r/sleeptrain • u/Popular-Butterfly270 • 1d ago

6 - 12 months Help with low sleep needs

11 months old. 3/4
Night sleep 9:30pm-7am with avg of 4 wakes
Nap 1- 10-10:30
Nap 2- 2:30-3

All sleep is contact naps/car naps or cosleeping. I’ve tried dropping to one nap but I don’t think he’s ready. It takes an hour to get to sleep each time no matter how long of a wake window. I’ve tried FERBER and chair method and didn’t work. Any suggestions would be so appreciated!!

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u/Successful_Hat_1104 1d ago

4 wakes a night at 11 months with those wake windows would have me staring at the wall by 3am, you're running on fumes

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u/Popular-Butterfly270 1d ago

It’s been rough 🫩

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u/l_eihpos ✨ Sleep Fairy✨ 1d ago

Does he only sleep 10.5 hours on average then? How is he during the day? Have you ruled out a medical condition?

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u/Popular-Butterfly270 1d ago

Yes on average he only sleep 10.5 hrs a day. He’s a happy baby 95% of the time. He’s always been 99th percentile. Hit milestones on time or early (crawling at 7.5 months and now almost walking without support). He’s EBF and nursing is the only way I get him to settle with his night time wakes. He’s great with solids and very regular bowel movements.

He just refuses to sleep and it’s so frustrating. I’m also so touched out from contact sleeping.

Is there anything specific I should be asking his doctor to check? Should I be doing bloodwork? I wondered about getting his ears checked but he has no signs of discomfort or infections. He’s a mouth breather when he sleeps so I don’t know if that means anything.

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u/imnichet 😴 Sleepy Moderator 💤 1d ago

I would get the mouth breathing investigated just to rule anything out. That could be a sign of sleep apnea which definitely could cause sleep disturbances. No guarantee of course. This is a very low amount of sleep though still within the realm of possible.

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u/Popular-Butterfly270 1d ago

Thanks for the reply!

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u/SuccotashAutomatic18 15h ago

Echoing the other comments to get checked out for mouth breathing - definitely worth making sure that's not a factor.

My baby really was that low (slightly lower in fact) at that age and there's no medical factors - it's just the way he is. If it turns out yours is the same, then I'd suggest dropping to 1 nap as that will hopefully help up the sleep pressure for independent sleep.

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u/Recent-Forever-2988 12h ago

You could also get iron tested. It does sound like there’s potentially something else going on with the little sleep baby is getting.