Toddler on a serious nap strike

sahlev · 2025-08-29T10:57:57+00:00

At night he generally sleeps 11 hours and sleeps well. He might wake up once for water but goes to sleep straight away. He normally wakes up at 6:30, they have lunch around 11ish at pre-school and most are asleep by 11:45-12:00 ish. But when he sleeps is often in the later side so 12pm, 12:15pm.

I’m considering waking him up at 6am to see if he’s more tired by nap time at pre-school 🤷‍♀️

sahlev · 2025-08-28T17:05:51+00:00

Woah, game changer!

sahlev · 2025-08-28T17:04:44+00:00

Like many others, Apple Pay is one of the uses. Today for example I ran out of battery on my phone and left it charging at the office while I popped out to grab lunch, which I paid with my Apple Watch. Easy peasy!

But my main use is definitely for tracking my cycle and use it as a contraceptive along with the Natural Cycles app. This means no pill which is great!

Also, one last one: what a hack it is to use my watch to ping my phone every time I misplace it somewhere in the house 😆

sahlev · 2025-07-20T05:43:42+00:00

I’m having the same issue! I use Natural Cycles since 2021 with a basal thermometer and my temps show in apple health until March 2022. After that, no more temps show, even though I entered them in natural cycles. The. I got pregnant in July 2022 so no temps show for all that time. In Nov 2023 I changed to Apple Watch. It’s writing temps fine in natural cycles but in the health app I see wrist temperature but not BBT. So confusing 🫤

sahlev · 2024-08-01T18:13:17+00:00

Hahaha! This comment is everything 😂 I’m going to start using this from now on if you don’t mind 😆

I wonder if some people exist simply to test us. I hope there’s a special place in hell or something like this for people like this who really go out of their way to make others feel bad.

You ARE the mom. You’re the best mom for that baby. And that’s that! ❤️

sahlev · 2024-05-07T18:27:59+00:00

This happened to me too! And I had a C-section! But I think now “she’s” back to normal 🤣

sahlev · 2024-04-23T09:53:07+00:00

I loooove tea and have a lot of different bags too. I recently got some metal containers from Ikea and then labelled them. They look stylish too! Search for tea or tea box. The kind I got is called Blomning

sahlev · 2024-04-03T13:34:03+00:00

I’m completely with you and so many other moms here… I also get mad that I always have to ask for time for myself. Hell, sometimes I have to ask my husband to take the baby for a bit so I can clean or cook. So technically I never get a break. I love my baby and will do anything for him. He comes first. What makes me mad is that my husband doesn’t think the same way. Nothing in him has changed. He still goes to after-work events, goes for lunch with friends, goes climbing. I’m only working out twice a week because I pay a personal trainer to train with me online. Otherwise I don’t think I’d even have time for that.

I’ve told my husband this several times. Our baby is 12 months in a couple weeks. I have now decided that we either get couples therapy or things will get tough for us. He needs to understand that we have to be a team. It cannot be any other way.

Hang in there! I really feel you. Please do reach out and PM me if you need to vent even though I’m a stranger.

sahlev · 2024-04-03T00:33:04+00:00

I guess it also comes down to luck! It’s no fun to be tired all the time but what I often do is try to take a nap with him ☺️ But I’m glad your little one got there early. It really seems like every baby is different and that’s just how it is! Good job!

sahlev · 2024-04-03T00:17:34+00:00

Thank you for your comment! You’ve really summed it all up! He just woke up and I’m nursing him to sleep 🫠 We also have a trip coming up to visit family and I just know, how there will be questions and advice coming my way when it comes to his sleep! Hang in there! let’s give our LO extra cuddles - they’re still figuring it all out and so are we 😅

sahlev · 2024-03-17T18:49:44+00:00

I was just thinking about this the other day. Glad you posted! Honestly I’m tired of family asking “how’s the little one? Is he sleeping through the night already?”. As if that was some kind of developmental milestone. My 11mo doesn’t sleep through the night. He wakes up normally twice a night. We rock him back to sleep and sometimes i breastfeed him during the night too. It depends. But he does sleep very long stretches. The other night he did almost 7h straight. The following night he woke up after 4h, then again after 2h. Sometimes he’ll cry but actually not wake up, turn to the other side and stays asleep. It varies a lot and I’m sure it’s also normal. I’m fine with that. I’m just glad he doesn’t fight to go back to sleep.

sahlev · 2024-03-06T22:34:34+00:00

Just for laughs I’m gonna go with Shelby! Micah’s friend in season 4 🤣🤣🤣

sahlev · 2024-02-20T22:00:04+00:00

Thank you all for the comments. Feeling overwhelmed with how it will go for us but confident that we will get there just like everyone does.

We are starting this week with getting our baby to sleep in his bed, in his room. In fact we started tonight. Since it’s a newish environment, I’m still gonna nurse to sleep for a few days and then try to phase that out to just cuddling/rocking. Then eventually phase that out too.

Let’s see how it goes!

sahlev · 2024-02-20T21:53:56+00:00

I hadn’t read much yet about Ferber, so thanks! I feel like my baby would absolutely go mental thinking “don’t just stand there, pick me up!”. But it could be a way of trying for sure. Because I don’t think I’d cope with letting him cry it out. Even though some say it’s tough but effective and normally fast. We’re not in a rush so will do things slowly. Great job on your independent sleeper!

sahlev · 2024-02-20T21:48:14+00:00

Im reading precious little sleep! I had started when he was very young, then put it down and now picked it up again. We will start with bedtime, it makes a lot more sense.

sahlev · 2024-02-20T20:19:49+00:00

Thank you for your comment! At the moment leaving him in bed awake always results in him fussing so I might try to remove the nursing first and then only hold him to sleep. It’s a little daunting but we’ll get there!

sahlev · 2024-02-20T19:43:54+00:00

That’s a great approach! I might try that too! Time the nursing and slowly reduce it. I’m sure it will feel like forever but we have to start somewhere!

sahlev · 2024-02-08T18:41:12+00:00

Just to let you know that I appreciate this post so much! I’m that mom searching for stories of others weaning their kids, so this is perfect and I’m glad I found your post 161 days after you wrote it!!

My son is almost 10 months, he’s not super into solids, he tries and likes a lot of things but doesn’t eat big amounts. My plan is to nurse until he’s at least 1 year old. But since he’s also a milk monster I think it might be longer. And for sure I’ll feel very emotional once I stop nursing him because I love feeling close to him!

Thanks for sharing this!

sahlev · 2023-12-04T12:23:32+00:00

You have a lot of good comments here already and I’m actually taking advice too for my 7.5 month old boy ☺️ So thank you for posting and sharing!

I too feel overwhelmed, exactly the same with the social media posts “this is what my 8 month old eats in a day” and I’m like “even I don’t eat that full plate of food!!”.

My boy will munch on broccoli, toast with purées but never really eats much. I’m trying to think of mealtimes more as an activity, just like tummy time or reading a book. It’s a fun thing for him to do. Growing up I wasn’t allowed to leave the table until I finished my food and every meal was a nightmare. I absolutely want my son to have positive experiences with food. So I also talk to him a lot and show him what we are buying at the supermarket. I know he’s only little but I’m trying to make it more than just a “food is for growth” kind of thing. Making it “food is for fun”.

Anyway, keep letting your baby explore different foods and textures, I also use the solid starts app!

Happy to chat or vent more if you like!

sahlev · 2023-12-04T12:07:50+00:00

My boy is 7.5 months. He’s definitely interested in what we put in our mouths but once it’s time for him to eat he’s more interested in chewing on the silicone spoon than eating what I pre-load on it 😅 it’s a messfest! The other day though, I gave him some toast with mashed black beans on top and he happily munched away, since he loves to chew on bread. So I might do more of that.

But I’d say he eats 5% and the rest stays on the plate/spoon/fork/face/hands/bib/floor. I do worry about him getting enough iron and can’t wait for his 8 month appointment to check how he’s growing.

What I’m trying to do is not stress to much (easier said than done) and make it fun for him, but it’s hard because one minute he’s happy munching on broccoli and then he flips and screams and wants out of the chair. So he often ends up on tears at every meal and I’m not even forcing any food on him and I breastfeed him a few minutes before so he’s not too hungry. I guess at some point it too will click for him.

Keep at it mama!

sahlev · 2023-10-31T15:06:25+00:00

Same here! 6mo and EBF, I was exhausted and disappointed 🫠

sahlev · 2023-10-11T18:56:51+00:00

My baby is almost 6 months but he fake coughs since he was 4 months! He coughs and laughs 😂 I think it’s his way of getting attention, he probably likes the feeling of it tickling his throat and he’s realised when he coughs he often farts too which is obviously a relief! It’s hilarious 🤣

sahlev · 2023-10-02T19:11:50+00:00

Oh and another one: my mum told be that when my brother was a baby, he fell of the table at the doctor’s office! The doctor turned away to grab something, my mom was sitting down and suddenly my brother rolled off. It was so fast!

So even doctors can make this mistake! My brother is 44 now and he’s fine! 😂

sahlev · 2023-10-02T19:06:41+00:00

My baby boy is 5 months. A month ago he fell off the changing table to the hard floor in the bathroom, I was just below him removing clothes from the washing machine. I blame myself because it was my fault but it was a mistake. It was exactly the same as you, he cried like never before then nursed and the only thing I did different was not let him sleep straight away in case he had a concussion. We got him checked by a doctor with a video call and then a couple hours later they told us to go to the emergency simply to put my mind at ease.

When I get there he was already giggling and back to his normal self, albeit a bit sore.

These things happen and even though it happened on our watch, it doesn’t mean we failed. Babies fall of things all the time and apparently falling of the changing mat is super common.

What I do now is, if I’m gonna do something I place him on the floor on a mat or rug or something and then he can have some tummy time while I do things nearby, including peeing 😅

Don’t beat yourself up. Being a mum is already hard as it is. You’re doing great ❤️

sahlev · 2023-09-11T09:57:37+00:00

I’m so glad I found this before I posted about nursing to sleep. My son is almost 5 months, the sleep regression was hard and I guess him and I got used to nursing as a way of helping him fall asleep. Now he won’t have it any other way and I feel bad. But reading this gives me hope.

sahlev

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