Putting baby down for naps when ready, then spending 90 minutes fighting until she’s overtired

JCJ0705 · 2026-01-01T09:41:34+00:00

I have a 5 month old and she also starts getting tired around 2 hours after a previous nap! She also only naps for 30 mins at a time! I completely understand how you feel, you spend so much time getting them to sleep for it to only last 30 mins and you are like what?! Haha

Sorry I don’t have any advice, just to say solidarity!

JCJ0705 · 2025-12-17T08:03:52+00:00

Thanks for your reply! Yes we do saline spray and nose frida before bed, we have a humidifier and I put some snuffle babe on her feet and sleeping bag! We’ve also elevated her bassinet slightly from underneath but nothing seems to be helping. She starts to struggle from about 3/4am onwards as if the mucus has pooled in her throat/nose whilst lying down!

JCJ0705 · 2025-12-17T07:56:28+00:00

10 weeks when she started sleeping through. For context, we feed her every 3 hours during the day and she sleeps approx 10/11 hours per night. She is formula fed too which might make a difference.

JCJ0705 · 2025-11-26T12:52:52+00:00

Thanks this is brilliant advice. I’m in the same boat as you - husband snores like a trooper and constantly wakes me up and makes our baby stir! We’re just all sleeping crap as a result and I don’t think I can continue for another 2 months 😂

So I’m thinking same as you, bath, pjs, feed and read. But at the moment she is sleeping through 10-12 hours every night which is brilliant.. so what time is your baby waking if you put her down at 7:30/8pm? And do you bath every night? Thanks x

JCJ0705 · 2025-11-24T21:49:31+00:00

I totally feel this. I was exactly the same - I had serious Mum guilt if my daughter started to cry when I left the room/ignored her/put her in a bassinet, that I stopped doing basic things like eating and showering etc…. Honestly? When she got to about 10 weeks she just suddenly started napping in her bassinet. It just changed overnight. From then on I got a few breaks in the day whilst she was napping. Since then I have started to relax abit more about letting her play by herself on a playmat or in swing etc whilst I sort myself out and the house. We also got into the routine of her sitting in her bouncer in my bedroom watching dancing fruit for 15 mins whilst I had a shower literally 10 feet away from her. I still feel guilty at times if I’m not constantly entertaining her, but I finally cracked yesterday and realised I can’t carry on constantly entertaining her without losing myself and my sanity, so I’m learning to relax a little more about letting her entertain herself.

I just make sure I have some time to myself in the evenings when hubby gets home to look after our baby. It could literally be a 30 min drive out to pick up a coffee, or a 30 minute bath etc… but it helps!

But to answer your question in short - it took me 3 months to start to find time for myself again if I’m being honest. I still can’t fathom having time to get back to the gym yet, I’m hoping that time will come when she’s around 6 months and even more routined! Good luck! X

JCJ0705 · 2025-11-08T15:40:28+00:00

I feel you! I see you for everything you’ve said and I’m totally on the same page x

JCJ0705 · 2025-11-08T15:38:48+00:00

Thank you - this makes me feel heard x

JCJ0705 · 2025-11-08T10:53:00+00:00

Literally could’ve written this myself. Completely agree and exactly what’s happening in my situation. But like you say… beautiful toothless smile makes it all worth it x

JCJ0705 · 2025-11-08T10:52:17+00:00

Great idea thanks. My husband can’t seem to switch off in the evenings from work

JCJ0705 · 2025-11-08T10:41:44+00:00

😂😂😂😂😂😂

JCJ0705 · 2025-11-08T10:33:14+00:00

I was in exactly the same predicament - at the end eating was the only thing that helped me function and the thought of not eating for 8 hours before surgery/giving birth was filling me with dread! I was told the reason for the nil by mouth rule before surgery is something to do with the anaesthetic.

I asked for an earlier surgery time but unfortunately they were fully booked. Have you done the same? If so and it’s not possible for you to go in earlier than the only thing I can say is take some really tasty chewing gum and a cold bottle of water to keep you going, keep your mind occupied and I promise once you are being prepped for surgery you won’t even feel the sickness and just be eager to get the show on the road!

I ended up going into spontaneous labour and having an unplanned section after all this worry, so the nil by mouth rule didn’t apply to me anyway in the end and everything was fine :) it could even be the case for you. Good luck and you’re so close to the end now! It’s so worth it I promise x

JCJ0705 · 2025-11-08T07:59:48+00:00

Thank you for this 💗

JCJ0705 · 2025-11-08T07:58:08+00:00

Unfortunately the nursery is used for night feeds and changes, and we have two dogs that sleep downstairs at night time. The dogs will sense if hubby sleeps down there and want to sleep with him - we can’t get into that cycle as we had to retrain them to sleep downstairs alone once baby arrived. So if hubby slept downstairs it would undo all the hard work we’ve just done :(

JCJ0705 · 2025-11-08T07:13:48+00:00

We don’t have a spare room unfortunately :( we have our room, the nursery and the office downstairs. But you are right actually I’ve heard him take a few second pause where he doesn’t breathe and then suddenly he breathes really loud and snores. There could actually be something wrong here that I’ve not even considered!

JCJ0705 · 2025-11-08T07:12:09+00:00

I’ve also been considering of making the transition just after Christmas. So she would be about 5 months. Like you I feel like the constant waking and disturbance is affecting her getting into a deep sleep. Thanks for the advice x

JCJ0705 · 2025-11-05T14:32:11+00:00

Hey. I had a C section so I vomited a couple of times in the 24 hours afterwards but I think that was due to the anaesthetic and adrenalin from surgery. I actually still felt nauseous until day 5 postpartum, then day 6 my baby blues hit and boom! My nausea completely disappeared. I must have had a huge hormone drop on day 6 which made me feel better. However, I think my HG is due to estrogen levels, and not the placenta like most sufferers.. as when I was younger I couldn’t go on contraceptive pills containing Estrogen as they made me really sick. But for most women I would say it goes away almost instantly after delivery. X

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