u/chazza26

Not Sleep Training per se but are using some of the principles and have found advice on this sub useful.

Our 7 month old is generally (touch wood) a good sleeper. She is generally a high sleep needs baby.

Current schedule is

Night Sleep 7.30pm - 6am (I am aware how good this is) She occasionally still wakes up for a feed but is back down quickly.

Daytime sleep varies, we do 2/3/2.5/2.5 but this varies depending on how long she naps are and what we are doing. Naps are either contact/pram/car naps (this is something we are going to work on if the below thing doesn't work)

We would like to move towards her falling asleep independently more which we are slowly doing, but the main thing is we would like her to wake up later.

We are trying to shift her bedtime later as I am aware that at this age her amount of night time sleep is very good. We have been slowly shifting it so she is down more like 8pm but it hasn't changed her wake up time.

My question is, how long do we try this for before we accept that 6am is just when her rhythm is set for?

I would like research but also happy for general discussion.

I'm keen to move our little one into their own room for various reasons, she is 5.5 months and generally a good sleeper.

She can roll from front to back and back to front but often can't connect it even though she can release her trapped hand most of the time. She has very good head control and generally makes a lot of noise when she's on her front and can't quite figure out how to get onto her back. She hasn't been doing it at night yet, mainly because I think the next to me is too small for her now!

Is it dangerous to move her? We would have an audio and visual camera but she is also only just across the hallway.

• Would also like any research that might not convince me to move before 6 months which I am aware is the recommendations, although it doesn't seem to make much difference on a sids calculator

We are planning to buy the Ergobaby Deluxe for our 5 month old. We tried on the original at a sling library and both really enjoyed it. I know there might be other options for two tall parents and a tall baby but I've spent so much time researching I'm just going to go with it!

Choosing the deluxe as there isn't a huge price difference at the moment.

Any advice regarding cotton Vs mesh? I know cotton is more breathable than mesh but they advertised the mesh as being breathable too.

Thanks!