To wake baby from naps?

[Kharvey12]

My 5 month old (EBF) is waking frequently in the night, and will regularly wake up full from 3am-4am and cry until you play with her. SHe rises for the day at around 6.30am, then goes down for her first nap around 9am. If uninterrupted, she will sleep until 11.30/12.

Should i wake her after 1.5 hours in the hope of better sleep at night? The assumption that better sleep in the day = better sleep at night appears to be hot air in this case...

What would you do? It's been like this for a few months now.

I know that there are sleep regressions, I know babies wake a lot. I know that is normal, so i don't need commentary on that. Thank you!!!

I am looking for opinion on whether waking her after 1.5 hour first nap is a good or bad idea.

Well how much sleep is she getting total during the day? At this age it's normal to still have around 3 hours in the day. We used to have a short nap in the morning (around 45/60 minutes) then a long nap around lunchtime which could easily last 90 to 120 minutes

What is her routine like?

I spent months killing myself to maximise my DD’s naps but it turns out she sleeps much better when she sleeps less in the day. She just seems to overall need slightly less sleep. DD has a (long) history of having 2-3 hour wakes in the night when she gets too much daytime sleep, so if that sounds familiar to you then it could be worth trying to limit her naps.

I never woke mine from naps and if they woke in the night they cuddled up with us and went back to sleep. When I was at home, I used to have a nap with them.

You could certainly try it, OP. Who knows whether it will help or not but worth a try! Give it at least a couple of weeks to give her time to adjust.

I wouldn't but I would heavily restrict afternoon naps

Try it and see!

to add, we cosleep so always being cuddled

i think i will try waking her after 1.5 hours, thanks

It’s worth a try - you can always stop if it doesn’t improve things!

Babies can definitely get the balance of day / night sleep wrong, so it may be what’s happening in this case.

If that's her only nap then she's overtired and too tired to sleep properly. However if she also has 1.5 hours in the afternoon then wake her up and see.

It depends on what the rest of her naps look like. How many does she have a day and how long are they?

I do typically wake my baby from naps so he doesn’t oversleep in the day and he sleeps 12 hours at night since around 6 months.

I also wonder if putting her down earlier for the first nap would help? At that age mine would have only been awake for 1.5 hours in the morning before needing to sleep again.

I thought same as you.... Used to wake my 5 month up then had a week of overtired baby. I allow no more then 4 hours for 5 month old.
My LO at 6 months just gone to rough 234 style and has 3 to 3.5 hours day sleep now. Goes down about 630pm wakes up on a good time 530am🤷🏼‍♀️

Check the baby sleep site
www.babysleepsite.com/schedules/5-month-old-baby-schedule/

@Kharvey12
Try saving her nap till after her lunch she might be over tired when going to bed in the evenings and can't settle I know if I'm over tired I find it had to fall asleep