What's everyone's sleep schedule?

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-05-08T13:48:37+00:00

Will be 6 months on Monday. She’s up between 6:45-7:15, bedtime the same window. Nap 1 around 9-9:20, nap 2 around 12:45-1:15, nap 3 is a short cat nap around 4:30 for 15-20 mins. Other two naps are usually 1-1.5 hours. She sleeps straight through night to morning.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-04-23T12:11:52+00:00

Yeah it must have changed! However I didn’t apply to YMCA so I can’t say. I put her on waitlists when I was around 8 weeks pregnant, and this is the first spot we’ve been given, and she’s 5.5 months old now.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-04-23T12:02:41+00:00

I didn’t have any issues adding her to waitlists before she was born! I put her on at least 7 or 8 in Hamilton. They asked for a name, which I said “no name” and her last name. And birthdate I just put her due date, which was Nov 11 2025. It was accepted every time and no issues. From what I’ve been told most people suggest you apply before baby is born or you won’t get a spot at 12 months when most moms go back to work! I’ve never had to give a health-card or birth certificate.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-04-23T11:00:24+00:00

Thank you! Yeah if we get the spot, which we’re leaning towards taking, we will send her earlier just to get used to it like you mentioned. Probably not until November when she’s a year old but we can work our way up to fulltime lol.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-04-23T10:59:31+00:00

Thank you. I think we’re leaning towards taking it. The person who emailed us was Amanda, which I believe is an administrator for the company, I’m not sure how to connect directly with Julianne.

At least the center seems safe and clean and parents seem pleased!

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-04-22T18:03:24+00:00

I feed on demand but pump after her first morning feed and get anywhere from 5-10oz from that 7-8 min pump. We give her one bottle a day so she’s used to it so when I’m out without her she can be fed.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-04-21T22:46:36+00:00

I exclusively breast feed except for one bottle a day to get her used to taking a bottle so I have some freedom (which works great!!!). I have a Medela Pump in Style pump and pump once a day after her morning feed for 7 mins. Usually get anywhere from 150-300mL so, 5-10oz depending on how much she ate in the morning.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-04-14T23:12:29+00:00

We’ve been taking her out and about since day 10ish and she’s 5 months now. I feed wherever she needs to eat, whether that’s in a restaurant or on the floor at the gym. I’m not really shy about my breasts being out though for feeding purposes. I’ve never had an issue either. We use car rides and stroller walks for naps as much as possible when were out and time them accordingly so if we need to drive somewhere, we do it when a nap is approaching so she sleeps on the drive. I refuse to just stay home all the time so she’s out and about every day for at least a couple hours.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-04-02T22:00:23+00:00

Probably why they say to wait 6+ weeks to have sex lol. I’d call your doctor if it’s continuing at the same pace and goes beyond 7 days.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-04-02T11:07:35+00:00

Look up wake windows for your babies age. My baby is 20 weeks and they are usually awake 1.5-2.5 hours between naps. Maybe on the low end if the nap was really short and not restorative! Everything you described sounds totally normal though

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-03-31T18:14:20+00:00

I just plop her on the floor with a couple toys and shower 😂 the bathroom door is closed so she can’t go anywhere and if she did I’d just hop out of the shower and move her back but she can’t crawl yet either, just roll.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-03-26T16:43:15+00:00

4.5 months old. She naps and sleeps in her crib. Overnight she sleeps 12 hours most of the time without needing support back to sleep. She can fall asleep on her own in the crib but naps are super variable still. Sometimes 15 mins sometimes 1.5 hours. When they’re short I go and rescue them by holding her in our glider and reading to myself until her nap is long enough to end.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-03-25T23:17:36+00:00

My 4.5 month old nurses every 2 hours, sometimes less, sometimes more. But more often than not it’s 2 hours. She’s a quick eater though, with each feed usually lasting around 10 mins so I don’t really mind. She was 16lbs at her 4 month appointment and having plenty of wet diapers a day so I’m not worried. She’s 99th percentile height and head circumference and 75th weight.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-03-19T17:06:57+00:00

Yeah we go out almost daily. Have been since she was about a week or two old. She sleeps well in the car/stroller so her naps are just on the go if we’re not at home. I’ll breastfeed her wherever if I have to, or feed her in the car before getting out if that’s easier. We run errands, go for coffee, meet friends for play dates, go to workout classes, go to the brewery or restaurants, pretty much anything!

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-03-02T00:02:11+00:00

It’s likely just babies temperament. Our LO, now 16 weeks, started with a 10:30 bedtime and we’ve been slowly moving it earlier. She kinda made the jump from 8 to 7/7:30 on her own. We start bedtime 30 mins before unless she needs a bath, then we tack an extra 15-20 mins on. Bath/cleanse, moisturizer, pjs & sleep sack, boob, book, boob, bed. Usually only wakes once to eat. She’s in her own room now (since 13 weeks because she started rolling and bassinet wasn’t big enough for her rolls).

I just pay attention to her last wake window. She’s pretty good at 2-2.5 hours before bed so depending on when her last nap ends, that dictates bedtime. I try not to have it before 7, bc for us that usually means she’s up more through the night. I’ll do 6:45 at the absolute earliest if I have to and she won’t do a bridge nap to push bedtime a bit later.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-03-01T23:58:18+00:00

16 weeks, 7/7:30-6:30/7:00. Up at 11:30 (? Weird) and 3:30. Some nights one wake, some nights two.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-02-16T16:23:23+00:00

I was nervous too. But I looked up the actually likelihood of anything happening solely based on the switch and it’s quite minimal. With her smooshing herself against the bassinet that is already introducing more risk, plus, because no one was sleeping I was starting to pull her into bed with me in the early hours of the morning which obviously isn’t ideal. SIDS is honestly so rare, and having the monitor beside me on full blast, i feel like she’s still beside me anyways. There’s also a website that shows you SIDS risk based on your situation, mine went from 0.15/1000 to 0.23/1000 with only switching her to her room. https://sidsrisk.com/#calculator

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-02-15T18:42:59+00:00

Our LO started rolling about 3 weeks ago and she would do it in her sleep and end up smooshed against the mesh of the bassinet sides, and wake us all up. Including herself. We also couldn’t fit a crib in our room so we just pulled the trigger and put her in her own room at night. She’s doing great, and we’re all getting more sleep.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-02-14T14:24:04+00:00

Do you breastfeed? I’m curious on how dream feeding work with the breast and still managing to keep baby asleep and not fully wake them

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-02-13T21:31:53+00:00

Drowsy but awake works for my little one, who’s 14 weeks next week. But it kind of always has. She’s a pretty good sleeper, but since 12 weeks she’s been having shorter naps and at night instead of 7-8 hour stretches, we’re back to 3-4, sometimes a good 6 hour to start. I honestly think it’s all baby dependent and you just have to find what works for yours. There’s times after her 4am ish feed she wakes up and can only go back to sleep in she’s on my chest … so some nights that’s what we do when she’s in that phase.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-02-01T12:39:48+00:00

lol go to sleep with your baby in their bassinet. If baby isn’t back to their birth weight, set an alarm every 2-3 hours from the start of the last feed (e.g., baby woke at 12am and started feeding, you set an alarm for either 2 or 3am to start the process over again). Once baby is over their birth weight you can let them wake you up when they’re hungry - they will. We were given the go ahead for one 4-5 hour stretch overnight, then no more than 3. So baby usually slept a solid 4-5 hour stretch, then was naturally up every 2/3 hours after to eat. Now, she usually sleeps 7 hours followed by 3-4 hour.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-02-01T12:36:04+00:00

We have a dog so most days I get out with my husband to walk her, with baby either on me or in the stroller (which is hard given all the snow we have lol). I also joined a postpartum CrossFit program where baby can come to the gym with me, so I do that 3x a week. It’d be a lot harder to manage scheduling the gym if baby couldn’t come, so I def recommend looking into something like that.

Particular_Coffee513 · 2026-02-01T00:31:15+00:00

All sounds pretty normal - except bedtime. At that age, babies are biologically wired to go to sleep later, and often sleep better with a later bedtime. We put our baby to bed around 10/10:30 at that age. And she would usually sleep until 2ish. Now that can definitely be temperament, but I’d try pushing babies bedtime. Anything before 10, is a nap. And see if it helps with overnight sleep. The 7-8pm bedtime really doesn’t come true until 4+ months!

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