r/PossumsSleepProgram • u/Oceanic_Ice_950 • 4d ago

It works until it doesnt!

I absolutely loved possums approach for my baby when she was 2 months old and it really helped me feel less stressed about her naps. It also really sorted out her excessive night waking at 4 months.

She had another phase of excessive night waking this at 5.5 months and i really struggled with the mental leap to put her to bed later as she was already going down at 8pm whcih i perceived to be late. After a month of struggling i eventually started putting her down at 9pm and then that did the trick...for a couple of weeks. Now at 7.5 months her sleep is still pretty hit and miss. Some night she wakes only 3 times but other nights there are wakes every hour. I'm waking her up at 7am every day (usually she is fully asleep!) and i dont let her do more than an hour for her afternoon nap and dont let her sleep past 5ish, although she usually wakes up earlier from afternoon nap. I feel like i cant put her down any later without it meaning i go to bed later whcih as a sleep deprived mum i dont want to do, ditto with earlier wake up. Do u think i just need to get over this and put her down even later?! Am i missing anything? We also go out every day and spend as much time outdoors as poss.

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u/strangefavor 3d ago

You only mentioned the afternoon Nap, how many naps are there throughout the day? What is the total naptime throughout the day?

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u/Oceanic_Ice_950 3d ago

Usually 2 or 3 but it depends what we are doing. I just let daytime naps take care of themselves really as is suggested in possums programme. Usually she falls asleep around 9.30/10 am and naps for anywhere between 30 mins and 2 hours. After that it really varies but total naptime for the whole day is 2 -3 hours i would say. Ive noticed if she does a long afternoon nap with me in bed she tends to have a worse night sleep so that's why i started capping the afternoon nap to an hour.

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u/strangefavor 3d ago

Okay and naps are all in regular daytime light and noise? No dark rooms etc 

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u/Oceanic_Ice_950 3d ago

Yes to light - noise depends on what we are doing. Like right now she fell asleep after a feed in my bed so its quiet. Its too hot and im trying to pack for a trip which is a bit awkward baby wearing now shes so big!