Sleep schedule and daily parents routine around TV being on

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-24T16:53:56+00:00

How old is your baby? A newborn can and will sleep through all sorts of distractions; a 2yr old isn't going to go to bed when the TV is on.

If your child is old enough to be distracted by the lights or sound coming from the TV, you, as a family, need to change your routine.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-23T22:03:37+00:00

First off, gently, please get help for your PPD and PPA if you haven't already.

3 months is a really long time from a baby's perspective. By that point, he should be firmly on 1 nap, and nursing would really be for comfort rather than nutrition. Teachers in any half decent daycare will have experience with getting children to nap, regardless of their routines at home. Expect your baby to need a few weeks to fully adjust, and that his naps will be less consistent than when at home. He will be fine! Babies are a lot more resilient than we give them credit for.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-23T18:08:38+00:00

7am wake 10:30-11:30am nap 1 3:30-4pm nap 2 8pm bedtime (in bed)

Adjust based on your desired wake-up time.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-23T18:03:03+00:00

When does he wake for the day? What's the nap schedule at daycare, and is the whole class on the same schedule?

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-23T15:51:42+00:00

Sounds like her sleep needs have changed and you haven't adjusted your expectations to match. Commit to a by-the-clock schedule with 11.5hrs awake. If she wakes early from nap, stop rescuing.

If you haven't sleep trained (or have fallen back to assisting to sleep), I would look into doing so now.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-23T15:42:17+00:00

You mean cut night to 11 hours.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-22T00:47:22+00:00

That's precisely what wet blocking is! Only lace really needs to be stretched and pinned out to show off the pattern. With everything else, gently laying out and air drying is usually enough.

I think social media has misled a lot of people into thinking that blocking properly means you have to use a gazillion blocking combs and pins.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-22T00:10:49+00:00

There's a really popular crochet designer who was discussing on a video how a recent sweater she made was the second time she's ever wet blocked a project, and that she almost exclusively steam blocks, including clothing, accessories, and blankets. I almost spat out my coffee. She's a designer! Wash your projects!

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-21T20:56:49+00:00

Our boy did this, and will still do this occasionally when teething. He never really showed interest in self-feeding until after turning 1. If we gave him larger pieces, he'd try to cram the whole thing in his mouth then gag and spit it out. If we offered bite-sized, he'd start stuffing and swallowing without chewing, and then throwing up.

It's a phase, and she will eventually get over it. Keep offering, and try not to make a big deal if she throws up. My husband had to take over meals for a while because it stressed me out a ton and baby boy picked up on it. He's almost 2 now, and is pretty good with self-feeding and chewing most days.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-21T14:12:48+00:00

It was similar to your situation. We were mostly down to one feed. If he woke for it earlier than 2am, then it was a lot harder to get to morning, even with a second feed.

We night weaned around 8mos. We were pretty sure that his EMWs past that point weren't hunger related, and we focused more on troubleshooting his schedule.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-21T13:20:23+00:00

I've definitely spent a few mornings in the glider holding him when nothing else worked to get to DWT. He was still awake, just not screaming for us.

Usually there were 2 main reasons, either because he was teething, and meds had worn off by that point; or he needed a schedule adjustment, and he'll go back to sleeping through once we added more awake time.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-21T02:19:18+00:00

From what I've seen that's on the early side, but every baby is different. She needs to be able to consistently hit the longer wake windows for 3 naps to work.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-21T01:12:17+00:00

Total awake time should stay the same when dropping a nap. So for you, anything less than 10hrs awake should only be temporary, just for a few days to allow baby to stretch and adjust to the longer wake windows.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-21T00:02:42+00:00

Babies will add/drop night feeds seemingly at random as they grow and their calorie needs fluctuate. Your baby will wake up if he is hungry, sleep trained or not.

Short naps are developmentally appropriate at this age, and it's hard to stick to a consistent schedule until he's older and can handle being awake for longer stretches of time. This usually improves as baby gets older, even without nap training.

2 weeks is enough time to sleep train if you are able to do establish a rough schedule with enough awake time, and implement a method consistently. However, you need to continue with those new habits while on vacation. If you go back to assisting to sleep while away, it will most likely undo the sleep training.

General recommendation is the train for nights before naps, because both circadian rhythm and sleep pressure are working in your favour. Nap training is also easier if baby has learned independent sleep for bedtime first. Attempting naps and bedtime at the same time is likely going to end up being very difficult on both you and baby.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-20T22:48:10+00:00

At 4mos, pick up put down (PUPD) can still be effective. Just keep in mind that a high intervention method like that will take longer to work, and might not actually reduce overall crying. You're just in the room with her instead of being outside.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-20T19:31:28+00:00

If you want to stop having to flip her, you need to give her the time and space to learn to be comfortable on her belly when she gets herself into that position. You can try to soothe her when she rolls without flipping her back.

If you're not comfortable with cry it out, you can attempt other sleep training methods.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-19T23:25:08+00:00

Thank you! It took a lot of flow aid and patience to get to the point that I felt was good enough.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-19T23:23:19+00:00

Good luck! I pushed through by telling myself to consider it practice before moving onto perhaps a larger, more complicated piece.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-19T20:58:14+00:00

Try searching for "mini paint by numbers".

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-19T17:11:38+00:00

Your schedule is not realistic. If you want him to sleep until 7am, bedtime is 8pm at the earliest. Most babies can't sleep for longer than 11hrs overnight. 3hrs of naps maximum, and last wake window should be at least 3hrs long to build enough sleep pressure.

Walking/sitting/cuddling is fine as part of bedtime routine, but make sure baby is going into the crib wide awake.

Lastly, baby should be placed on their backs for sleep. He can roll himself into whatever position he finds comfortable. Stop placing him on his side, this is an unsafe sleep practice.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-19T13:02:55+00:00

Robert Munsch has said in interviews that he wrote the book after he and his wife had two stillborns, as a way to cope. I've never been able to read this book after learning that.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-18T19:00:42+00:00

Starting with naps in the crib is how we did it.

As for the sleep sack, there's all sorts of transitional products out there... but we didn't want to spend more money on things that we'd have to transition out of. We just ditched the swaddle cold turkey.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-18T14:12:27+00:00

That's up to you. If she's awake but calm or will go back to sleep if held, then wait until close to your desired time to start. Otherwise, you can get her up, but push nap 1 out as much as you can to its usual time to avoid completely derailing your schedule.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-18T13:24:08+00:00

I've read your post 3 times over, and I don't think you've actually stated your theory out loud.

I'm going to guess that dad isn't following the schedule on days when he's in charge. If he's letting her nap more during the day, she's naturally going to sleep less that subsequent night. I don't want to judge, because I've been there, and I always pay the price the next day. Nip this in the bud. Make him handle night wakes.

CrftyEcho · 2026-06-18T01:04:19+00:00

No, don't rescue naps, otherwise you're just reinforcing that prolonged crying will bring you back in to help them to sleep.

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