SLEEP ADVICE-HELP!!!

kbush22

my sweet 5 month old baby has been a bad napper since day 1. She only takes 40 minute naps and is up for an hour and a half in between naps. She will take 3 naps per day and then refuses to take another nap regardless of how tired she is so I end up putting her to bed at 5-5:30pm because she's simply exhausted. She's started sleeping through the night but wakes up at 5-5:30am.

That means the earlier she's awake, the longer she has to wait after 3rd nap before bed. I'm at a loss! What do I do? I'm happy she sleeps through the night but she keeps getting up so early and that makes her miserable at the end of the day due to her short naps. Oh and pushing her nap time and bedtime doesn't work at all, it just makes her overtired.

Please help! My baby is so exhausted during the day!!!

CandEChicago

kbush22 said:

my sweet 5 month old baby has been a bad napper since day 1. She only takes 40 minute naps and is up for an hour and a half in between naps. She will take 3 naps per day and then refuses to take another nap regardless of how tired she is so I end up putting her to bed at 5-5:30pm because she's simply exhausted. She's started sleeping through the night but wakes up at 5-5:30am.

That means the earlier she's awake, the longer she has to wait after 3rd nap before bed. I'm at a loss! What do I do? I'm happy she sleeps through the night but she keeps getting up so early and that makes her miserable at the end of the day due to her short naps. Oh and pushing her nap time and bedtime doesn't work at all, it just makes her overtired.

Please help! My baby is so exhausted during the day!!!

Is this a humble brag? You have a baby that sleeps 12 hrs and takes consistent naps.

Mine is bed at 9pm, awake 3 times at night, and then he is wide awake at 5:30am. Naps are scattered and short. Sleep regression stinks.

Maybe your pediatrician can give you ideas or refer you to an sleep therapist.

ColeyCannoli

kbush22 said:

my sweet 5 month old baby has been a bad napper since day 1. She only takes 40 minute naps and is up for an hour and a half in between naps. She will take 3 naps per day and then refuses to take another nap regardless of how tired she is so I end up putting her to bed at 5-5:30pm because she's simply exhausted. She's started sleeping through the night but wakes up at 5-5:30am.

That means the earlier she's awake, the longer she has to wait after 3rd nap before bed. I'm at a loss! What do I do? I'm happy she sleeps through the night but she keeps getting up so early and that makes her miserable at the end of the day due to her short naps. Oh and pushing her nap time and bedtime doesn't work at all, it just makes her overtired.

Please help! My baby is so exhausted during the day!!!

This is a joke right? 40min naps 3X a day and 12hrs of sleep at night? The only thing to fix here are your expectations for how a five month old sleeps.

It'll get better in a few months regardless.

stejjy

I wish my baby slept 12 hours at night and had 3 naps a day longer than 20 minutes..

CandEChicago

Yep.... baby is awake and hungry at 3am. He was awake at midnight. Maybe we will be lucky and he will be sleepy after he eats AND can sleep until 6am.

Edit: 3:40am and he is wide awake happily chatting away.

ColeyCannoli

My kid was asleep at 7:30PM and up and ready for the day at midnight. Awesome.

CandEChicago

@ColeyCannoli - I feel you. We had 11:30, 1:30, 3:30, and 5:30

jbird1222

I think OP realizes she's got it pretty dang good lol

MommyMoru

jbird1222 said:

I think OP realizes she's got it pretty dang good lol

^^this

LO goes down between 5-7 wakes between 10-1 for a feed then again around 2-3 to 'play' then is up for the day between 4-6. I've tried everything I can to get a later bed time so I can get a better wake time but it seems his internal clock says otherwise right now *sigh* and on good days we get maybe 10 hrs at night and maybe 3 hours total for naps

Spartanchip

Yep 5.5 month old naps occ throughout day for half hr at most during night wakes at midnight 3 am an then 5am used to sleep well like yr little one then suddenly changed