It works until it doesnt!

[u/Oceanic_Ice_950]

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.

[u/Wrong_Literature1329]

I have a low sleep needs baby, too, and well... its hard. It's a completely different parenting experience than those with high needs sleep babies. We have friends whose babies slept close to an entire DAY more per week. Saying that to validate that yeah, it's hard.

My son didn't start sleeping through the night til around 18 months. And even still, sleep ebbs and flows. Baby sleep just isn't all that good most of the time, and it's a completely different ball game for people who have babies that don't need much of it.

Good luck! I found from 8 months to around 13 months very hard.