DD has just turned 5 months. Was a great sleeper and bang on 4 months, the sleep regression hit.
The nights aren’t too bad (which I’m grateful for!) but naps and bedtime are a struggle.
If we’re having a good day, she can maybe nap in total for around 2.5 hours, made up of a few 30-40 min naps, occasionally an hour nap if in my arms.
she can settle herself to sleep, and is actually best at this during the night after a waking.
Bedtime is a killer though, last night she finished a 30 min nap at 5pm, total of 2hrs40 nap time for the whole day, then bath just before 6 and into her crib at 6:20 after a feed. She was rubbing her eyes so I thought I’d caught the sweet spot, but no.
Took 40 mins of shush/patting to get her to fall asleep, awake 5 mins later. 10 more mins of shush/pat…awake 10 mins later.
Finally got her back down for her to wake about 30 mins later, then she cried and resisted sleep for about another 30 minutes no matter what we did. Finally fell asleep with the Misty Mountain song from The Hobbit playing on repeat!
I can’t work out if she’s over tired from the cat naps or whether she was under tired because i put her down about an hour 20 after her last nap. She can’t really go longer than 1 hour 30 between naps.
does anyone have any advice, hats off to you if you’ve read this far!