Help! Sleep problem
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My son is also exclusively breastfed and he does 3 naps a day and his first two naps are strictly following his queues and those are short but his final nap is very much involves stretching how long he’s up and starts between 14:00-15:00 and he wakes up at 17:00. For a bed time starts at 19:00 (bath day) or 19:30 which we established round about 4 months. I do think it’s a lot of temperament of the baby but establishing an earlier bedtime definitely helps him (and me). He still wakes up I’d say twice or thrice a (good) night. I’d say it’s a lot of trial and error but would suggest establishing an earlier bedtime.
What's worked for us is following the huckleberry post for each month regarding wake windows and naps. Sounds like sleep is all over the place for you and the first place to look when trying to solve a sleep issue is wake windows, naps and day routine. I agree with the others about an earlier bedtime. I'd pick a day to start and follow the recommended wake windows and bedtime (don't worry about the naps being exact but do cap overall day sleep). Do this for a week and see how it is going. Other things which would help are nap & bedtime routines, white noise and blackout blinds all night and for naps at home. Both my babies have been great sleepers sleeping through from 5 months and I'm sure these things are part of that. The schedule doesn't need to be exact just aim for these wake windows, with baby asleep at the end of each one. https://huckleberrycare.com/blog/7-month-old-sleep-schedule-and-development
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I am no expert. My baby never napped much and if she does it is 1 or 2x 30mins naps a day. But we established a strict bedtime at 7pm when she was 7 weeks old and sticked to it. At times it was 6pm as she was very tired. We are up for the day around 8am. So from my experience I would guess your baby needs much earlier bedtime. But again I am just guessing X We are also EBF and some nights she is up every hour, some nights only twice. All depends on growth spurts and reaching milestones 🫠🫠🫠 I would start with moving the bedtime. And I haven't done anything day by day. Just one day I decided to start puting her to bed at 7pm. And we do no wind down. 6.30 comes and we either do bath or nothing, just playing in the bedroom, then lights off, pj on, white noise on and feed to sleep.