Naps and night time sleeping

[Nix99]

I've got myself a bit confused about babys sleep. Dd is only 3 months but I've read some places she should be going to sleep in a dark quiet room like she would at night. One of the things that confuses me is people have said to do this from 4 months but at this age I know they are not supposed to be on their own so does this mean j go up with her for all her naps and at bedtime? We currently have her in the moses basket downstairs for naps and until we go to bed (now she will go in it) Also this might sound silly but how do babies know it is day time and that it is just a nap they are having and to wake up after an hour or two and then to sleep through at night time. Do I need to start waking her from naps after a certain amount of time when she is a bit older or just let her sleep as long as she wants?

I can only say what I do. During nighttime 630pm/7pm it's pitch black. During day she sleeps in living room 🤷🏼‍♀️

Yes lullaby trust says you need to be in same room when they sleep. I will nip in and out of room though, but go check on my LO as soon as I'm back.

I would let her sleep as long as she wants and Watch wake windows so LO doesn't get overtired.

They get used to day time and night time naturally. To help my LO, I read it somewhere. When it's morning 7am ish I open curtains bright and cheery. Change clothes then I do the opposite for bedtime. Dark, mundane voice when going to bed, change Pj's. Whatever routine you want for evening. Also apparently going out in the day helps them know 🤷🏼‍♀️

Poster above answered most of the questions. I just wanted to add that I find significant value in getting baby used to sleeping with background light/sounds during the day. So deliberately not going for dark, quiet and subdued.

My firstborn was used to a silent house when she sleep. Because it was just me and her most of the time, and I love silence so don't have a TV etc on as background noise, ever. Plus I'd pull curtains shut (albeit downstairs for daytime naps).

She grew to be so damn fussy with sleep. The slightest thing would wake her. I believe because she needed total silence to sleep. So a door shutting or toilet flushing woke her up.

Ergo when child #2, #3 and #4 came along - I was very determined that from New born they were used to sleeping under the big light in the living room, with cartoons blerring on the telly and toddlers running around constantly.

As a result I was one of those smug mum's who's baby fell asleep in the middle of the floor at play group, with no parental input needed, whilst 30 toddlers on scooters darted around baby screaming and shouting. They'd sleep through anything.