@Elly, thanks for your reply! I am glad you have support, we are always here if you need anything else, but I agree – I hope this passes on it’s own soon since you are doing all you know to do!

Hi Janelle,

Thanks for your kind words. I suppose because of the difficulties, I’ve been reading a lot. And I feel that I’ve done all that I can to facilitate his naps. Dark room, white noise, independent sleeper, nap routines. But his scheduling remains a mystery.
I’m in a local fb support group as well. I do hope we can ride this out soon.

@Elly, thanks for your comment and we are glad you found us too! I am so sorry you have been struggling though. You may have already downloaded it, but if you haven’t be sure to download our free nap guide here: https://www.babysleepsite.com/free-baby-nap-guide/
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Hang in there! I hope things get better for you soon. 🙂

U may have guessed it, he’s also an intense baby and I suspect quite a persistent one (gosh, his wails). Definitely highly perceptive (once a short bus ride out in the neighbourhood reduced his wake times by 20mins!) and moderately sensitive (at least he doesn’t cry over cloth labels, but he definitely senses my mood very well).

I’m coming to accept that about him, and to go with the flow. I just hope at least it won’t be crap naps daily because I can’t keep giving him early bedtime forever!

Really i appreciated ur valuable article . i noticed that every month at this time ”fullmoon” my 1 year twin dosen’t sleep well ,especiallay the last 2 months , Yaceen my baby boy focus with dogs voices ”it increases in fullmoon days”it make im screaming loudly so his sister wake up too , i cuddled them in the same time then put them in crib ;just cuple of minutes and do it again till morning

@Shauna It is amazing how much they understand at such a young age!! 🙂 I’m glad you’re seeing some progress!

i also started giving her warnings that nap time is coming. altho she’s only six months, i am certain she understands. i do think it was about not wanting to give up on playing to settle. so, yesterday was day 4 of cry it out and she cried less than 15 minutes for am nap and not at all for pm nap.

@Shauna It definitely doesn’t sound like cry-it-out is the way to go for naps. Day and night sleep are handled by different parts of the brain, so it makes sense why she’s struggling with one and not the other. I hope you are finding something that works for you!

@Shauna Many babies, including my son, don’t want to stop the fun to sleep as they are afraid they will miss something. He is still this way, years later. But, his sleep is very important and so I set his limits about his sleep and stick to it. Bedtime still has to be at a certain time even though he says “I’m not tired” (and falls asleep 5 minutes later). So, stick with it and don’t sacrifice sleep even if she doesn’t appear to want it. There will be plenty of things they want (or don’t want) that we have to stick to for their own health and well being (carseat, not playing with an outlet, going to school, etc.). The laughing at you when you say no is a phase. Stay firm (not mean or anything just stick to your guns) and consistent and she will learn you mean business. I also recommend a book on my resources page to handle strong-willed children. https://www.babysleepsite.com/resources Good luck!