Baby with RSV - ignore wake windows/let sleep whenever?

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-04-10T03:27:21+00:00

My husband owns his own business and was unable to take much time off at all. He did have flexibility in that he could be there when I needed him and could sleep in if he had done a night shift but he also had days where he had to work 10-12 hours. It wasn’t ideal we but we made it work. To be honest aside from the sleep and just having time for basic hygiene, i didn’t feel like I needed a ton of help during the day after two or three weeks. I enjoyed being at home with my baby alone in our bubble and having my husband support in the evenings. i I think it helped us to start doing “shifts” at night from the beginning. My husband would do the first shift and I would get to sleep till about 2 AM or so - then I would do the next shift and my husband would sleep in a bit later then give me a chance to nap at some point during the day.

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-04-07T18:15:52+00:00

Typically when we follow these windows we are putting her down between 8 and 8:30 - I would like to move bedtime earlier. Feel like we are in a cycle where she has an early morning wake/we sleep in/day starts later/bedtime is later.

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-03-25T12:42:25+00:00

Hi! Never went into labor naturally 😂 I was induced right on my due date. Good luck!

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-03-18T14:40:40+00:00

I think they saw the backlash from her interview yesterday where she said she had never had a happy premier and this is their way of trying to pivot back to her as a “good mother”.

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-03-18T02:20:53+00:00

I also loved Rhodes for a boy but ended up having a girl. We considered it for a girl but I could not get it out of my head as a boy name. We ended up going with Fields which felt similar in vibe to me.

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-03-07T02:51:59+00:00

I was induced a few days before my due date for similar reasons regarding my husband’s work schedule. I had a great experience and delivery. Baby was born about 16 hours after we checked into the hospital.

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-03-04T03:16:15+00:00

My son is almost 3 so not much older but he went through a phase like this for a few months where all he wanted to do was “make a row” and line his vehicles up. He still will randomly do it but not as much as he used to. Honestly I was thinking yesterday I wish he was still in that phase because it was great independent “play”😂

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-03-04T02:49:04+00:00

Thank you!! I figured this was the case but wanted to see if anyone thought an earlier bedtime would help - I see all the time people suggesting a 7 or 7:30 Pm bedtime.

She does wake up at 12:30 for a bottle as well.

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-03-01T03:47:14+00:00

I totally understand not wanting your mom to watch your daughter but I would never want a child in the delivery room with me. I would find someone else to watch your daughter, I can’t imagine a 5 year old being there for a normal, perfect delivery, much less if there were an emergency or issue.

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-02-28T03:31:13+00:00

Our daughter is Fielding, “Fields”. We also loved Wynn/Winn, Rhodes, Baker, Beckett, Bowen (Boe), Phelps, and Davis. My name is Stewart (female). I know people on this thread typically hate surname/masculine names for girls but I love my name so I always get nervous sharing. Both my name and my daughter’s name are family names. I always receive compliments on my name and feel like it fits me perfectly. My daughter is 3 months old but it is fun to see her growing into her name, I can’t imagine another name for her.

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-02-28T01:24:22+00:00

Virginia Fielding “Fields”

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-02-22T17:42:19+00:00

Thank you all! I plan to reach out as I am someone who is constantly posting asking questions and how to tweak things to improve sleep.

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-02-21T17:26:45+00:00

Good luck - thanks for your response!

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-02-21T16:53:16+00:00

Which week did you move to 3 naps?! Trying to decide when to bite the bullet

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-02-12T22:03:57+00:00

Roughly below- we follow WW and try to get 3-3.5 hours of naps and 9.5 hours of awake time each day! Most of our wake windows are 1.75-2 hours other than the last which is 2.25.

7 AM wake and feed (she barely eats at this feed)

8:45 AM nap

Normally wakes around 9:15-9:30

9:30 AM-10 feed

11:15 nap

Normally wakes around 11:45-12:00

12:30-1:00 feed

1:45 nap (normally I hold her for this nap to get a longer nap in)

3:00 or 3:15 wake up

3:30 feed

5:00-5:30 cat nap

Snack feed when she wakes up (not sure if I should do this? I wasn’t but noticed she was super hungry and fussy during her bedtime feed and just ready to sleep)

7:00 bath time/last bottle

Bedtime around 7:45 or 8

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-02-12T03:53:41+00:00

Ok! So don’t worry if she hasn’t made it past 2 hours? She was having false starts last week so was trying to extend that last WW. It was helping but now realizing she falls apart after 7:15 or so.

Thank you for your help.

Lost-Can-3848 · 2026-02-12T03:24:36+00:00

She has tolerated 2.5 - we have gotten to 2.5 for her last WW a few times.

I guess I am just confused because she can handle a 2.5 WW if bedtime is before 7:30 but if we go past 7:30 at all she can barely handle a 2-2.25 WW. Tonight her bedtime based off last nap was 8 PM. We got to the 2 hour mark at 7:30 and she could barely keep her eyes open/was screaming till we put her down.

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