5 month old sleep HELP!?!

jgrizer

We had our 5 month old pretty much sleep trained by 3 months, sleeping through the night. Then we traveled and it got all messed up (which I knew would happen). 

I was following the Baby Whisperer nap schedule https://noobmommy.com/2012/02/e-a-s-y-schedules-cheat-sheet-4-sample-baby-schedules-from-4-weeks-1-yr.html

 Now she's waking up at 4-5am every morning and starting her first nap at 6:30-7 -- totally screwing up any chance of getting a schedule!

I put her down at around 7:30-8 every night and give her about 3 naps a day....but it's pretty inconsistent in terms of when and for how long now.

 Does anyone have a good way to help them sleep later? Or a better nap schedule to follow?

I don't think putting her down later will work...I have a feeling she needs more daylight as our apartment is on the ground floor and she doesn't get much light. But it's so cold here it's hard to take her out and about.

 Any help is appreciated!!!! 

lexmtown

I don't have any advice, but want to say I'm right there with you.  LO is almost 6 months and has been a horrible night sleeper lately.  He was up @ 4:30 this morning wide awake, didn't get him back down until 6.  On top of that he is being a comfort nurser and wants to nurse every hour, on the hour at night it seems.  

Hope to see some good advice... GL! 

kross605

I just finished readying Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child and the advice in that book seemed to be backed up by a lot of scienfic research so it spoke to me as a left brained person. For a 5 month old, it suggests a bedtime of 6-7pm and naps at roughly 9am, 1pm, and a catnap in the early evening. I have already found that moving bedtime up is HUGE. Id highly suggest moving her bedtime up to 630 or 7 and shooting for naps at those recommended times, with some variation based on her sleepy cues.