New parents struggle to find sleep solutions for babies

“I have a 4-month-old baby girl who has been taking only catnaps (20–30 minutes, rarely 40 minutes) since she was 4 weeks old. Around 2 months, I started using a yoga ball to help her fall asleep because getting her down for naps was becoming so difficult. She sleeps in her crib for both naps and bedtime. I’ve been following the Huckleberry app for wake windows, while also trying to pay attention to her sleepy cues. Sometimes she wakes up crying after a short nap and is really difficult to calm d”

“My baby is only 6 weeks so I’m not shooting for this but I see moms online with 3 month olds sleeping long stretches like 8-10 hours & I want to prepare for the possibility my baby will give me longer stretches in the coming months What’s your nighttime routine/methods that help your baby sleep these stretches? Also when did your baby start sleeping longer stretches? submitted by /u/Acceptable-Bed3686 [link] [comments]”

“Ok folks. I'm going to be first time mom soon so pardon me if I sound disillusioned. I am trying to plan how to get sleep when baby comes out so I have a plan I want to share with you to get your opinions on if this practically makes sense or am I missing something 1) what if I pump the milk for a day, and send kid and hubby to his parents house and sleep by myself? And we alternate so hubby also gets sleep some days? 2) what if hubby and me sleep separately and some days he has a baby some”

“I’m at a loss. I love my baby so much but getting him to sleep is such a nightmare. He’s 16 weeks old. I have huckleberry and have been trying to do 4/5 naps a day for 5 hours of daytime sleep total. Getting him to fall asleep is so rough. The second he recognizes he’s in his nursery with the lights off he starts screaming with his eyes closed. I bounce him and sush him but if it goes 10 minutes in my arms of screaming I then just feed him. He will sleep for maximum 20 minutes in his crib if I h”

“My LO, 15 weeks, usually goes down for the night anytime between 7:45-9 pm. And then usually sleeps 10-11 hours, although starts stirring a little after 9-10 hours. I let him wake up in the morning whenever he gets hungry which is usually around 7 am. And then sometimes he'll immediately fall asleep after eating at about 7:45 am, but sometimes doesn't. Thus, our schedule is completely different every day with some days with 4 naps and some with 5 naps. I'm not sure how to anchor the”

“Before 12 weeks my LO would take great naps after going down. Hes an exclusive contact napper so I got used to doing everything one handed. We also co sleep and he sleeps 8 hour stretches and wouldnt wake if I moved around. After turning 12 weeks his sleep seemingly changed overnight. I feel like im constantly rocking or patting his butt to keep him asleep. He randomly cries in his sleep and needs help getting back down. I don't know if im looking for advice or just venting. Is this just how”

“She slept well from 3–4 months, but since then it’s been a nightmare. For the past three weeks, she wakes every 20–40 minutes. A two-hour stretch is a good night. Then she’s awake wanting to play from around 3:30 until 5 or 6 a.m. She’s breastfed, and I’ve tried changing naps, bedtime, and our routine. Nothing helps. She mostly contact naps, so I don’t get to rest during the day either. I love her so much, but I’m completely drained. I feel bad about sleep training, but I don’t know what else to”

“My 5 mo does not take these long naps that I keep seeing on these “sleep schedule” pictures. They all show 3 or 4, 2 hour naps and I’m just like……huh. His longest nap today was 40 mins. If I hold him sometimes he’ll sleep for an hour. Only in my dreams is he taking that long of naps. It makes me think I’m doing something wrong… submitted by /u/No-Pound5492 [link] [comments]”

“My 6 month old has been through the wringer with reflux and many other issues that have taken a toll on Mama and I. We’re tired lol. Thankfully, little guy is finally getting comfortable and is now capable of long stretches of sleep. The problem is that he only likes to sleep on his side. He’s not rolling fully yet. He instantly gets to his side after I lay him on his back in crib, but inevitably he falls back to his back and wakes up. Most of the time 30 minutes later. Would I be crazy to get a”

“My LO is 10 weeks and I know in the beginning people recommend cutting naps at 2 hours during the day so they don’t get day/night confusion. She has recently started sleeping through the night and seems to know her days from nights pretty well (we also do all of her naps contact in a bright environment to help). If you were like us and woke baby at 2 hours in earlier days during naps, when did you stop and let them sleep longer if they wanted to? submitted by /u/Relevant_Lynx_5117 [l”

“Hi, I haven’t almost 17 month old. We’ve been doing two naps for a while now lasting anywhere from an hour each to an hour 20 minutes each usually around 10:30 and then 2:30 bedtime was around 7/7:30. Last week we worked to drop to one nap. It seemed to be going okay 11:45am for about an hour and a half at most just under 2hrs. And then early bedtime 6pm. My husband came home from traveling for work, and it all went to crap (I don’t even want to get into it) I’m hoping to go back to one nap this”

“Hi friends! My baby is 18 weeks and I’m working his bedtime back from 9pm to ideally 7pm eventually. I’m not looking to sleep train right now. He was sleeping from 9pm-7am (with however many wake ups of course lol 3-5). I’ve gotten it back to 8-8:30pm, but he’s consistently waking up at 6am now. I’ve tried just holding him in the dark room but he’s wide awake and smiley and gets mad when we don’t start the day, lol. This is fine for now but he will start daycare at 7 months and since drop off is”

“My three week old sleeps day and night. I was wondering if we should be capping the length of the daytime naps to ensure better nighttime sleep at this age. Yesterday, he slept well during the day and then was alert overnight. Before that, I didn’t notice any pattern—sometimes he slept well, sometimes he woke up every hour. Do you cap daytime naps at newborn stage (but already gained birthweight)? Do you do anything else differently for daytime (keep lights on or off, talk normally or whisper, w”

“Hi everyone, My daughter is 7 weeks old and sleeps really well in the carrier, which is why most of her naps are in there at the moment. But I really need a break from carrying her for every nap, so I’d love to slowly introduce one stroller nap a day. She can fall asleep in the stroller with just a little help and she’s usually very calm, but she often wakes after 30-40 minutes because she needs to burp. I burp her after feeds and keep her upright for about 20 minutes before putting her down, bu”

“I spent WAY too long refusing to buy a pregnancy pillow because I thought they looked ridiculous and took up half the bed. Every time I saw one online I was like, I'm not spending that much money on a giant banana-shaped pillow I'm only going to use for a few months. I already had regular pillows. Surely I could just strategically arrange those and be a normal person. By around 27 weeks my nightly routine had become an actual construction project. Pillow between knees, one behind my back”

“I know there are a million pregnancy pillow related posts on here, but I just couldn’t quite find the info I was looking for. I am currently 17w and considering switching up my sleeping arrangements (currently have dedicated head pillow, one I hold in front of me, and one between my knees). I’ve also dealt with sinus issues and the congestion/drainage has only increased during pregnancy. Because of this, I find myself needing to switch between sides throughout the night (typically a side sleeper”

“my LO just turned 7m and i’m having a really hard time with his nap schedule. he wakes up around 6:30am. first nap is around 9am and second nap is around 1pm. his naps will sometimes be 30 mins and sometimes be 1.5 hrs. today for example, his 2nd nap ended around 2:30. the issue is his next 2 WWs are usually 3.5 hrs and he is refusing to sleep earlier than that. this means his 3rd nap is usually around 5:30/6pm and even with capping it at 20-30 mins he won’t go to sleep until 9/9:30pm. today we”

“My baby is almost 9 weeks and tbh I can’t really complain, she’s overall a pretty good sleeper. She sleeps in the crib in our bedroom and goes down around 9:30 and her first wake is around 1:30-2:30. However, after that long stretch, she’s up every 1.5-2 hours. Is that how it typically goes? Is there something that helped your baby consolidate those second stretch sleeps? submitted by /u/Relevant_Lynx_5117 [link] [comments]”

“My baby is 17 weeks as of today and for the past 1-2 weeks she doesn’t nap much during the day. When she does sleep it’s 5-15 minutes at a time and like 1-3 times a day. At night she does sleep pretty good though. She goes to bed at like 9ish and gets up like 9ish and she wakes up to eat about every 2 hours but she goes back to sleep once she’s full. She wakes herself up at 9 it feels like sometimes 8 like once it’s bright out she’s no longer sleeping. Is this normal? I feel like she’s getting a”

“My LO will be 11 weeks on friday. Right now he is usually awake for hour and a half and takes 4 naps total : 3 naps that last 1 hour and one nap that will last 2-2.5 hours which is usually the first nap of the day but sometimes will end up being one of the other naps of the day. He goes to bed around 7:30-8pm, wakes up at 2-3am, again at 5-6am and up for the day at 7am. Would he sleep better at night if he didn't have the one long nap? He is formula fed and drinks 4oz every time he wakes up”

“I’m a FTM with a 10.5mo Velcro baby girl. She has contact napped only since birth, and we co-sleep. I love our contact naps but it takes me usually 30 or more minutes to finally get her to sleep. This is with nursing, rocking, pacing, singing, etc. I know she is tired because I have already stretched her wake windows and she is yawning and rubbing her eyes when I start the process. For context, she is a super active baby.. often taking steps unassisted, otherwise walking while holding my hand, a”

“hi! I came across the babybubs nursing pillow. I’ve seen Reddit posts about the pregnancy pillow but don’t see much for the nursing one. was curious if anyone has any experience? seems similar to the mybrestfriend but a little more to it. intrigued but might be gimmicky?! thanks! submitted by /u/dobby1998 [link] [comments]”

“Hello there fellow dads! Our 9-month-old’s naps have completely fallen apart for over a month now. She used to do roughly 1h / 1h / 30 min, but now almost every nap is 30 minutes max. Current schedule is 3 naps, usually something like 30 / 30 / 20–25 min, with ~3-hour wake windows. She normally wakes around 6:30–7:00, and we’d really like to move to 2 naps, but with naps this short bedtime would end up ridiculously early. We’ve tried pretty much everything: dark room, white noise, consistent rou”

“For me it’s either 5 minutes or 40 😭 submitted by /u/Old_Literature_3750 [link] [comments]”

“How do you know when to transition from 3 naps to 2? My baby is about to be 7 months old in less than a week. I noticed she is starting to take longer naps, went from 30 min to almost 1 to 2 hours sometimes. She also cried in the morning when we put her down for her first nap which is unusual. If going from 3 naps to 2, how do we shift her feeding schedule without having them so close to other feeds? We are able to maintain an every 2.5 to 3 hour feeding schedule with a 2/2.5/2.5/3 wake windows”

“Hello! So we got the okay that my baby can sleep 6 hours. Since we’ve let her sleep as long as she wants, she’s slept 4-4.5 hours which is great! But I’d love to see her sleep more of course Any tips/tricks? Edit: you think people would be kinder to those in post partum. I’m a ftm and it’s just a question, she doesn’t like sleeping during the day so yes I’d like to see her sleep more at night if there’s anything that could help her. I see moms talk about longer stretches so I figured I could see”

“Anyone else dealing with 30 min naps all day? Even if I do contact or carrier naps they only seem to last 30 mins, maybe 45-1 hr if I’m lucky ! This is my 3rd and crib naps usually would be short but contact or carrier naps would be longer. He is up a lot at night (at least 3 times) and often will not go back down in the crib after feeding and settling. So either my husband has to hold him or he Cosleeps with me. This is the general gist of what happens every day - Night time Bed time routine us”

“My almost 7 month old wakes up anytime between 8:30a and 12:30pm First nap is between 1 and 3 hours after waking up, usually around 30 minutes to an hour and a half Second nap is around 4pm to 6pm, if she skips this nap all hell is loose, we NEVER skip this nap. Usually last just under an hour Bedtime is anywhere from 8:30pm to 10:30pm, but for the past couple of weeks she’s been treating that as a nap and only sleeping for 30 minutes before being awake until 1am 🥲 But! She does sleep through t”

“Baby is 2 months old today. She’s a good sleeper throughout the day (I try to cap naps at about 2 hours but do let her sleep on her own queues) but for her long sleep stretch at night, she won’t go down until about 2-3 AM (sometimes 4) we EBF so I don’t let her go longer than 4-5 hours at night without eating once she is down which I have to wake her up to give her most nights. I try to keep routine same (bath with lullabies at 7 PM, nursing session, lay down in room that is dark and relatively”

“So LO isn’t a little newborn potato anymore and is definitely more awake. However in the past week her daytime naps have been all over the place. She will sometimes be awake for 60-90 minutes wake window and then nap. Sometimes she will wake up after 30 minutes and demand to nurse and then immediately go back to sleep. Other times she will wake up from a long nap, nurse and go back to sleep. Sometimes she will nurse, fall asleep for 5 minutes and then is up for the rest of her wake window. Even”

“3 week old sleeps great in a bassinet we have downstairs, will nap in it for hours and we have to wake him up to eat. At night we use the halo by our bed and he will sleep in it for like 45 minutes if we are lucky. I do all the tricks. I don’t do these tricks with the bassinet downstairs. Curious if anyone else’s baby hated the halo and if we should look into getting a different one. We can’t use our downstairs one because it says they can’t use it unsupervised. submitted by /u/Parti”

“LO is almost 3 mo old and finally napping during the day on her own in her crib. Trying to figure out a monitor that works bc I’m just not pleased with what I’ve tried. Momcozy - BM01 ; the date/time won’t change and from what I’ve gathered it’s an internal battery issue, which I find bs and am worried that just means it’s going to have other battery issues later. (Tbf I’m pissed that I got a defective one and don’t really want to rebuy another from them, but willing to listen to others or if th”

“My 7 month old goes down at 8pm like a champ. He’s been sleeping through the night well for a couple months now. His wake up times, however, are starting to get earlier and earlier. What used to be 7am has slowly creeped to 6am - this morning being 5:51. 😵‍💫 I’ve left a few pacifiers in his bed that occasionally he’ll play with and keep himself occupied but the babbling and squealing start and then we’re sort of obligated to start the day. His sleep during the day is hit or miss especially wit”

“Baby 2 is 5 months old and sleep is still pretty bad. My first baby slept through the night by 5 weeks and has been a great sleeper. We followed recommended nap schedules and everything was easy. She was also behind on all her milestones (caught up eventually but still a good sleeper). Baby 2 has been way ahead on most milestones. Rolling at 2 months, both directions at 4 months, some army crawling now, sitting unassisted etc. goes to show every baby is on their own timeline there… She also does”

“My LO has never been a great night sleeper since birth. But around 7–8 weeks, she started sleeping much better at night. She would sleep through most of the night, with just two feeds around 2 AM and 5 AM. During the day, she barely napped — maybe two 30-minute naps. For the last 8 days, however, she started napping more during the day. Her naps gradually became more frequent, following a 2/2/2/2 pattern. Slowly, her nighttime sleep started decreasing. For the past 5 days, she hasn’t been sleepi”

“my husband started using a boppy pillow (the older version) in the bassinet with the opening going around baby’s legs/torso. He says it helps our LO feel cuddled while asleep. Our newborn is 3 weeks old and we use a traditional swaddle for sleeping. I know the ABCs of safe sleep but is this actually dangerous? submitted by /u/Aggravating_Kale7898 [link] [comments]”

“We have a 12 week old and I look after him during the day and my husband does the night shifts. He has about 4-5 naps a day and I’ve been using the huckleberry sweet spot and it’s been working for us. He either contact naps or naps in his pram but at night he’ll sleep in his bassinet and lately he’s been giving us 6-7 hour stretches over night. During his naps, if my husband is awake, he will ask me why don’t I put the baby down, or give him the baby to hold to give me a break from holding him.”

“Those who have used both or either pillow please let me know your thoughts! submitted by /u/Low-Geologist8328 [link] [comments]”

“My baby is 13 weeks today, 6.5 corrected. He usually falls asleep between 8:30-11pm for his first sleep stretch of the night, which is typically 2.5-4 hours long. I am having problems keeping the time between his sleep stretches reasonably short and would like some guidance! For example, last night he slept from 12am-3:45am but I didn’t get him settled back down and asleep until almost 6am (2+ hours). Some considerations: baby has reflux so we have to hold him up for 30 minutes after he eats; I”

“I’m at my wit’s end and could use any recommendations from anyone who thinks they have figured out naps. My 9 week old is a decent night sleeper, typically sleeping 4-5 hours for the first stretch and then another 3-4 afterwards. But when it comes to naps every single day is a fight and she just does not want to go down. If it’s one or the other I’ll take the night sleep, but I start to dread waking up the next day knowing the fight I’m going into. The only thing that has worked lately is puttin”

“Settled my 10 week old in the crib for a nap for the first time! Currently, any nap that isn’t a stroller or car seat nap is a contact nap that usually requires a good 10 minutes of rocking in the glider. Same for her nighttime sleep, except that we’re very lucky in that she will give us good stretches of independent sleep in her crib at night. Like many first time parents, I’ve been psyching myself out about transitioning to crib naps as she gets older and I prepare to go back to work, and have”

“Hi all, looking for advice to help my LO (12 wk) nap better during the day. Usually he is going down to sleep around 9pm, will wake around 8am with a wake up between 5-6am. He is EBF and will fall asleep nursing. The problem comes with day time naps. I have him sleep in the crib for the first 2 naps. The remaining 2-3 afternoon naps are contact naps. Two weeks ago he started becoming more difficult and would only accept 1 nap in the crib. Last week he started refusing that too. It’s iffy to say”

“My 7 month baby has been a fairly good sleeper forever. She transferred with ease to the crib from bassinet and will sleep 12 hour stretches at night most nights. Lately she’ll wake up, but she’s almost always back down within an hour. Naps are a different story. She had a good 2-nap schedule. She would wake up at 8 and by 1130 she was sleeping. 2 hour nap always. Then, would take another shorter nap (45-1 hour) at 430. I always felt that this was not enough daytime sleep, but then she would sle”

“My 9 weeks old baby boy takes naps as short as 20 minutes sometimes and never longer than 50 minutes, even if it is a contact nap it is difficult to make him sleep for more than 1 hour. At night he is a perfect angel that will fall asleep at 10 pm and wake up at 6 am, eat and sleep until 8 am after that. So this basically means he is getting 10 hours of "night" sleeping but even tho I cannot make him have a long nap. I just don't understand how a baby can sleep so much in his own b”

“My LO will be 6 months September 6th. She sleeps in her bassinet quite well! We do bedtime started at 7:30/8:00 pm with bath, booby, bed and she’s normally out by 9. She’ll sleep until around 3:00-4:00 am we do a feed and she’l typically wake back up around 8am. Obviously some nights this isn’t case and she wakes more often. Daytime naps though? It is a struggle. She’ll fight a nap until she’s overly tired, and once I do get her asleep it’s a power contact nap of only about 15-30 minutes. Someti”

“LO is 10. 5 months. Her night time sleep has always started between 6.30-7.30pm (we made it a schedule since the day she was born) and wakes up for the day at around 6.30am. Her daytime naps are pretty haphazard coz I work and her grandma takes care of her in the morning. Here's my question - If her first nap ends at 12.30pm, do I squeeze in a second nap between 2-4 and push the nightime sleep to 8pm or do I try to stretch the wake window till 6.pm and put her down earlier? I would like to c”

“Just wondering what other 9 month old day naps look like my little one was doing around 60/75 minutes twice a day around 7.5/8.5 months but recently it’s started to dwindle. He has 3.5/4 hour wake windows in between not sure if this is normal or another stage. Would love to hear about other 9 month olds. submitted by /u/Equivalent_Common287 [link] [comments]”

“Hi all. Since ~7.5wks, my now 9 week old has gotten increasingly difficult to get to nap. He’s now been awake for five hours and I cannot get him to sleep. Here is what I have tried: -nursing to sleep in several positions -standing and rocking -rocking chair -bouncing on ball -baby wearing while walking indoors and outdoors -dark quiet room -white noise -covering eyes -warm bath -shushing/humming/singing -swing -baby Einstein aquarium -combining elements above I have tried following wake windows”

“Hi all, FTM trying to figure out what to do. I have a 6 month old. On some unicorn days my baby takes a very long morning nap (2 hours) and that seems to push our routine back. When that happens, the fourth nap (usually at 5:30pm for like 20 minutes) is usually skipped. When he doesn't take that 4th nap of the day, he is super tired during the last feed of the night. And he don't feed well. What do you guys do? Have him nap a fourth nap even for like 10 minutes? Or skip the nap and go to”

“LO will be 7.5 months old this week and naps have taken a turn. She typically sleeps well at night doing around 8/830pm-745-8am (which is amazing after the whole only contact slept till 4.5 months) and her naps are pretty decent, she does 3 naps, usually 37 mins to about 1.5 hours which varies by day. Last nap lately has been rough to get her down taking about 30-40 mins to get her down. Tonight, she fought it worse than ever. After 1 hour and 20 mins trying to get her down, we said “f**k it”, t”