How much sleep Naps/Night time does your 8-9 month old baby get ?Having problems with my 8mo DD?

Question

I ask because I have a DD who will be 8 mo in 5 days. And for the past 2-3 weeks she has been fighting me tooth and nail everyday about naps. Up until then she was taking 45-60 mins nap anywhere between 8:45am & 9:30am. Then she would take an afternoon nap between 1:30pm-2:30pm for 2hours. Now she might sleep 30-45 mins in the morning and if Iam lucky 30-45 mins in the afternoon. The problem is she wakes up and she is still so tried and sometimes fussy and cranky. Though she is still sleeping through the night with no wake ups from 7pm-6:30am. But I fear the bad day time sleep will start to effect night time sleep(she has waken 3 nights in a row in the late evening this week). I have tried putting her in her crib and letting her CIO but she can go forever and not stop(the longest was 90 mins with 20 min check-ins). She is very strong willed for someone so young. Any tips or advice is great. Thanks

Answer 1

Don't you wish there was a magic wand that you could use to put your little one down to sleep! My little one is now 9months and she did something similar!

You are doing something right cause she's sleeping through the night. She's problably waking a bit again like you said cause of her daytime nap disruption. What I can suggest to you is keep her schedule as predictable as possible. Wake her about the same time everyday, have her first nap as much as possible at the same time and the same for her second nap. As I see you are doing. Now keep your routine the exact same for naps as you do for bed. What I do is give my little one her bottle, then I rock her for about five minutes, then we go into her room and we put the blinds down and keep talking to her. Let her know what you are doing. I put her in her crib and sing the same silly song each time and then I tell her that she's now going to sleep. Predictibility helps them know what we want them to do.

The reason she's getting up could be due to a new mobility in her part. My little one is now stanging in her crib. So I stay with her and do the pick up and put down. I dont hold her though, we did this quite a few times in the beginning but when you are consistant they realize that they will not win. She also woke up too soon from her naps. What I did was go back to my original position when she fell asleep and did the same things as before and she did go back to sleep. The trick is no mater how mad she's when you do try to put her back down keep with it. Cause she's going to remember that the last time she got out of her crib.

It is quite frustrating when you go through it and just when you've figured things out. Everything all changes and you have to go through it again!

Good luck and keep courage! This will all pass!

Answer 2

At this age your baby should have no more than 3 hours of sleep during the day.My daughter(she is 7 months) is doing exactly the same thing.What i would suggest is tier her out before her nap (play with her,encourage her to crawl and kick around).My daughter finally slept through the night about 2 months ago but then a couple of weeks ago she started to do exactly the same thing as your DD and now she is fighting sleep during the day as well.She is teething.Maybe the same is happening to your daughter.Gums are more painful when the baby is lying down so i am holding her in my arms with her head lifted a bit until she falls asleep and have no problems after.Is your daughter droolng a lot lately?Is she cewing on everything that she can get her hands on?These are just a few symptoms of teething.