4 Month Check In - Sleep Edition

littlemissmarla · November 2014

I thought it'd be interesting to see where everyone is, sleep wise with their LOs. Now that majority have reached 4m or are approaching - I know a lot of things have changed in regard to sleeping patterns, routines...etc and I wanna hear what's working for you now. I know the 4 month sleep regression post has been blowing up so your norm might now be so norm now, but with that said:

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

Longest stretch at night?

How many naps during the day?

Have you established a bedtime routine?

littlemissmarla · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

DD Is still in our room in the RNP. I stress over this every day because I'm not ready to move her to her room, but I really want to get her out of the RNP.

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

Yes, we're using the NuRoo. We've tried moving out of the swaddle but it's like her hands become possessed and she can't keep them off of her face (not sucking on her hands, just rubbing them all over).

Longest stretch at night?

7-8hrs

How many naps during the day?

Either 2 long, one short.. or one very long afternoon nap.

Have you established a bedtime routine?

Diaper change, bedtime lotion, PJs, Medicine on her back/change bandage, oral meds, DH feeds and rocks her in the chair, swaddle half way through feeding. If it's bath night, she gets a bath first then we start the rest of the routine.

huggabunch · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?
Pack n play next to our bed. Planning to transition to her crib in the next few weeks. I don't know why I'm dreading it.

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?
We quit swaddling 2.5weeks ago. We had the same possessed arms problem. The first couple nights were rough, but thankfully she has adapted really well.

Longest stretch at night?
She usually goes 9pm to 4am like clockwork then needs to eat and goes back to sleep until anywhere between 6 and 8.

How many naps during the day?

We are terrible at a nap routine. She's getting better, but we are still pretty inconsistent. We just let her sleep where and when she wants to.

Have you established a bedtime routine?

At 8:30 we put her in a 12hr diaper with desitin, sleeper and sleepsack. Then she gets Zantac, nurses and goes to bed. On Sun/Wed/Fri she gets a bath at 8pm.

SuperTinkerham · November 2014

He sleeps in our room in PNP. He Sleeps 10-12 hours. Not sure how much he's napping at daycare. They write it down and send it home, but I don't pay too much attn.

For bedtime I put him in his sleep sack and nurse until he's drowsy. Then we move him upstairs. If he wakes, then we out on music in dark bedroom.

NugsMom · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

His crib in his room. Usually fleece Pjs or a sleep sack.

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

No

Longest stretch at night?

6 hours or so, eat, then back to sleep for about 4 hours

How many naps during the day?

Usually 2 good naps and a couple of car naps, or that's what I hear from MIL, anyway.

Have you established a bedtime routine?

We do bath (every 3rd day or so), diaper, lotion and pjs, then reading a few books with daddy, then eat and rock. By then he's usually out. The whole thing takes an hour or so.

brooklynesque · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping: In a mini-crib in our bedroom; that's where she has been all along. Swaddling: we are using the Baby Merlin Magic Sleepsuit. Longest stretch: lately, 5 or 6 hours. Before her recent sleep regression, she would almost always go at least 8 hours, and sometimes 11-12. Naps: She is still taking 4 naps a day, usually 45 mins each, though sometimes the late morning or early afternoon nap is longer. It's only been the last couple of weeks that she's been taking a longer nap more than once in a blue moon. Now it's a few times a week. Bedtime routine: Diaper and sleeper, darkening lights, nursing to sleep in the dark. A couple of times a week she gets a bath first. Eta: sorry for lack of paragraphs -- does anyone know how to do paragraphs on iPad?

jnnfrrose6 · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

Her crib in her room in a footed sleeper.

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

Nope. Gave it up a couple months ago. She rolled over twice while swaddled within a week and that was the end of that. I do put her lower half under a blanket that is tucked into the sides of the crib, but by morning she's usually wormed her way out of that.

Longest stretch at night?

7:30pm-almost 7am. Usually up around 6, though.

How many naps during the day?

Goal is 3. She's been doing a lot of cat naps in DC (30-45 min long several times) and then a long one from the car ride home until basically bedtime, but we've started to get solid 1.5-2hr naps in (yesterday was actually perfect in regards to napping).

Have you established a bedtime routine?

Yep. It includes DS, so here's the whole thing. 7:15ish DH gets DS in pjs, brushes his teeth, then we all go to his room for a book or 2. He gives kissed to everyone after the book, then into his crib, noise machine on, lights off. Next DH gets DD's diaper changed, pjs on, lights off and I come in and nurse her. Burp then into the crib. Noise machine on and door shut for the night. Both kids in for the night by 7:45ish. If there's a bath, we start closer to 7pm and do it first.

[Deleted User] · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in? In his room in his crib

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle? No, we stopped a couple weeks ago. He just uses a sleep sack now.

Longest stretch at night? Typically 7-9 hours but with the cold he's getting over and the potential start of the 4 mo wakeful it's been all over the place this past week.

How many naps during the day? 3 but his morning is often disturbed by having to drop off/pick up DS1 from school.

Have you established a bedtime routine? A basic one - jammies/lotion, nurse, sleep sack, sing a song as I put him into bed. Depending on the time sometimes he gets in on DS1's story time and songs. I'll work a nightly book into his within the next month or so but right now he's usually just so sleepy that he just wants to go to bed.

queenieM · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?
DS is sleeping in his PNP in our room. Planning on transitioning him to his crib in the next month or two. Don't actually have a crib yet, as we are currently in a temporary apartment, awaiting our move to our new house next week (finally!)

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?
Nope, he only used a swaddle for about a month. We use jammies (starting to use the warmer fleecy jammies from Carters now that the temps are plummeting), and a Grobag sleep sack.

Longest stretch at night?
he still doesn't sleep the whole night through, but will generally go 10-12 hours, waking up once or twice for MOTN feeds. He goes back to bed really easily though.

How many naps during the day?
this, here, is our problem. We have no established nap routine, due to coming back from an overseas move and not being in our new house yet. With everything we have been going through, we never established putting DS into his crib to nap, and now he won't do it

He will fall asleep in his bouncy vibrating chair, but that usually doesn't last long because he wakes himself up from bouncing. He will also sleep in his swing, in the carseat in the car or in his stroller on a walk. Basically he seems to like movement for his naps, but this won't work long term (especially when he outgrows his swing and bouncy chair!) Any tips would be most greatly appreciated

Have you established a bedtime routine?
Somewhat. We haven't yet established a time, but it's usually between 7 and 9. We dress him in his jammies and sleep sack, feed him, have some cuddle time, read some stories, throw in a bath every 3-4 days, but none of this is in a particular order! I am hoping to have more of a routine once we finally get settled.

my husband and I lived in the UK for 4 years because of his work. We started packing up our house over there in May, DS was born in July, we moved to a temporary apartment in the UK in September, flew back to the US Oct 1 to a temporary apartment here, and will move to our permanent place the end of this month. So it's been a bit crazy around here! I'm sure the stress levels aren't helping poor DS either :-/

livkight · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

In her crib in her own room, in a light onesie because....

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

We're still swaddling. We use a fleece SwaddleMe that's still big enough to hold her. She doesn't roll or move or suck her hands much, so we'll keep doing this til she becomes more mobile.

Longest stretch at night?

Our good nights go from about 11pm to 6am, so 7 hours.

How many naps during the day?

Maybe 3? I don't really push a schedule. When she gets tired, she sleeps. Usually shakes out to about 3 1-hour long naps

Have you established a bedtime routine?

Nope. I'd like to, but so far our schedule and transitions (we are living with family for a while until DH finds out if we'll be making a major move for work) have prevented us from really creating any routine.

PregsMcSnoozalot · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

In our room in a rocking minicrib, unless he's really fussy and we put him back in the RNP. He wears a long sleeved onesie or if it's cool outside sometimes a footed sleeper.

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

We're using the Halo swaddle, but with both arms out and the swaddle just wrapped around his chest

Longest stretch at night?

5-6 hours. Ugh. For the past month he's been sleeping from 7:30ish-1am, then up frequently after that. LOTS OF MOTN POOPING!!!

How many naps during the day?

3-5. He usually takes 45 min naps...but sometimes longer, every once in a while a crazy 2-3 hour nap.

Have you established a bedtime routine?

Yes. Bedtime is very set

Bath every night at 7pm, then lotion, diaper with lots of aquaphor, jammies, kisses, lights off, nurse in the quiet darkness, put on Halo swaddle in our bed and then down into his minicrib, aiming for "sleepy but not asleep", but sometimes he's just passed out.

Ekzerr · November 2014

1. She's sleeping in her crib in her room. She wears long sleeved footed sleepers and when it gets colder I will put her in a sleep sack as well.

2. No. Right from day 1 she never liked having her hands restrained so she was never swaddled.

3. One time about a month ago she slept 6 hrs, but usually it's 2 1/2 - 3 hrs with the occasional 4 hr stretch if I'm lucky.

4. Before the time change we had a perfect napping routine, then it it super messed up and she started fighting her naps and would get super cranky in the evening. Now we are finally starting to get back into a routine and around 830 am she takes her first nap, sleeps between 30 - 40 min and then naps about every 2 hrs or so.

5. It used to be that she'd nap from 730 - 8 and then around 9 I would feed her in the rocking chair in her room until she fell asleep and I would put her in her crib for the night. The past week or so she wouldn't wake up from her 730 nap so I've been taking her up to her room around 715 and she eats until she sleeps then goes in her crib. When DH was off work (he went back when she was about 2 months old) we were bathing her during the day and I've kept doing that since he's gone back but once she's settled into a 730 bedtime I am going to start bathing her right before the last feeding before bed to incorporate that into the routine.

Eta - it kept posting before I was finished!

kjskjs · November 2014

DS is almost 5 months but I figured I'd still answer.

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in? He's in his room in the Rock N Plan. We're working on the whole getting him to sleep flat thing.

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle? No Swaddle but we use sleep sacks and blankets

Longest stretch at night? Usually 8-9 Hours and then he feeds and goes back to sleep

How many naps during the day? Depends on the day but on a good one, 2.

Have you established a bedtime routine? Yes! This is our best tool for both kids. We start bedtime around 7 and DS goes down around 8 and DD around 830.

abundancenow · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

LO sleeps in her crib in her room wearing footed jammies.

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

No stopped swaddling around 3 months

Longest stretch at night?

11 hours, but usually 10

How many naps during the day?

About 3, but this she is not very consistent with her napping

Have you established a bedtime routine?

Not really, we do play music and put her down about an hour after her last bottle after we change her to have a clean diaper.

emy730 · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

DD has been in her crib since day 1. She normally sleeps in footie PJs.

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

She sleeps in a Zipadee Zip every night. She loves it and it has been a lifesaver for sleep.

Longest stretch at night?

She routinely sleeps 7-8 hours in one stretch, with a few shorter and few longer stretches here and there.

How many naps during the day?

Normally 3

Have you established a bedtime routine?

Yes, we started that early too. Every other night, she takes a bath, puts on lotion and gets into her jammies. We put her in the Zipadee Zip and depending on the last time she ate, she may get a bottle. Then it's some rocking and a lullaby and down for the night around 6:30-7.

Aimes33m · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

In her crib in footed pj's.

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

She loved the swaddle. I had been doing 1 arm out since about 3 months but everytime I tried to take the second arm out it was disaster. We got merlins suit but after our 4mo pedi appt decided to go cold turkey on the sleepsuit and the paci (we were getting up multiple times a night when she definitely wasn't hungry just to out the paci in). The first night or two was rough but she's great now and I'm happy we're rid of it.

Longest stretch at night?

Usually 730pm - 4am. Eats then back down til 730 am or so. However it's so variable - that's the most common but she changes it up. Last night she was up at 1130pm, ate at 2, and woke up for the day at 6am. I can't wait til I can count on something more consistent.

How many naps during the day?

Normally 3. But maybe 2 depending on length. For naps we still use merlins suit and she gets her paci to fall asleep. After the nighttime routine is in place I'll work on dropping the swaddle and paci for naps.

She was the queen of the 30-45 minute catnaps. However we went cold turkey on the swaddle at night, started putting her down for the night awake (crying the first couple nights but great since) and naps have improved tremendously. For the last week I consistently get a 2.5 hour morning nap from about 930-12. And then a couple short afternoon naps.

Have you established a bedtime routine?

Yes, we started that early. Bath at 630pm. Then story, bottle. After that lights off, sound machine on rock for a few minutes and into the crib about 730pm. She falls asleep usually within 15 minutes.

Soon2BMrsN · November 2014

Where/what? DD sleeps in the crib in her room. We just transitioned her from the PNP (which had also been in her room since she was 1 month) to the crib. It was a smooth transition - don't know why I put it off for so long!

Swaddle? Sort of. She'd always slept in a Velcro SwaddleMe until she started rolling about a month ago. BUT she's always slept so well swaddled and still has the startle reflex so I switched to the Halo Swaddle Sack. She's currently sleeping with one arm in and one arm out. The first couple of nights we did this she was harder to get down. I'd have to nurse/hold for 20-30 minutes/put her down 2-3 times before she'd really be down without startling herself back awake. Luckily, once she was down she stayed asleep. Now I only have to redo the nurse/hold/transfer routine a couple of times a week. Last night she rolled over and then freaked out as soon as I set her down the first time.

Longest stretch? She's always been a great sleeper - we are so lucky. She currently sleeps about 10 hours at night (8:30p-6:30a).

How many naps? Four, but they're short. 45 minutes usually, maybe an hour once a day. Naps typically around 8:30a, 11a, 2p, and 5p. She naps exclusively in the swing with paci & white noise (unless she falls asleep in the car seat/stroller). It's weird that she needs the paci, white noise, and motion to nap since she doesn't need any of these things at night.

Bedtime routine? Yes. Bath every 2-3 nights, diaper, pajamas, reads 2-3 books with her big brothers, then into Halo sack, nurses in a mostly dark & quiet room until she's out and I transfer her to the crib.

littlemissmarla · November 2014

ZeroZeroOne said:

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in? He is sleeping in our bedroom in his crib. We transitioned out of the RNP two weeks ago because we are already getting bad sleep due to the regression. It was no big deal! We are moving his crib into his own room this weekend because we are sleeping terribly from all the grunting he does.

OMG this was DD last night... yesterday she was doing a lot of grunting and then about 45min before she got up for her 4:30 feed.. she was grunting non-stop. Eyes closed the whole time, it was driving me crazy. I told DH, I might actually be ready to move her to her room if she keeps this up haha.

jennp1979 · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?
LO has been sleeping in his crib since 2.5 months. He sleeps in footed pajamas

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?
Yes A&A with one arm out...going to try to start transition of no Swaddle this weekend maybe

Longest stretch at night? 8:30pm-6:45am without waking up

How many naps during the day? Two naps ...around 10am and 2pm for about 45 mins

Have you established a bedtime routine? Yes
Bath, lotion, book bottle and bed

hrgwu2006 · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

--she currently sleeps in the Pack N Play in our room but will be moving to a crib in her room after Thanksgiving.

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

--no swaddle - just a sleep sack w/ footed pjs

Longest stretch at night?

--I have gotten 11 hours before, but normally she is down at 8pm and I wake her up at 5am to eat and get ready for the day.

How many naps during the day?

--depends on her mood. She normally naps in the car to and from daycare along with maybe 3 short cat naps during the day.

Have you established a bedtime routine?

--we get into pjs, read a book, eat and sleep. On bath nights, we start with that.

ADC1979 · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

PNP in our master bedroom. DH wants us to move him to the nursery, but mommy's not ready for that just yet since I suspect he will still need MOTN feedings at times (like last night) and I'd rather not trek across the cold, cold house at 3am.

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

Nope, been out of the swaddle since maybe 4-5 weeks old. We mostly do footie pajamas. I've decided footie pajamas with snaps are the devil, because it's like trying to put them on cat with all the flailing that goes on.

Longest stretch at night?

10 hours. But that just started recently. ^:)^

How many naps during the day?

They're all at daycare. Like 3-4 usually. One of them is a 2 hour or so nap, but the others are mostly shorter.

Have you established a bedtime routine?

Not really, need to get better at it. Part of it is because he just started getting drowsier earlier and earlier which we hadn't anticipated. So now before his 2nd evening feeding, I try to get him in his PJs (unless he's desperately crying for food and flailing around, because clothing changes don't happen under those circumstances unless he's covered in spit-up). On his bath nights, which admittedly don't happen as much as they probably should, he gets a bath before the PJ change.

bullybutt · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in? She sleeps next to me in the bed. She wears footed jammies.

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle? Never once swaddled. This girl is spoiled with a momma who loves to hold

Longest stretch at night? I don't know? I just pop a boob in and fall back asleep with her.

How many naps during the day? Typically 2-3 naps still, various times.

Have you established a bedtime routine? After bath or nursing, I will put her in her swing so that I can get chores done around the house (DS a bath). I typically take her to bed with my around 8:30. Yes, I go to bed that early. I'm a 70 year old trapped in a 34 year olds body.

EllaSmella · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in? Footed jammies and a Merlin sleep suit. She is sleeping in a mini crib in our room. I transitioned her from the swaddle/RNP to the crib/sleep suit around 3.5 months old.

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle? Stopped swaddling around 3.5 months old when I moved her from the RNP to the crib.

Longest stretch at night? She usually goes from around 6:30 pm until 2 am, so 7 - 7.5 hours. After that she's up again at 4 or 5 am to nurse and then up for the day at 7:30 am.

How many naps during the day? 3 naps. First one around 9am, second around noon and last one around 3pm. Lately her naps have been crap - around 30-45 minutes.

Have you established a bedtime routine? Bath, jammies, nursing, bed.

Nichole8787 · November 2014

I am so jealous of you ladies! My lo is up every 2 -3 hours....ugh

Ekg688 · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

Crib but pedi said if she's not staying asleep (see below), put her in whatever she'll sleep in (swing/RnP)

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

Haven't swaddled since she was 2 weeks. However we wrap her burrito style (arms out) in a blanket at night.

Longest stretch at night?

In the past two months the longest she's gone is 3 hours. A typical night for us is: Sleep 2 hours
awake/up & down 2-4 hours
Sleep 2 hours
Awake for the day

How many naps during the day?
1, 2 on a good day. I have a child that will not nap!

Have you established a bedtime routine?

Bath, pjs and lotion massage, books and cuddles, nurse/rock, sleep.

dobbyisfree · November 2014

Last week I was on vacation so i tried to transition him to the crib. He did pretty well... then I went back to work and he hates it again. The last two nights for my sanity I let him sleep in the RnP again and its been amazing. Mon night 11-530 straight through, and last night DH had him asleep before I came home (945) and he didnt wake to eat until almost 4. (THIS NEVER HAPPENS. 3 hours is the norm.) He sleeps in his room and I recently stopped sleeping there too and moved back to my own bed. My husband admitted he misses starfishing.

LO wears footed jams, mostly, but if hes in a clean onesie Ill leave him. He has never been swaddled, always wanted his arms out. He wears a swaddleme or halo sleepsack arms out as a blanket. He has his own spaceheater because his room is the coldest in the house, so I dont really need to put him in super warm clothes. He does need mittens though, because his hands are always frozen.

He always was an every 3 hours waker but last night was about 6 hours... a miracle.

Naps can vary, it depends if Im out. He sleeps like a rockstar in the carseat. At home at least for me he does 3-4 naps, 30-45 min. But if hes in the carseat I can get 3 hours.

Bedtime routine is around 8-830 (at least when Im home, DH sometimes goes later if hes not cranky so I might be able to see him when I get home) we go up, he gets nighttime cloth diaper and blanket. If hes not a crankasaurus, he gets a book. After I rock and nurse. Ill put him down when hes finished, still awake, and most of the time thats it... sometimes he wants more snuggles and I dont care, Ill do it. Momma loves it too :-)

nolemomma14 · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

DS sleeps in his crib in his room, moved him there around 6 weeks. He sleeps in footed pajamas. The past two nights he's slept in a sleep sack because it's cold by my FL standards! (40 degrees)

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

We stopped swaddling around 10 weeks. He likes sucking on his hands and was just waking himself fighting it. A few rough nights, but he's been fine ever since.

Longest stretch at night?

6 hours. He goes down at 6:30 and usually wakes up at 12:30. He will eat and go back down until 5 or 6.

How many naps during the day?

I can usually count on two at 10 and 1 for 1-2 hrs. Before the time change he would take a late afternoon cat nap around 4, but that's been hit or miss the last few weeks.

Have you established a bedtime routine?

Yes. He gets a bath every other day, we start it at 5:30. Then it's lotion, jammies, a couple of books, and then I nurse him. We lay him in his crib awake, usually drowsy. We turn on the sound machine, we set the timer so it turns off after an hour, and he's usually asleep within minutes.

shortstack930 · November 2014

DD sleeps in the RNP next to our bed in her footie pjs.

We use the Swaddle Me to swaddle her arms but just bought one of those Merlin's sleep suit things.

She sleeps 8-10 hours straight through at night.

Naps are irregular. Usually sometime between 2 and 4 and occasionally around 7 or 8. DH starts putting her to bed around 9:30.

DH will give her a bottle, put on white noise, and rock her a little. She will sleep until I come home from work at 11:30 and then I nurse her to sleep. She does the 8-10 hour stretch after that.

melissaquinn106 · November 2014

LO is 4.5 months

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

She's been sleeping in her crib in her room since 4 weeks.

Are you still swaddling? What kind?
Haven't swaddled in about a month but she's been sleeping in foot pjs and a zippadee zip.

Longest stretch at night?
She use to sleep 10 hours and rarely need a MOTN feeding. For the past 2 weeks she's been inconsistent wih at least one MOTN feeding. I think she's going through a growth spurt and she popped 2 teeth. The past 2 nights she's been up every 2.5 hours starting at 7pm and up for the day around 7am. She feeds everytime she gets up like she's been starving for days and goes back to sleep pretty easily. We are trying to work through it but I go back to work after thanksgiving and hoping she gets back on track soon.

How many naps during the day?
She use to not really nap with any type of schedule but has been pretty consistently napping about 1.5 hours after she eats during the day. She naps for about an hour 3 times a day.

Have you established a bedtime routine?

Bath, lotion, pjs, 5oz bottle of breastmilk followed by 15 min of nursing (she's definitely going through a growth spurt haha) and bed.

jrinehart0 · November 2014

LO 3 Months, 3-4 weeks

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

She is in the RNP in her own room. We tried putting her in the crib a few months ago and she was screaming after 2 hours. We may try again after thanksgiving. Or, we may keep her in the RNP until she's 18. We'll see!

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

We stopped swaddling her right before 1 month or so. She just sleeps in footed jammies.

Longest stretch at night?

On average she sleeps from 8-7, then eats and goes back to bed until 9:30 or so when my husband wakes her up so he can go to work. We have an amazing night time sleeper. Hence, my trepidation to move her to her crib.

How many naps during the day?

Honestly, I have no idea. We let her sleep on demand during the day. On the weekends she sleeps some, but never for an extended amount of time. I don't know about during the week. As long as she sleeps at night, I don't care what she does during the day.

Have you established a bedtime routine?

Diaper and clothing change. Then, we give her a bottle, and put her down. The routine used to start around 8/8:30 but she is starting to get fussy earlier so now its starting a lot closer to 7:30.

VTKatie · November 2014

My daughter is up every 3 hours. I'm too tired to answer the rest:/ reading these has made me that much more depressed over our sleep situation

ariel8200 · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

DD sleeps in the pnp next to my bed, but lately she has been bed sharing with me.She wears light footed jammies.

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

I stopped swaddling her a couple days ago, she is now in a Zipadee Zip

Longest stretch at night?

It's been awhile, but one time she slept from 8:30 - 5. Right now she is waking up every 30 - 45 minutes. I get to the point where I give up and pull her into bed with me.

How many naps during the day?

When the day goes the way I want (ha ha) she gets three naps during the day and a cat nap in the evening.

Have you established a bedtime routine?

It's a very loose routine, I feed her, let her play until she starts rubbing her eyes then I change her, give Zantac, lotion, put her in the Zipadee, dad and I give her kisses and lately I have been rocking her until she falls asleep.

Nichole8787 · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in? Footed pjs and a hat. I put him down in his cradle but he ends up in bed with me. Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle? No, he likes haVing access to his hands. Longest stretch at night? At one point he only woke up at 2...now I'm lucky to get 2 hours. How many naps during the day? Usually 3 but one of those is from 7am-8am waders up for the day around 5 Have you established a bedtime routine? Yes. Fresh diaper, sound machine, nurSing.

ladytiffany24 · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?

Right now she's in her RNP in her nursery next to the crib. She goes down in the RNP when we first put her down at night. But most of the time when she wakes up for a MOTN feeding, I bring her into bed with me. Then if she wakes again, I nurse her laying on my side and we fall asleep together. We're getting ready to transition her to the actual crib. *crosses fingers that is all goes well* She usually just sleeps in footed jammies but I'm looking into buying a sleep sack for colder nights (we're in Ohio).

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

No. Stopped swaddling at probably around 1 month. She got to the point where she always wanted her hands out (they are constantly in her mouth). Plus, she's a big kicker so she'd always bust out of them.

Longest stretch at night?

She's done 8 hours a few times. But the normal for a while was 6 hours. But she's been going through a sleep regression so lately it's been more like 3-4 hours.

How many naps during the day?

It depends. Anywhere from 2-4 times with the sitter. Sometimes a short morning nap, a longer mid-morning nap almost always, a longer afternoon nap always, and then sometimes a cat nap around 4:30.

Have you established a bedtime routine?

It's a loose routine right now but since we're getting ready to transition her to her crib, we're probably going to get a little more strict with it. If it's a bath night (usually every 2-3 days), we start with that at around 6:50pm. If not bath night, we do diaper change with lots of aquaphor, lotion and jammies around 7pm. Then I nurse and most of the time she just hangs out with me and DH while we watch some TV. Sometimes she falls asleep but other times when she's getting too fussy and sleepy, I take her upstairs to her darkened nursery, turn on some white noise and walk her around (the easiest way to get her to sleep).

My goal is to set a more rigid (but not too rigid) routine that includes all of the above except her watching TV with us. I'd like to get to the point where after jammies, I can turn on white noise in her nursery, read her a book, nurse her there, then put her down in her crib drowsy. We'll see how it goes!

ladytiffany24 · November 2014

VTKatie said:

My daughter is up every 3 hours. I'm too tired to answer the rest:/ reading these has made me that much more depressed over our sleep situation

Yes! Me too! Totally jealous and sad. But I'll tell you what I get sick of people telling me..."it will get better." lol

honeybee434 · November 2014

LO will be 5 months next week

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in?
We have apparently gone backwards in my house. She was in the sleeper attachment of the PNP and then in the regular part of the PNP and as of this week she is in the Little Lounger (graco's version of the RNP). I'm getting the longest sleep stretches I have in a month and a half, but it still makes me nervous I'm giving her horrible sleep habits I can't break later. She also has had a cold last week and this week and I think it helps with the drainage to be at an angle.

This week she is in a fleece halo sleepsack.

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle?

We stopped swaddling around 3 months. We were using the Sleep Suit and liked that, but since she's in the RNP she sleeps in just a sleep sack great so I haven't messed with it in 2 weeks.

Longest stretch at night? 7 hours last weekend. It was glorious.

How many naps during the day? I'm honestly not sure since SIL or DH has her during the day. I think about 2 or 3.

Have you established a bedtime routine? Not a good one, but we do put on her sleep clothes and I nurse her and she cuddles with me. I need to do more regular bathes. When she is a little older we will do books.

argonne · November 2014

Where is LO sleeping and what are they sleeping in? She sleeps in her crib in her room and has since she was about 1 month old. She sleeps in cotton footed pajamas and a Magic Sleepsuit

Are you still swaddling? What kind of swaddle? Nope. Stopped swaddling about 1.5 months ago. She was getting angry about it, so we moved to the sleep suit.

Longest stretch at night? All over the place, but anywhere between 4-8 hours. She's still not super consistent with her MOTN wakings. She always goes down around 7:30-8. Sometimes she will wake briefly around 11, but usually she'll sleep through until 2-3:30 or so, eat and go down until about 6-7.

How many naps during the day? 3: One long AM nap (usually 2-3 hours), an hour early afternoon nap (12-1) and an hour late afternoon nap (4:30-5:30)

Have you established a bedtime routine? Yes, since the day she's been home. Starting at 7 we do bath, PJs, book, nurse and down in her crib. I used to nurse her to sleep, but over the past week or so, I've been putting her down wide awake. Sometimes she'll give me a protest fuss for about a minute, but then she'll fall asleep. I have not had to do any form of CIO yet and she goes to sleep on her own. I think it's because of our established routine. She knows it's time to go to sleep. When she wakes up MOTN, I usually will give her 5 or so minutes to put herself back to sleep if she's just fussing around. If she's crying, I go to her right away. Usually when she's crying, she's really hungry.

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