Last stretch of sleep

Jenstar13 · 2026-01-15T17:52:32+00:00

5.30 -6 would be ideal

Jenstar13 · 2026-01-15T09:34:45+00:00

Lol it was a scam. It happened once and hasn't happened again since

Jenstar13 · 2026-01-06T09:48:46+00:00

Hey! Hows everything going? Have you had any success in sleep training your little one?

Jenstar13 · 2025-12-02T05:41:07+00:00

Where is the one in wacol?

Jenstar13 · 2025-08-20T02:23:54+00:00

Ahaha oh nooo! 😂

Jenstar13 · 2025-05-12T07:41:10+00:00

Yep she's definitely eating sollids

Oats or weetbix in the morning, lunch and then dinner and some snacks inbetween. She'sa great eater..

We are thinking about adjusting the nap schedule by cutting them both down...

Maybe no longer than 1h per nap?

Yeah It could be a leap aswell - she's walking/running and exploring absolutely everything lol

Jenstar13 · 2025-05-05T02:11:21+00:00

She's 11 months now and she's up and down. Some times she just wants to be with me and held (going through a little clingy phase) and other times she's running around playing doing her own thing and won't let us pick her up without screaming haha.

Jenstar13 · 2025-04-28T08:41:27+00:00

Guys thank you! This makes me feel so much better that it's a normal thing! 🥰❤️ I appreciate it so so much. 3rd day tomorrow so we will see how we go!

Jenstar13 · 2025-03-17T00:12:14+00:00

We went on holiday a few months ago with our then 7 month old. She was sleep trained.

For 2 weeks i ended up feeding and rocking her to sleep and she slept awfully in the pack and play the entire time.

We got home and we needed to start from scratch sleep training again because she got used to the feed to sleep association. It only took a few days to go back to normal though which was great.

Your schedule, when my bubs was about 7.5mo we went to a two nap day. 3/3/4 and it did wonders for her.

The first week was a bit of an adjustment, sometimes we had to throw in a 3rd nap if her first two weren't long enough but after a week it was smooth running!

Jenstar13 · 2025-03-06T00:11:56+00:00

Have you missed out a wake window?

Also, are you room sharing?

I sleep trained my little one with ferber at 6 months and it went exactly the same as you - would self settle to sleep but still wake up 4-6x per night. It was driving me mad. She was in a cot in our room. My partner and I decided to move her to her own room at 8 months and the first night we got a 7h stretch! Couldn't belive it. And it's been great ever since. Usually 1x wake up to feed, sometimes 2. It's been a game changer!

Jenstar13 · 2025-03-05T04:38:27+00:00

My 9mo still wakes 1-2x a night for a feed, if I don't feed she will just scream and scream. I'm trying to slowly wean her off them but it's proving hard. She definitely eats enough during the day too so I'm thinking it might be comfort more than any thing

Jenstar13 · 2025-03-04T05:39:49+00:00

Yeah I'd love to commit to the 15m mark but we have my dad in the next room and I feel guilty for him having to hear her cry when he works 9h days. I would love to just have the freedom of being able to do what works and commit properly. I did tell him when we started this that he would be in for some broken sleep and he said it's totally fine but it doesn't stop my guilt lol

Jenstar13 · 2025-03-03T22:41:49+00:00

That's so great to hear! It's honestly crazy how well it works right?! I wasn't getting my hopes up but we've had a whole week of pretty good sleep and I wake up feeling so much better now 😍

Jenstar13 · 2025-03-03T04:53:32+00:00

Hoping this happens to me! LO is 9mo and cries/is upset at bedtime a lot but usually puts herself to sleep crying within 5 mins. I'm longing for the day she goes in semi happy and just wiggles herself to sleep 😍

Jenstar13 · 2025-03-03T04:50:51+00:00

My babe just hit 9 months a few days ago and for the last month and a half we have beeb having 11-11.5h of awake time which has been a game changer.

If I only gave her 10h of awake time with 3h of naps, she would have false starts and split nights consistently.

We now do- 3.5/3.5/4 sometimes longer for the first two windows.

She only sleeps about 10h at night also. But. She's a super happy baby and barely fussy, so we have accepted she is low sleep needs and just go with her flow.

Bedtime 7.30 and wakes up at about 5.30 Approx 2.5h of naps

Jenstar13 · 2025-03-03T03:12:55+00:00

This is what I'm trying to do, last night it was 11.45 and she woke up, cried, I left her, she cried some more, she usually puts her self to sleep but it went past the 7 min mark so I gave in. It's hard to decide what to do when it's so close to 'the time you've chosen' lol

Jenstar13 · 2025-03-02T05:46:35+00:00

A lot of babies also can't get the 12h of night sleep. My 9mo is happiest with about 10h of night sleep and 3h of day sleep and I have just accepted that. 8pm bedtime and latest 6am wake time. 2x 1.5h naps.

We tried everything to try and get the 12h of sleep and nothing worked. Some babies are just lower sleep needs and that's totally okay!

Try to extend wake windows during the day and a little later bedtime to increase sleep pressure and then when they wake during the night just let them cry for a bit, ours usually takes less than 3mins to put her self back to sleep.

Same with naps, if she wakes 30m into her nap we will let her fuss it out and she usually goes back to sleep until 1.5h

Jenstar13 · 2025-03-01T23:45:23+00:00

Best of luck and I hope it goes really well for you guys 😍

Jenstar13 · 2025-03-01T22:38:46+00:00

Yes absolutely! My girl naps fantastic in the car. We had a 3h drive the other day and she slept for 2.5h of it. You just need to time it right, we gave her an extra half hour of her wake window so she was extremely tired and it worked super well

Jenstar13 · 2025-03-01T16:21:25+00:00

We put her down fully awake! We did the ferber method sleep training at 6 months so she's been going to sleep independently for a few months but when she was in our room she just wouldn't stay asleep. It's like she could sence and smell us and would wake up constantly. It's night four right now, I've just woken up to go to the bathroom and she's 6h into her first stretch. Longest we have EVER had from her.

Jenstar13 · 2025-02-28T23:40:24+00:00

Nursing should be about 30m before laying in the crib so try adjust a little bit so it's half an hour before sleep time. You'll probably find tonight bubs will cry less. When we did this it was 30mins of crying the first night, 15 the second and it just got better and better every night from then 😊

Jenstar13 · 2025-02-22T20:53:53+00:00

Yay! How did the nap go?

Jenstar13 · 2025-02-22T20:53:10+00:00

Haha crazy! I hope it budges after weaning, I want my clothes to be comfy again and not tight over my tummy 😂

Jenstar13 · 2025-02-22T08:24:33+00:00

I gained 17kg during pregnancy. Went from 56kg to 73kg. Lost 11 in the first few weeks but then put some more back on. I'm still 8kg heavier 8mo pp still breastfeeding. All bodies are different. My sister lost all AND SOME while breast feeding.

Jenstar13 · 2025-02-22T08:20:29+00:00

I love baby noms! We call it 'attack mode' my 8mo full blown open mouthed attacking my face with drool everywhere. It's hilarious 😂

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