![]() He’ll take 3-4 naps a day like this, and so we thought maybe he doesn’t need as much sleep during the day since he’s getting more at night, but he gets crabbier and crabbier as the day goes on, and is kind of a mess by bedtime. We’ve tried going in at 30 minutes to rouse him, hoping to circumvent the “45 minute intruder” thing, but he still wakes up. Often he’ll wake up after around 45 minutes, and will not go back to sleep. So now he will go down for naps in his crib fine (yay!), but he won’t sleep nearly as long as he would sleep on me. We keep his room set up the same–super dark with blackout blinds and curtains, put him in his zipadee zip, give him his pacifier and turn on white noise. So when we made the transition to the crib at night, we also did it for naps. But, as much as I love holding the little man, I also love doing other things…like occasionally taking a bathroom break or eating a meal. He has slept on his back on his own sleep surface at night since birth, but during the day he sleeps on my chest, tummy to tummy. ![]() And so for better or worse, I’ve been holding him for his naps since he was born. This little guy is a rainbow baby, and I love holding him. ![]() He’s learning to fall asleep on his own (he needs more soothing/checking for some sleeps than others, but is generally getting pretty good at going down drowsy but awake) He sleeps from 7:30 pm until 7:30 am with 1 or 2 wakings to nurse, and wakes up happy. #45 MINUTE INTRUDER HOW TO#We also implemented a bedtime routine (bath, boob, books) and have been using some strategies from the No Cry Sleep Solution to help him learn how to fall asleep on his own in the crib. We moved him from the co-sleeper in our room where he was waking to all the sounds to the crib in his room. ![]() We have a 4 month old who was a great sleeper until the 4 month sleep regression (like all the babies, right?). I’ve found your sleep columns so helpful I thought I’d ask about our situation. ![]()
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