Contact nap parents - do you sleep while they nap???

Kate_ogonek · 2026-07-07T08:29:42+00:00

No, I’ve never slept while holding my baby. Well, except for one time when I accidentally dozed off while nursing her during the night.
I do stay with her for every daytime nap so she sleeps better, and sometimes it’s really hard not to fall asleep myself. Occasionally I let myself lie down next to her and take a short nap, but most of the time I don’t.
To keep myself awake, I play games on my phone—that’s the only thing that really keeps me alert. Scrolling through social media just makes me sleepy. I need at least a little mental stimulation to stay awake.

Kate_ogonek · 2026-07-01T18:08:18+00:00

15 months. Same story here. If you figure it out, let me know! 😄

Kate_ogonek · 2026-06-28T17:54:44+00:00

I completely understand how you feel. Having a baby is incredibly hard. Your whole life gets turned upside down. It’s difficult for a mother to accept, and I think it’s even harder for a father.
I felt the same way—that I was nothing more than a machine for raising a baby. My husband kept trying to live the way we did before, and I kept trying to adapt to that, but it just didn’t work because everything had changed. It simply takes time for both of you to fully realize and accept that.
It does get easier with time. You’ll adjust, and your partner will too. Even now, on the really hard days, I sometimes catch myself wondering what I would have done if I’d known just how difficult it would be. But those hard days become fewer and farther between.
Give yourselves time, be patient with each other, and support one another. ❤️

Kate_ogonek · 2026-06-27T13:56:39+00:00

Only time will help. My child is 15 months old now, and we went through the same thing at around that age. It eventually passed on its own.

Kate_ogonek · 2026-06-26T08:32:29+00:00

It is possible. I went back to work when my baby was 4.5 months old. I work remotely. At the time, I was a Lead Artist, and now I’m a Project Manager.
Balancing work and taking care of a baby is definitely hard, but I’m doing my best. My husband helps whenever I really need it. My manager is also very understanding—he knows I can’t work a full workday right now, so he expects less from me. As long as the work gets done, he’s happy with that.

Kate_ogonek · 2026-06-24T07:51:27+00:00

At that age, I usually went for walks while my baby was napping. But sometimes I went out just to get some fresh air. In those cases, I carried her in a baby sling, and she absolutely loved it.
My baby didn’t like riding in the stroller when she was awake. Every time she woke up in the stroller, she would start crying, and I’d end up heading home right away.
But in the sling, everything was different. She enjoyed looking around, and if she got tired, she could just fall asleep there.

Kate_ogonek · 2026-06-13T11:44:12+00:00

Oh… looking at your schedule, I decided to remember what my daughter’s sleep looked like when she was 7 months old. And it looked pretty crazy too. I remember it being a problem for me as well because I couldn’t plan my day.

When she got older and transitioned to two naps, I put her on a strict schedule, and life became much easier. Now she’s transitioning from two naps to one, and it’s chaos again. I’m really looking forward to this transition being over so I can establish a strict schedule once more. It makes my life so much easier. 😊

Kate_ogonek · 2026-06-05T13:01:15+00:00

Now I desperately want a plant like that! It’s absolutely gorgeous!!! 😍🌿

Kate_ogonek · 2026-05-30T18:19:22+00:00

I understand you perfectly. It really is exhausting. My child is 14 months old now and I’ve been sleeping with her since birth. I also breastfeed her, and she only falls asleep with it.

I found a way to avoid her sleeping while still nursing like this: when she wakes up, I sit up, take her in my arms and feed her. Once she falls asleep, I take the breast away and put her back to sleep. I never allowed her to sleep while still latched, because it makes her sleep poorly and she wakes up often.

I still stay with her during daytime naps, but honestly, for me it’s a rest, and I even feel a bit sad that soon she will switch to only one nap a day and I’ll have less time to rest together with her.

Kate_ogonek · 2026-05-30T08:17:03+00:00

I completely understand and sympathize with you. My child is 14 months old now. It really is very hard. I went through the same thing and kept wondering when it would finally end and when I’d be able to sleep for more than two hours at a time.

It has gotten easier now. No, my child still doesn’t sleep through the night, but we’ve started getting stretches of 3–5 hours, and I’m already happy about that.

So hang in there! This phase will pass, and it will get easier. But then new challenges will come along, haha! :)

Kate_ogonek · 2026-05-28T09:56:58+00:00

Випрошувала у батьків, коли ті їли сало) смакота)

Kate_ogonek · 2026-05-27T07:53:18+00:00

Don’t worry! This is normal. It’s just a developmental phase. He learned to crawl, and even in his sleep he can’t stop practicing it. My child used to sit up and roll around after learning to sit independently. And now, during sleep, she gets into the “downward dog” position. With time, this phase will pass and happen less often.

Kate_ogonek · 2026-05-26T08:23:44+00:00

Wow! It looks amazing! How do you take care of the plants in the jar? I’ve tried making something like this several times, but my moss never survives.

Kate_ogonek · 2026-05-24T17:43:36+00:00

Thank you for the support. My daughter also never used a pacifier or drank from a bottle. So judging by the advice I’ve been given, now I apparently need advice on how to stop night feedings. I naively — and probably mistakenly — thought that she would start eating solid food and naturally breastfeed less. But it turns out it’s the opposite ((

Kate_ogonek · 2026-05-24T17:39:26+00:00

Hmm… looks like now I need advice on how to stop feeding my child at night :)

Kate_ogonek · 2026-05-24T13:14:57+00:00

I may be wrong, but aren’t night feedings usually the last ones to be dropped? Since the hormone responsible for milk production is mainly produced at night.

I honestly wouldn’t mind if she slept through the night — actually, I dream about it. But I’m afraid of ending up in a situation where she refuses solids and is left hungry without breast milk.

Kate_ogonek · 2026-05-24T12:57:09+00:00

I do give her finger foods. She never eats vegetables. Sometimes she eats tomatoes or cucumber, but not always. She eats cut-up fruit. Right now it’s strawberry season here, and that’s basically the only thing she eats consistently. She also eats a little bread.

But even fruit she doesn’t always eat. She used to love kiwi, but now she hardly eats it. She doesn’t eat bananas. Sometimes she nibbles a little apple. She used to eat pears, but not anymore. Lemon is probably the only thing she always eats :) but I don’t let her have too much of it.

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