BR- I wish i would have known...

jaysgirljulie · May 2010

I wish someone would have told me to swaddle my baby tightly and put him to sleep 90 minutes after he wakes up! Really girls who are pg right now, remember this advice and maybe even get the book "The 90 minute baby sleep program". It pretty much tells you that a babies first year of life they have a 90 minute sleep cycle. If you get them down after 90 minutes that another cycle starts and it will be hard to get them to sleep for another 90 minutes. It doesn't matter how long they sleep for, just 90 minutes from when they wake. Sure enough, my LO becomes a huge cranky pants about 75-80 minutes after, this gives me a warning to start swaddling and rocking him to sleep. This has made a WORLD of difference for me and my very fussy little one... who is not so fussy anymore :-)

Hope this helps someone out there!

myday1708 · May 2010

That's very similar to the EASY method in Baby Whisperer. Essentially, once a baby has been UP for 90-120 mins, they are tired and ready for a nap. I definitely noticed this and it made a world of difference in getting Alexa into a routine! I would point out that once Alexa got a little older, like 3-4 months, she switched to being up for 2 hours before being ready for a nap. Now she can go longer but is still ready to sleep at the 2-hour mark.

Married2MrWright · May 2010

Yay Julie! I am so glad you've found something that is working for you and baby Ryan. We've observed that Libby also needs to nap 1.5-2 hours after waking...and as long as we pay attention to that cycle we're good to go. Right now our routine is wake...diaper change...feed...play/activity...sleep. It works perfectly! Even with her fussy teething lately.

ECUPirate04 · May 2010

I'll have to try this. Thanks for sharing.

MiniWheats · May 2010

Question: Until what month is this effective until?

Oh and what is the baby whisperer? Sounds awesome.....

HulaLove · May 2010

myday1708:
That's very similar to the EASY method in Baby Whisperer. Essentially, once a baby has been UP for 90-120 mins, they are tired and ready for a nap. I definitely noticed this and it made a world of difference in getting Alexa into a routine! I would point out that once Alexa got a little older, like 3-4 months, she switched to being up for 2 hours before being ready for a nap. Now she can go longer but is still ready to sleep at the 2-hour mark.

EASY really worked for us too. Now I'm in the process of moving Elyse to a 4 hour routine where she can be up for 2 hours (she's naturally doing it herself).

mrspresley · May 2010

I think it depends on their age but yes babies have definite intervals before they are ready for nap time...when she was younger i swear it was 30 min! now she is more like 1.5-2 hrs from when she wakes.

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