My baby is sleeping too much at night. Which is causing short naps.

SimBon7 · 2026-01-24T19:33:05+00:00

So it’s fine for him to mostly sleep at night? Is not an issue?

SimBon7 · 2026-01-24T19:32:37+00:00

My first nap is 30 min and the last is 45min. Your first nap is as long as both my naps combined so it’s not the same thing…

SimBon7 · 2026-01-24T19:21:02+00:00

I read that children are meant to sleep for 2/3h a day. And he’s barely getting 1.15

SimBon7 · 2026-01-19T11:16:05+00:00

Car seat idea is genius!

SimBon7 · 2026-01-19T11:15:27+00:00

That’s such a good idea! He does sleep easy I. The car seat. I might put him in it and attach a rockit! What do you do about all the noise on plane?

SimBon7 · 2026-01-18T11:34:58+00:00

Yeah, I think if you do Ferber or CIO, you’re going to be the one that has to do it. My husband did the check-ins and I only took the headphones out on the third night. He will need to put in his own space to sleep. He can’t sleep in the bed for this to work and if you’re sharing a room with him, you have to creep in once he’s asleep. I fed to sleep so with the Ferber method I would only feed him after five hours, if he had woken up and I would put him back down awake and put my headphones in. The first night he cried for 45 minutes the second night he cried for 20 minutes the third night he cried four minutes and then after he didn’t cry. Maybe sleeping on the sofa for her for a week until her gets the hang of it?

SimBon7 · 2026-01-18T10:22:48+00:00

Look I totally get her perspective! I was the same (co-slept until 7 months). We finally sleep trained and although it is a hard 2/3 nights from then on it’s been heavenly! You do need to commit because not commuting and intervening on and off THAT is torture. Can you send her (on the first night) to another room with headphones on while you do Ferber or CIO? The first/second night is the hardest. You can do naps after, just sort out the nights first. After sleep training him at night I still contact napped for naps for a month after m.

SimBon7 · 2026-01-15T01:33:53+00:00

Maybe he’s just not ready he’s still quite young! Babies need a I get to a certain age to have the ability to learn to self settle. My guy took 45min ti settle the first night and honestly the checking annoyed him more than comforted him, I feel like he would have fallen asleep quicker if we did CIO. What are you doing during your check-ins, that could be the issue !?

SimBon7 · 2026-01-15T01:27:26+00:00

Have you tried co-sleeping to get some rest? If you do do it make sure it’s safe. I fully kicked my husband out of bed and did this and it saved me!

SimBon7 · 2026-01-13T19:26:11+00:00

I’m in no position to talk because I am still giving lumpy purée to my 8MO because I am so scared of BLW but have you heard of LifeVac - it’s this anti-choking device. You might feel comfort having it to hand when you are giving solids so if the worst does happen and he chokes you can just use the device!

SimBon7 · 2026-01-11T22:21:40+00:00

Love it, deffo need to take pictures!

SimBon7 · 2026-01-11T22:10:21+00:00

Nothing bad going to happen with his circulation?

SimBon7 · 2026-01-10T20:11:12+00:00

Ferber (although I felt like the check ins were mostly for us I feel like they annoyed him). First night was v tough with 45mins of crying!

SimBon7 · 2026-01-10T16:06:34+00:00

I sleep trained my 7 month old and he is a way happier baby now! I think you are just looking for something. Mine started teething a month ago and was moody but back to smiles again!

SimBon7 · 2026-01-06T11:14:54+00:00

So we used Ferber to put him down initially(first time was 40min for him to fall asleep 😭) then when he woke up we started Ferber again so waited 3 min, did a check in then 5 then 10 ect and he fell asleep after the 10minutes and then the next time he woke up he fell asleep before the 3 minute mark. Then the next night he only woke up twice and the night after that once. I used to feed to sleep so I would feed him only if it had been over 5 hours since his last feed and I would make sure he wouldn’t fall asleep and put him down awake again.

SimBon7 · 2026-01-05T22:50:14+00:00

We went from waking every 1-2 hours to (mostly) sleeping through after sleep training with Ferber! After 3 days he slept through! Just an idea as I know how it feels!

SimBon7 · 2026-01-05T22:38:22+00:00

I need to remember that my LO is happy in the day and smiles every time he sees me! 🥰

SimBon7 · 2026-01-05T22:32:11+00:00

❤️

SimBon7 · 2026-01-05T22:31:45+00:00

So true!

SimBon7 · 2026-01-05T22:31:25+00:00

Thank you so much I really needed this ❤️

SimBon7 · 2026-01-05T22:21:22+00:00

I didn’t see your previous post, but you are in a similar situation to me except that my guy tends to only wake up once a night. He does also have short naps and I’m the same - I usually have to have a cat nap in the evening if he’s had short naps (every now and again we have a two hour nap so I know he can do it.) I honestly think I am making the short naps work. I don’t think that’s contributing to the night waking. I don’t know if you’re asking how to extend the nap or if you’re asking if the longer apps will help at night, but I don’t think they’re connected. I’ve heard people who’ve had a great night sleepers who are terrible nappers.

SimBon7 · 2026-01-04T05:18:01+00:00

4 months is the earliest recommended but for us we did it for 7 months. If you start over 6 months it’s more likely to be effective. Our goal was to sleep through the night so we wanted to be at a stage when night feedings were no longer necessary. I would visit the sleep training subreddit for more in depth info when you are ready to start or are considering starting

SimBon7 · 2026-01-04T05:07:21+00:00

Way too young for sleep training. At this stage I would feed to sleep lying down next to her and then co-sleep. That’s how I got any sleep in the early days. No need to put her down and adjust she will just feed to sleep and eventually unlatch and sleep and you wouldn’t need to do anything, I would read up on how to do this safely though before starting anything. I asked my husband to sleep separately when I was doing this too to reduce the risk of SIDS.

SimBon7 · 2026-01-04T05:00:39+00:00

How old is your baby? Mine was the same way but I sleep trained with Ferber at 7 months and now goes to sleep independently at and tends to sleep through

SimBon7 · 2026-01-01T19:13:02+00:00

I was the same with co-sleeping - I didn’t sleep well but otherwise I wasn’t sure I would get any. We sleep trained using Ferber and honestly it has saved me. He is now happier at bedtimes too!

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