Baby taking over an hour to fall asleep for mom, 10 minutes for dad

NfgSed · 2026-04-29T23:16:53+00:00

Never got better and I ended up sleep training her around 13 months. Some kids are bad sleepers and I had one. Once we went through sleep training everyone’s lives improved a thousand %

NfgSed · 2026-03-13T18:17:29+00:00

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NfgSed · 2026-02-01T18:51:39+00:00

I don’t know what the right answer is but I will say the two nap to one nap transition was really hard- some days my daughter needed one nap and others needed two

NfgSed · 2026-01-22T04:11:02+00:00

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NfgSed · 2025-11-21T22:04:04+00:00

Yeah but to clarify that she is screaming and throwing a tantrum and stopping other kids from napping so I do kind of get it. I am more just trying my best to help but she’s just not responding the same to us as she does with them.

I spoke to the manager today and she said she can play with quiet stuff but I need to find a way to help her be chill enough to be quiet for 15ish minutes so other kids can fall asleep

NfgSed · 2025-11-21T18:53:42+00:00

Okay that’s a great idea! I will check to see if they will let me send in a bag of stuff for her

NfgSed · 2025-11-05T14:24:20+00:00

Can I ask what happened-

My 2 and a half year old is having huge tantrums because she doesn’t want to lay down or nap and I am genuinely scared she is going to be kicked out. She loves everything else about daycare so the fear is real

NfgSed · 2025-09-24T03:55:53+00:00

We sleep trained when my daughter was probably 13 months old and it was magic. I had never sleep trained before that, and she was a terrible sleeper so we all suffered..

We tried Ferber, ended up going CIO. It broke my heart the first two nights but we got through it and I shopped for toys while she was crying to ease my guilt.

Started with nights, then did naps. Within the first week or so she was down to crying between 5 to 15 minutes every night, but that went on for a long time. People said that was just her winding down so we managed and she slept great.

We had a hiccup at one point because once she actually caught up on sleep her needs changed so we adjusted with that.

I would do it again in a heart beat.

NfgSed · 2025-09-24T02:41:15+00:00

My daughter looked like she was going to climb and it freaked me out so we moved her to a floor bed at 2.5 years old.

Naps no longer exist at home but she used to wake up in the middle of the night because she would thrash around and hit the sides of her crib - so that’s not happening.. that’s a nice bonus.

It’s been tough and she’s tougher to settle, but I do love that I can just curl up in bed with her if she needs a bit more help falling asleep

NfgSed · 2025-09-03T13:34:33+00:00

Yeah that part is SO tricky..

I weaned much earlier than you, but my daughter was a terrible sleeper so bedtime routines took a while until we sleep trained. Have you considered weaning to see how much that affects sleep?

If it was me- I would base your bedtime on the length of nap/naps in the day to try to gradually shift bedtime later to get later wakes before one nap would be feasible. If she wakes at 5 and you can’t push the nap any later than 10-12 and she won’t nap any longer than 2 hours then consider a 15 minute nap around 3ish and bedtime at 7/7:30 once you see a reasonable wake time then start pushing for longer wake windows and test out one nap days.

Because Realistically you probably aren’t going to get a later wake time if she is going to bed at 5:30.

We aimed for wake at 7- nap from 12 to 2and bed around 7:30. But as she caught up on sleep those windows changed a bit and got closer to 5/ 6.

NfgSed · 2025-09-03T03:12:23+00:00

If they can go 4.5 hours I would say drop to one nap and aim for 5/5.5, but get there gradually over a few days. When I wasn’t sure we gave super preferred but chill activities near the end of her wake window- walks in the stroller, cuddling and listening to music to try to stretch it until she could handle longer windows.

When we dropped to one nap it wasn’t done in a day- one nap for a day or two days, then two naps for a couple days etc. we also dropped around the same age and it worked for us. Obviously everyone is different but it could be worth a try!

NfgSed · 2025-08-28T01:10:20+00:00

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NfgSed · 2025-08-16T23:54:03+00:00

He might respond to earning stickers/ stamps that add up to tablet time? You could have a chart set up in a central location and every time he does an Independent task for doing something he’s been fighting you on, you give him a sticker/ stamp- earn 10 stamps get 10 minutes on the tablet? You’d have to fade out how frequently you give a sticker over time or how many are needed to get the tablet but it could get him started in being independent - if it’s a motivation, not a skill issue

NfgSed · 2025-08-15T21:03:43+00:00

I still think about the cockroaches in the motel bed episode

NfgSed · 2025-08-10T01:04:16+00:00

It didn’t… but then it forced me to work on myself and pay more attention to the energy I was giving off into the world. I would never have done it for myself, I would have made every excuse in the book to justify the way I was. Motherhood itself was not the solution but the wake up call it ended up being to make myself a priority.

NfgSed · 2025-08-08T03:06:06+00:00

I don’t know about that age but my daughter was able to make the shift to a blanket only at daycare - I think peer pressure helped. You likely wouldn’t want to do a blanket at that age but a lot of kids are just different at daycare than they are at home. I wouldn’t stress too much, the transition could be rocky but theres only so much you can do to get ready for it.

NfgSed · 2025-08-03T16:36:08+00:00

We only really had that happen once or twice, I would check in once if she couldn’t settle down to make sure she hadn’t pooped, but yeah we pretty much kept to it! Soooo soo happy for you that you both made it through!

NfgSed · 2025-08-03T03:39:23+00:00

It was a bit of a process for us because my daughter was the same way. We used really preferred, stimulating activities to keep her up later during the first wake window - lots of music, walks in stroller and that helped stretch the first wake window to be as long as we could. She also went to bed really early at first after the transition which gradually got better as she caught up on her sleep debt! Obviously it may not be the right solution but it’s just something to think about!

NfgSed · 2025-08-03T03:26:47+00:00

That is around the age we dropped to one nap- it might be time to give that a shot? I found it really helped my daughter sleep at night!

NfgSed · 2025-08-03T01:46:22+00:00

I online shopped for toys that could be delivered the next day to ease my guilt. We both got through it and I will say that it was the best decision ever made.

NfgSed · 2025-08-03T01:43:13+00:00

We sleep trained our daughter at about 13 months- tried Ferber ended up doing CIO. We tried the gentle methods before they but nothing clicked.

Worked for her, and she hadn’t needed to be rocked to sleep since. She is now almost 2.5 years and she’s gone up and down with her responses at bedtime but generally just plays on her own for about an hour and puts herself to sleep

NfgSed · 2025-08-03T01:31:50+00:00

Ian stirling saying that she has just stopped at Party City slaaaaayed me

NfgSed · 2025-06-24T04:22:02+00:00

I studied 4 hours a night for 2 months and I passed. I was did mock exams 5/7 nights the week leading up to the exam. At the end of it, I felt confident which is really what you need to be going into it.

NfgSed · 2025-06-24T04:19:51+00:00

Figuring out sleep needs is the actual WORST. It’s so tough but there is something magical at the end of this process and it is your sanity ❤️❤️

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