Thanks Emma!

Yes it’s definitely a trial and error. When he was in the thick of the catnapping phase (sometimes 3-4 x 30 min naps during the day), he’s often more unsettled/overtired and I often put him to bed early, between 5.30 – 6.30pm and surprisingly he can sleep 12.5-13.5 hours until 7am the next morning! This happened quite often, a few…

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Hi Emma,

Thank you so much for the explanation 🙂 I have tried all of your suggestions and he is now linking sleep cycles for some of his naps. He even had a 2 hour nap today, which is very rare (even since he was a newborn!). I lengthen his wake windows and it has worked well for us.

Should I cap naps at 2 hours? I did that today and he…

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Hi Emma,

Thanks for your suggestions, I’ve tried them all and he can now sleep on his tummy. He still gets frustrated sometimes when he wakes from his tummy. Also, I was wondering if scream-crying before naps is normal? It’s a recent thing – he never used to scream-cry, only fuss before naps. He also scream-cries during the day too now…

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Hi Emma,

My now 20-week old baby has started to roll from back to tummy, but lately is has greatly disrupted his naps. He was previously catnapping quite well on his own, sometimes with a pacifier. However, he often rolls over at the start of the nap and scream-cries, I can’t use the settling pyramid because the crying escalates too much. As…

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Hi Emma,

Thank you for your answers 🙂 I have a couple more side questions:

I find that my baby recently does not need a pacifier to sleep anymore. Previously I use the pacifier for the start of his naps and bedtime, but now he prefers to suck his thumb. Are there drawbacks to thumb sucking, will it damage his thumb and how do I get him to stop?…

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Hi Emma!

Thank you so much, it does clarify things for me 🙂 I’ll try lengthening his wake window before bedtime and see how I go.

Does it count as a false start if he wakes after 1 sleep cycle every night but just needs a rock/cuddle and shush to fall back asleep and stays asleep until the next morning? He never wakes for a full wake window…

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