Just wandered if anyone had tried either of these, or a similar approach. The basic premise (as far as I can tell!) is that you stop clock watching to time naps or wake windows or anything like that. You just provide lots of opportunities to feed and sleep and otherwise go with the flow. If baby is awake longer or has Catnaps, that's OK. Also, provide lots of stimulation - the idea seems to be crabbiness is sometimes lack of stimulation rather than tiredness. The concept seems to be if baby is well fed and stimulated they will sleep as and when they need.
I have a 3 month old DS. He is quite sleep resistant in the day. I have looked at loads of sleep threads on Mumsnet and articles about baby sleep, and as a result I feel like my whole life revolves around making him go to sleep within a short wake window, and keeping him asleep for more than 30 minutes. I am constantly jiggling him in a sling, pushing him in a pram or feeding him hoping he will drop off. He is generally a cheerful chap, does have more difficult days but can't say these are clearly related to days he has slept less. He's otherwise
so far quite an easy baby, but this whole daytime sleep is really stressful. The idea of not forcing it and going with the flow sounds like such a relief. And I would gladly never think about wake windows ever again. But I am worried that if I didn't really actively pursue making him go to sleep within a short wake time, I would end up with a miserable, overtired baby and it would be hard to get back on top of the sleep. So I am really interested in hearing from anyone else who has done this and whether it worked.
I do suffer from post-natal anxiety and I am possibly massively overthinking this, but this day time sleep is slowly sending me mad!