One hour turnaround

Bella dosnt sleep very well during the day and maybe it is because she is getting overtired. I was thinking of trying the one hour turnaround but wondering if she is too old for this now and will end up having a crappy night time. At the moment I am getting 9hrs at night which I love and dont want to see disappear!

Yip. Sorry, I should have been clearer

Like Peachy, I still only keep Eva up for approx an hour from waking, unless we are out and about. We keep her up after 5pm and she's in bed for the night between 6.30-7pm. Unfortunately I still get up twice a night to feed her, but I don't think that's due to her sleeping during the daytime. I've heard that sleeping well during the day is supposed to improve nighttime sleeping.

Definitely not too old, Topsy...try it and see how you go. You may find it won't disrupt her night sleep at all, in fact she may sleep even better! I think Bella didn't stay up any longer than that until around 4 months and then by 5 months she could happily stay up for 2 hours and now she is down to two naps - one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

I tried 45mins, 1hr, you name it and Ruby just refused to sleep. Her average now is 90mins and she has way less sleep at certain times of the day. I had someone from Plunketline tell me she should still be sleeping lots despite sleeping for 12hrs at night and to persevere with the 1hr turnaround but it was making both of us miserable. Now she is in her own routine, sometimes she is up for 2 hours at a time, but we are happy and that's what matters. I just reckon learn the cues when they are tired and don't clock-watch if your baby wants to do it's own thing (like stubborn Ruby!), it may work for some people but not for others.

It's quite strange as Ruby never used to rub her eyes, she started around 2 weeks ago. Now she does it I know that she is tired! It definately does help to put them down awake, for a few weeks I did the shhhhing and patting with her in the cot, leave, if she cries go back after 3 mins, do it again, if cries then 6 mins ..... now I can put her down awake and she will happily lie there til she goes to sleep now she is used to her cot and falling asleep there

I do the 1-hour turnaround, although Jack only has 1hour sleeps during the day. He's usually quite content to just lie in his bassinette and look around for the rest of the time. Didn't actually realise this until one day when I watched him! Cheeky monkey.

I think it helps to be really active during the 1-hour, Jack basically gets up, feeds, burps, gets changed if needed, goes for tummy time for about 15mins, then on his back and kicks his musical kickboard for 5mins usually (times vary depending on how grizzly he is), some jumping on the ground or mum (it's his favourite past-time), sometimes then a book or just some cuddles and singing, then bed. He sleeps 7.30pm-3.30am, then 4-7am, with another good 2 hour nap in the morning (best time for him to sleep) and his naps reduce as the day goes on.

I was told too to keep him up longer in the afternoons as he needs to be a bit more tired to sleep through the night. I'm yet to see if it works, but hopefully!

Some babies don't rub eyes but ear tug instead - look for that too!