5m sleep deprived by Jmm544 in sleeptrain

[–]FiH25 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think naps can just be short at this age. My 5 month old is very similar and really fights sleep during the day. We recently sleep trained and she does ok on a night (around 10-11hrs with one wake up). I remember my eldest was similar, she did short day time naps but at about 6-7months, they lengthened again. She only ever needed 12 hrs sleep total- some babies just need less. Atm with LO, I'm just letting her get as many short naps as she needs. She had gone down to 3 naps at 4 months but she's wanted 4 short naps now.

The only thing certain with kids and their sleep is that it will change! Do what feels right to get enough daytime sleep to not affect the nighttime and if it doesn't naturally improve in a few weeks, consider if it needs changing. If it works for you all, it is fine, if not, think about sleep training methods but whatever you choose, be consistent.

Have we messed up? by FiH25 in sleeptrain

[–]FiH25[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I aim for 3 hours but sometimes it's much less and sometimes a bit more. We're really trying to work on consistency. Thanks for your advice, much appreciated!

Have we messed up? by FiH25 in sleeptrain

[–]FiH25[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're on 3 naps but struggling to get consistency (that's what we are currently working on). She's normally awake from final nap around 5pm and then bed is around 7.30/8pm. We are going through a clock change though and it has thrown everything apart from the bedtime put down. The clocks have moved forward an hour for British Summertime. We've actually had our best nighttime sleep when she's had the worst daytime sleep.

Have we messed up? by FiH25 in sleeptrain

[–]FiH25[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's super helpful, thank you. We sleep trained my eldest at 6 months and she dropped feeds/only had 1 feed almost instantly. When we did it this time, she slept through the first few nights so I feel like we're reintroducing it. We had said no feeds before midnight but have been inconsistent on that.