How’s sleep going for you?

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My son averages only about 9.5 hrs of sleep at night and naps about 2.5 hrs total during the day. His pediatrician said that that’s enough total sleep but I feel like he’s not getting enough... 
he’s generally happy but evenings are usually a nightmare and it takes everything we have just to try to keep him awake until 7pm. Last night he went to sleep at 6:45 but then woke up for the day at 4am... I tried everything to get him back to sleep and he refused. We’ve always had an early morning waking issue and he did seem to do a little better with a later bedtime (around 8) but the way his naps fall during the day his bedtime seems to slowly drift back to around 7... otherwise he’s miserable if I try to keep him awake. 
I keep reading that babies at this age usually sleep 11 hrs at night and many sleep through from like 7-7 (I would kill for that) lol my guy is getting around 12 hrs of total sleep in a 24hr period and I just hope I’m helping him get enough. 
Is anyone else in a similar situation? What does sleep look like for you? I know all babies are different but I feel like a failure when I compare my baby’s sleep to others.

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My sons sleep is all over the place. You’re not alone! Some nights he’s in bed by 730-8. He’ll wake maybe two times in the night and sleep until 7. Nights like last night are terrible. He wasn’t tired until 8:30p. Was finally asleep by 9 and woke up every hour until morning at 7:30a. His naps go anywhere between 30 minutes to 2 hours.

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I’m in a similar boat! My baby girl has been waking so early and the clocks went back in the UK last weekend so it’s even earlier now! She’s a terrible napper anyway! 
This morning she woke at 3.30am and I eventually got her back at 5am until 6am but then she was up! She then didn’t go to sleep till gone 10....for 25 mins lol she had an hour and 20 nap at lunchtime and now I’m wondering do I try for another catnap or put her to bed at 5.30pm/6?!

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I always get agitated when I try to compare my baby’s sleep to other moms who somehow have babies who sleep through the night AND take long naps all day, lol! Not sure why this is projected as the “norm,” when I feel like all I ever read about is moms trying to figure out why their babies don’t do it! 🤷🏻‍♀️ Every single baby is different, and some babies just have lower sleep needs. I’m lucky in that my girl will sleep 11-12 hours a night (waking up once around 5:30am for her first feeding), and we’ve JUST started to get one good nap (90 mins) out of her a day, followed by the cat naps. Up until now, she slept through the night, but would only sleep 20-40 minutes for all naps (since she was 2.5 months old; she’s 6.5 months old now). As far as evening fussiness, I feel like almost every baby I know gets it, even when well-rested, but it is tough to stomach when you think you haven’t helped them sleep enough! Have you considered maybe a catnap via baby wearing toward the end of the day (if your babe will sleep that way)? That’s always my go-to when I want her to take a little snooze, but don’t want to go through the entire bedtime routine / mess up our bedtime later. Good luck mama!

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Every baby is different. My first son would sleep 11-12 hours every night and nap probably 2 1/2- 3 hours in a day. This baby sleeps 10-10.5 hours at night and naps no more than a total of 2 1/2 hours.

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My son sleeps 11-12 hours consistently. We sleep trained him takingcarababies way. He used to have early morning wakings too but we trained him to fall back asleep

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I can’t get my daughter to go to bed before 9 and usually it’s closer to 10 😔 if I am able to let her sleep in she will wake up around 7, but most days I have to wake her up at 6 so I can get her and myself ready and her to daycare and myself to work. She takes 30 min naps max, and I’m lucky if we get 3 in a day. She usually wakes up once a night around 2 to feed.

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Mine goes to sleep at 7:30pm and wakes up 7 am and she has three 1.5 hour naps a day

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Mine goes to sleep at 530 pm becuase he does not nap ar daycare no matter what we try its always an early morning for us. If we try to keep him up later he is just miserable and makes us all miserable. We just let it be.

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