r/TakingCaraBabies

Help! Over the past couple of months, my baby has been waking up super early, around 4 to 4:30 am. We try to get her back to sleep, and rocking seems to be the only thing that works, but she wakes up again after about 20 minutes. We usually give up around 5:30 or 6. She naps around 9 am for an hour and again at 1 pm for another hour, then goes to bed between 6:30 and 7:00. It’s a bit tricky to keep her nap times consistent since she attends daycare three times a week. We have also tried putting her to bed later, but she is so tired already at 6. We’re feeling a little overwhelmed, haha. Do you have any tips?

My twins are 7.5 months old. They have been extremely hard babies since the beginning. They’ve always been very fussy. I dropped them from 3-2 naps about 2 weeks ago (7 months) because bedtime was getting pushed late to fit in the last nap and we had EMW. They have been nightmares since. I feel like the first wake window goes fine and then the rest of the day it’s constant screaming. Do you guys think I dropped the third nap too early? Overtired? I am soooo at my wits end with the screaming but I get in my head about them almost being 8 months old and that they “should be” on 2 naps

Hello! We had to re-sleep train and re-night wean our 1 year old after back to back illnesses that lead to falling back into nursing to sleep every couple of hours.

It’s been 6 nights and baby has been waking up every morning between 5-5:30 and won’t go back to sleep. Previously I would nurse back to sleep at this time and get baby back to sleep till about 6:30.

We’ve left baby in crib,lights out till 6 am everyday but there’s been no improvement yet.

I’m wondering if this is something we need to just wait out, or if there need to be some schedule adjustments. (Maybe baby just caps out at a 10 hour night? Too much day sleep?)

Wake windows are typically 3/3.5/4 with naps capped at 2.5 hours bedtime 7pm. (A few days I’ve let naps run long to compensate but that could be adding to the problem)

Any tips or ideas would be much appreciated.

I feel defeated & never want to “vacation” again

My sleep trained 7.5 month old will not sleep in hotel crib with slumber pod. Her daytime schedule is off due to vacation, but we did our best to protect daytime sleep & still got 2.5 hrs. I tried recreating her home environment with her pack n play sheets, sleep sack, sound machine etc. I can put her to bed following bedtime routine & she sleeps 2 hours. After that it’s nonstop crying unless held the entire night. She’ll sleep in someone’s arms but cries when transitioned back to crib.

Is there ANYTHING I can do? Or, is it rock my baby all night long. And if that’s the case, it’s not vacation if I’m up all night & id rather stay home & at least we both can sleep.. so then what age can I go on vacation again?

My 3 month old seems to have entered the sleep regression. He used to nurse and then transfer drowsy but awake, sometimes awake. Now he wakes up immediately upon transfer and is screaming. I have been using the steps in the 3-4 month old guide but it seems to be escalating him? Like he will cry worse when I put the hand on the chest, pat him, etc. the pacifier can be hit or miss. I basically have to choose between letting him cry and picking up to cuddle/nurse.

If I nurse or cuddle without letting him be fully drowsy on transfer it starts the escalation all over again.

We aim for about a two hour wake window before bed and he doesn’t always seem that tired.

From what I understand he’s too young for crying it out and honestly I’ve been crying while he cries because I feel like an awful mom but I also don’t want to make the sleep association be that he needs such help. What do I do?

Hello,

We’re planning to follow the ABCs of sleep but we’re hoping to do it without pop-ins (ie, total rather than graduated extinction). Has anyone done this with success? If so, please do share your experience. Thank you!

Has anyone here kept a snooze feed? I’m attempting to wean my 9 mo , he went from three short feedings (more wanted it to go back to sleep) and we have completed cut feeds. However he is waking early around 4am and having a really hard time resettling. I know they say this is the last thing to come but I also can’t help but think he’s hungry and have a hard time not feeding him. Has anyone successfully added a snooze feed? Am I setting myself up for failure if I add one in?