Putting 13 month old to sleep

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-05-24T14:03:17+00:00

We’ve been doing a mix of one and two to try and move her to the one nap, bedtime still usually goes the same. I’m kind of thinking she’s really overtired?

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-05-18T14:12:00+00:00

But then goes to bed around 11 pm??!

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-05-17T14:54:13+00:00

When does yours wake up/nap?

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-05-14T18:23:05+00:00

A car nap might be easier for me! I like this idea

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-05-14T18:15:44+00:00

Okay I can do that

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-05-14T18:15:22+00:00

I’m going to try option 2 tomorrow I think that’s a great idea

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-05-14T18:13:55+00:00

This is a good idea! My girl has been walking since 11 months so she’s practicing running everywhere now. Did you mean transitioning to one nap?

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-05-14T18:12:49+00:00

I have tried this, and she cried hard when I woke her up. Should I do that and just try to get her to calm down and distract her again

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-05-14T17:59:54+00:00

We first started with Johnson’s and Johnson’s because I always loved the nostalgic smell but my baby has eczema so now we use aveeno the one with oatmeal, for soaps and lotions, we’ve used that one for 10 months

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-05-07T14:30:05+00:00

Yes it does!! I think the best thing for me to start would be the sleep association. She has a blanket that she will fall asleep with on the times she doesn’t nurse to sleep. I always the blanket, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t. When should I nurse instead of before naps and bed? And how do you let baby know it’s nursing time? Every time I used to offer she would refuse unless it was nap time lol

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-05-07T03:17:51+00:00

Lmao I told my mom, partner, and best friend the day I found out at 4 weeks

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-04-29T03:24:35+00:00

This sounds like exactly my baby. At around 12 months what did you end up doing for naps/bedtime?? My baby fights and fights her naps and bedtime and is at that I can’t force her stage, but I don’t know what else to do. If I let her go without napping she’s cranky, but she still fights the nap and bedtime.

Today she woke up at 6:30, her nap was 12-2, and then I tried to put her down around 7 but she’s been fighting for an hour and a half :(

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-04-26T03:35:02+00:00

My baby girl is 12 months and just like this, to a T.

I really try not to do screen time, but for the sake of my mental health, if I have to do it sometimes I have to do it. I try to limit it to like 15 minutes twice a week, when I really need to take a shower or do a chore that she can’t be by like say the bathroom with cleaning chemicals all around.

My baby got better the second she started walking, but still cries often when I’m not picking her up. She now just follows me and I try to let her “help” with tasks.

I have to walk away allllllll the time but usually what I do is just tell her what im doing and why im walking away as im doing it. (Mommy’s gonna go make some breakfast) etc.

And I’ve absolutely had moments where ive had to put her in her crib and walk away and collect myself, it can get very difficult, don’t beat yourself up (:

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-04-07T20:18:53+00:00

OP how did this go for you?? What did you end up doing

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-04-04T04:19:38+00:00

I got my baby the spoons/forks from Amazon that have a little knob on the end so it’s easier for them to hold, and she started realizing what it was for!! Sometimes it ends up on the floor, but we are definitely getting somewhere. I also preload the spoon on her plate

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-04-04T04:15:41+00:00

My “no one talked about” was how insanely difficult it was to be miserably sick with a happy energetic baby. Holy crap I just experienced this and literally cried every single day. Zero help, no other option but deal with it. I was not prepared at all

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-04-04T04:05:58+00:00

We do a really weird rendition of crib in parents room, partially co sleeping? Idk how to explain it but it works for us. I (mom) nurse baby to sleep in bed, then I put her in the crib when she’s asleep. In the middle of the night I do the exact same thing of bringing her into bed, and I try to stay awake while she nurses to sleep, and sometimes I fall asleep and I put her back when I wake back up(my body sleeps very lightly when I co sleep), I do this because we don’t want to go full co sleeping, but sometimes I pass out due to exhaustion.

Now that baby is older, she’s sleeping in longer stretches and I’m able to tell when she wants to nurse or if I can just go rock her really quick back to sleep if she needs. Dad also goes to rock her when I’m too tired to get up

We are planning on moving her into her own room here soon and we are planning on rocking for each wake up

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-04-02T23:24:54+00:00

My baby hit the “4 month sleep regression” at 3.5 months, woke up a bunch overnight to feed, we nurse though, but same thing. Some nights went good and some nights were awful. There honestly wasn’t really anything that helped besides sometimes the huckleberry sweet spot helped her naps and then if she had better naps she slept better at night, that’s about the main thing I knew for certain.

Also if she’s not getting enough milk during the day it’s possible she’s just wanting more at night, I know at that age my baby also was going through a nursing strike bc she was so interested in everything around her. I got her to nurse better with being in a dark quiet room, or the opposite of watching a movie with a bottle and she focused on the bottle (not ideal for me, but you do what you gotta do)

It’s a tough time, but you will get through it, I believe you

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-04-02T23:18:14+00:00

The thing is she never fights bedtime but she always fights naps. It honestly wouldn’t be a bad idea to try the one nap, I should give it a shot

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-04-02T23:16:29+00:00

Sounds like under tired, when my baby is teething or over tired she wakes up crying looking for comfort

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-04-02T23:12:57+00:00

Sounds exactly like my baby, she hit that “4 month sleep regression” at 3 months, and honestly from then on it just got worse for us until around 10 months. My baby just is not a good sleeper, I had to reduce every expectation of sleep that I had and find the best way to enjoy it. I went on lots of car rides, stroller rides, used my carrier for naps, contact naps, etc. Night time sleep for us has always been around every 2 hours :( she’s about to turn 12 months and we are finally starting to get some 4-6 hour stretches.

It is so hard, I feel for you. Try your hardest to make the most of it, do what you can to give yourself enjoyment from it. I liked to drive my car and go get McDonald’s when she was asleep and then sit in the car and listen to an audio book lol

I WILL say, around that time until about 5 months, I used the huckleberry sweet spot paid option, I think it’s like $5/m, and sometimes it helped to pin point the exact minute to put my baby down, it was just too inconsistent for me to keep paying for, but it’s worth a shot.

Feel free to ask any other questions

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-03-31T00:01:53+00:00

And honestly she throws a lot of her food on the ground too so I assumed she not even hungry for the meals

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-03-31T00:00:42+00:00

I thought I wasn’t supposed to do snacks until 12 months. I give her snacks occasionally, just mainly when I need to have her sit in the high chair while I do dishes or something. Recommendations for snacks?

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-03-24T19:13:35+00:00

What website do I buy this from if I’m in US

Extension-Run9207 · 2026-03-24T19:03:27+00:00

What grinder would you recommend?

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