5mo nap issues

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Hi all, I’m a first time mom and massively spiralling about naps. My daughter will be 5mo next week and we are definitely still in a bit of a sleep regression. She wakes at 7.30 and I try to get her to nap every 2 hours but it’s an absolute nightmare, she is fighting every nap and won’t sleep longer than 30 mins and is averaging 2 hours a day. We only contact nap at the moment. She goes to bed around 7.30/8 with bed time routine starting around 7-7.15. The last couple of weeks she will wake at 9(not always), 11, 1 and 4. She feeds and quickly goes back to sleep. Is she getting enough sleep? Could she just be low sleep needs? Before 4 months she was only waking once or twice so hoping we go back to this soon. Thank you and sorry for the long message!

Sounds like she needs to drop a nap. 4 a day is a newborn schedule, 3 will be plenty for her age. You're right as well that she'll be coming off the four month regression but she may also be teething, about to roll over etc etc. It's easy for me to say in hindsight but try not to dwell on it and just look after your own wellbeing for a little while. A few days of dodgy sleep won't do any long term harm but a few days of not fretting over it could do you the world of good.

Well she only ends up having 3 anyway as each one takes so long to get her to sleep then I leave her last wake window before bed a bit longer. I’m thinking maybe she just needs longer stretches in between and then I won’t be wasting half of my day fighting a losing battle!
You’re totally right, thank you! Just so easy to get caught up in the sleep rules you see etc so wanted advice from real moms!

If she's up at 7.30am I'd aim for naps 9.30-10.30, 1.30-2.30 and a little cat nap around 5pm but no more than 30 minutes.

if shes taking that long; 3 naps a day is fine. The range of sleep thst babies need is big; if she seems generally fine and developing well then she has enough sleep. Mine was doing 3 x 30 mins naps at that age. Don’t get into schedules online or social media stuff as they tend to be based on very high sleep needs babies. Contact naps are fine to; I still contact nap with my 15 month old sometimes! Look at the possums method - it’s much better for you both to get out and enjoy your day; and let baby sleep on the go. Making them nap a long time in the dark can actually make night sleep worse, they only need enough day sleep to see them through til bedtime:

Thank you so much, that’s made me feel so much better! She is very happy and developing well so I was leaning towards her just needing less sleep but you never see this anywhere. I’ll look into the possums method, thank you!