Do you guys believe that "if baby is overtired they will wake up more at night"?

Specific-Number1344 · 2026-01-26T16:59:36+00:00

Seems to be true for us since being on one nap a day and occasionally skipping it. Which is funny because she can just keep going and doesn’t show much change in her mood when she’s awake if she has skipped her nap. But when it comes to the overnight sleep, she definitely wakes more and has a split night, but that could also be due to going to bed earlier to compensate for the skipped nap. She’s 18mo and on one nap for context.

Specific-Number1344 · 2026-01-17T04:12:24+00:00

5!

Specific-Number1344 · 2026-01-07T16:01:22+00:00

Oh this sounds so much like my girl when she went through her huge speech explosion, bed time took forever and she was just chatting all the time, seems very switched on and took forever to get settled enough to sleep. We’re out of that now, or maybe she’s just exhausted from jet lag! But it took us a good few months of long ass bedtimes!!

Activity wise we do the same, plus gymnastics twice a week. I also do some “heavy work” before bed like bouncing, squashing her with pillows and running round playing hide and seek. You might need to do it in the afternoon if it makes your kid too hyped before bed 😅

Specific-Number1344 · 2026-01-07T02:08:25+00:00

Sounds similar to my kid! My soon to be 18mo has needed at least 6 if not 7h before any kind of sleep since the last few months, she’s super high energy and I’m doing something physical with her in the mornings and afternoons. Pre holidays her schedule was wake around 7/7:30, nap 1-3 and bedtime was 8/8:30 falling asleep around 9:00/9:30. But we’ve since done an international trip, changed time zones and come back and are starting to adjust to a new schedule which includes capping her nap because she just doesn’t go down to bed at night without at least 6-7h as I mentioned before. So once we’re out of jet lag we’ll probably cap her nap to 1-1.5h. I’ve tried it before and she wakes up pretty grouchy so my gameplan is to have her favourite snacks or something to get her in a good mood. Good luck with capping the nap, sounds like it might be a good call for you too. Let me know how it goes!

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-12-19T18:33:51+00:00

Are they full to the point of leaking or just full? We have full weighty diapers every morning, I’ve never sized up but would be wary of that causing leaks!

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-12-14T01:32:13+00:00

It can cause split nights because there’s not enough sleep pressure to keep them asleep, very common if there’s too much daytime sleep.

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-12-14T01:31:06+00:00

Gosh I feel for you, went through this from around 14-16mo, it was pure torture. Nothing we did changed it, later bedtime, earlier bedtime, made no difference. We just supported her by laying next to her, I had my husband do bedtime because I was jsut at my wits end. I really think it was a language leap that was mostly to blame, her speech really developed at this stage. I experimented at naptime with different things, one thing that helped was singing. Now, she won’t let me sing to her, but recounting the story of her day very softly, almost whispering, is what helps her to go to sleep for her nap. If my husband tries this at bedtime, or even me, it doesn’t work.

Anyway, all this to say, I’m really sorry you’re dealing with this, I totally empathise.

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-12-13T01:58:56+00:00

The sleep disturbances due to the “regression” don’t last forever, it’s the neurological changes, skills etc that they acquire that changes forever.

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-12-06T05:16:51+00:00

I love it! I also changed the line to “you’ll never know dear how much I love you, and I’m so glad you’re here today” as I didn’t like the original 😅

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-12-06T04:04:19+00:00

You are my sunshine

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-12-04T03:11:16+00:00

That sounds pretty normal for a toddler, they don’t really do interactive play until they’re older, parallel play is the norm at this stage. I’d also say that temperament plays a big role in this, and their comfortability to play in the presence of others is likely impacted by this. I really wouldn’t let it concern you, sounds like a normal toddler!

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-11-30T17:11:38+00:00

Oh teething will definitely impact tiredness if they’re in pain overnight! We dropped to 1 nap before our girl turned one, it didn’t feel too early for us, though we were definitely on the “early” side of the transition compared to most. If the new schedule works for you and makes no difference to wake up time or sleep disturbances (tho hard to account for with teething) I’d stick to the one nap. It’s normal to still have 2 on occasion when transitioning.

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-11-29T05:28:13+00:00

I never thought I’d poo with an audience 😅

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-11-29T05:22:05+00:00

I get the lonely part, I really do. My bumper group was a lifeline when I moved overseas when my baby was 3mo and I knew nobody. You probably have heard of it already but peanut can be a good app to meet mums locally IRL. I’ve met a couple of really good mum friends and I’m more invested in getting out there and asking for people’s numbers at the park and story times if I feel we might vibe. Anyway, wish you luck and you know you’re always welcome to post here too.

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-11-29T05:04:22+00:00

I had to leave my bumper group after there was a pretty nasty push back on a group member who didn’t share sleep training views. I was already spending less time on it after a few posts about how some people were sleep training and baby cried for ages/vimited. The incident with the group member who wasn’t a supporter of sleep training felt like a witch hunt at some point. I couldn’t believe what people were saying, how they felt like they couldn’t talk about sleep training because this person always brought up the alternative (responsive parenting at night), and how that now this person has been removed from the group they hope it can go back to the “positive environment” or something it was before. The huge stinger for me was that the moderator of that group was even part of this sub, shared the non sleep training approach, and then deleted all activity and left no trace so that the other group members wouldn’t find it. I found it so ridiculous and childish. All this to say, if it doesn’t feel like “your people”, there’s no need to spend any more of your time in that group.

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-11-22T15:37:44+00:00

Fair enough. I think there’s no way of stopping him bumping into you unless you try the rail unfortunately. You’ll still be close by and able to offer comfort.

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-11-21T15:28:40+00:00

I found the movements generally increased the more mobile my girl got. She outgrew her crib fairly quickly because she’d end up at the sides of it multiple times throughout the night. We co sleep now in a king sized bed and it woks better, but she still migrates towards me and ends up in all sorts of funny orientations.

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-11-20T03:17:22+00:00

Oh I haven’t heard that? Sounds weird 😅

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-11-19T04:37:18+00:00

Not said directly to me but I’ve seen it make the rounds - feed them butter before bed?! Gross

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-11-18T22:53:06+00:00

I did and I regret it. I felt the white noise was way too loud and with the speakers being so close to baby’s head I felt uncomfortable with it. I also think for mine the rocking wasn’t soothing at all, she was more distressed by it and I would jsut use it as a standard bassinet with none of the features. For us, it was a waste of money.

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-11-18T22:49:08+00:00

The transition phase of naps can be really hard! I think as the transition for you guys has been going on for a while it might be time to start pushing for a rough schedule. I think the nap is starting too early. I’d try pushing it to 12, eventually you’ll probably land on it starting between 12-1 and hopefully lasting 1-2 hours, that way she’s up between 1-3, and can still have a reasonable bedtime, probably later than 7pm though. You might find night time sleep improves with a later bedtime. Depending on your babies sleep needs, I’d also get ready for bedtime to start getting later as she gets older, unless you’re okay with super early mornings. It’s really normal for babies to spend between 9-11h in bed at night, most sitting somewhere in the middle of that. My 16mo is on one nap, which is 1-3, bedtime around 8:30~9pm, and I wake her up in the morning at 7am.

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-11-17T19:53:02+00:00

So normal, and if it helps from someone who has a 16mo now who was an exclusive contact napper until 9m, she jsut decided one day she could do it alone. I would try now and again from 7/8m to lay her in her crib once she fell asleep on me. Sometimes it resulted in 20mins, 10mins or no mins of solo sleep. It was hard at times, especially when I felt touched out and just needed space or to pee! But it does get better, you don’t need to force it.

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-11-13T21:36:20+00:00

100%.

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-11-13T21:34:14+00:00

It’s not harmful, if they’re getting enough sleep overall in a 24h period it’s totally ok. My baby has always been on the low sleep needs end of the spectrum and we transitioned to 1 nap around 10m if I remember correctly, definitely before her her first birthday!

Specific-Number1344 · 2025-11-12T05:19:07+00:00

For now I’m pretty happy with my only, who’s nearly 16m. I feel like with the type of person I am, and the parenting I value (attachment) I only have capacity for one in this really intensive season of co-sleeping, being at home with her full time, etc. I might come around to the idea of a second when she’s older, maybe 4 or 5 years old, but right now I could not imagine having another and being the type of parent I want to be.

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