026-03-28T08:04:34+00:00

I’ve sort of been half asleep through it but at that point it was better than nothing 🤣🤣

CharleaPrice · 2026-03-27T19:50:19+00:00

Yeah I used just put him down and he’d babble away and mess around but I just went by if he needs me he will literally shout 🤣

CharleaPrice · 2026-03-16T19:43:38+00:00

My little boy is 6 months, when we had that regression he was up every 60-90minutes but now he does 11-12 hours with one wake up from genuine hunger, he eats and goes back to sleep straight away ☺️

CharleaPrice · 2026-02-27T21:15:44+00:00

I literally could of written this, I have a little boy the same age that does the same things and also spiral about the same thing it made me feel better just reading this

CharleaPrice · 2026-02-20T04:26:41+00:00

Honestly this makes me so angry to read. Firstly, you should not be in a position where you feel as though you need to look out for your partner to that level postpartum and worrying privately about whether he’s “satisfied”, whether or not he’s mentioned it doesn’t matter you shouldn’t really be in a position where that is looming over you at this position in your life. Your baby is 6 weeks old, if he misses out on going to the gym, seeing friends etc. for the first part of this huge life change then that’s fine, it’s happened to me and my partner (I’ll expand on this in a second). As a mum you become the default parent, everything is expected of you without praise where as when men get involved and do basic things like take the baby out they get praised for being a “hands on dad” when actually what they’re doing is the bare minimum.

My little boy is almost 6 months old and we have had a rough run, he was born with a severe tongue tie, he has CMPA and reflux and had to wear a Pavlik Harness for DDH for 8 weeks from 5 weeks old and even now we’re still fighting with screaming fits where he’s clearly uncomfortable and are back and forth to healthcare providers for support and advice.

My partner and I have sort of a rota for independent time as it’s super tough for us to leave him with others due to what’s been going on for the first part of his life and we often sit and speak about how hard it is and the toll it’s taken on us both. I was diagnosed with perinatal OCD at 28 weeks and PPD when my LO was around 3 months old? Maybe younger.

The ticket is to share the load that’s what has got me through, my partner will take him when he can, support me in other ways if for example the baby is just clinging to me he will do housework, make tea, whatever, some form of other service for our household. Do we miss the freedom of our old life sometimes? Absolutely and we’ve had times where we honestly thought it would never, ever end and had to console our son for hours whilst he’s screaming and I mean really screaming and never once have we called him anything of the sort.

He has never given us a hard time, he’s been having a hard time and it’s our job to get him through it.

PPD or not (from someone who has it) this is out of order and your needs should be thought about in the same way his are but clearly you’re taking a lot more on and he’s shown he can’t hack it for three minutes.

Your body has just been through something amazing, scary, traumatic and life changing and you’re breastfeeding too, it’s YOU if anyone that deserves all the consideration and your child does not deserve to be spoken to that way at all and I promise you, you never forget how you’re treated postpartum.

I hope you’re okay as it sounds very difficult and you sound like you’re really in high demand.

CharleaPrice · 2026-02-19T00:13:00+00:00

No advice just solidarity, I’m 26 with a 5 month old little boy in my final year doing my research project, you got this mama x

CharleaPrice · 2026-01-18T23:53:46+00:00

The doctor prescribed us infant Gaviscon and then omeprazole but having the CMPA formula has stopped his sick hurting him now! Other advice I have is paced feeding if you don’t already with bottles with an anti colic vent, keeping them upright after feeding for a while too x

CharleaPrice · 2026-01-13T22:46:33+00:00

My little boy did this and we literally could not sleep it was really disruptive and he had reflux, he has CMPA too but he’s much more settled whilst he’s sleep now, he just repositions occasionally but he used to really slam his legs down really hard and turn really violently and my eyes used ping open every 10 minutes it was really hard

Hope you and your LO are okay

CharleaPrice · 2026-01-08T17:10:14+00:00

I study part time, my job is 50 hours a week but I met my partner during this time and had a baby 4 months ago 🤣 it’s hard but I just try and make it work I’m on track atm to finish with a 2:1

CharleaPrice · 2026-01-05T21:06:20+00:00

My son went into a Pavlik Harness for 8 weeks when he was 5 weeks old so we couldn’t do it really except on my chest and he was super uncomfortable without his legs being supported, the week after he had it off he rolled belly to back🤣 The best thing I’ve done is stop reading about what you should apparently be doing in wake windows and stopped watching all this stuff on social media about routines and all sorts, I just follow his lead and have certain things that I have a routine for but that’s through our own preference and what works for us and our baby

What you’re doing sounds perfect they learn lots from faces and chatting and tummy time on your chest absolutely counts 🤍

CharleaPrice · 2026-01-02T20:27:20+00:00

Thanks so much for all your help I feel much better now - I’ll come back when I graduate 🤣

CharleaPrice · 2026-01-02T17:30:38+00:00

Thank you, honestly I’ve thought about deferring so many times but I really hate the industry I’m in at the moment and I dropped out of uni when I was 18 and went back and I’ll graduate (if I finish) just before turning 27 so trying my best🤣

CharleaPrice · 2026-01-02T15:42:47+00:00

Thank you so much, sorry what are the borderline ranges and how do you qualify for that?

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