7 month old sleep 💤

Someone please tell me what I’m doing wrong 😑 my 7 month old wakes soooooo much during the night and it’s slowly killing me 😢
She’s on 3 solid meals a day, breast fed morning lunch & dinner. Has around 1.5-2.5 hours of naps during the day, around 9/10am 12/1pm 3/4pm. Her daytime naps are always 30 minutes unless we are out in the pushchair!
I just don’t know what I’m doing wrong. She won’t self settle, so we have to rock or cuddles her back to sleep. I’ve tried the whole leave them to cry but she gets into such a state 😢 I’m one exhausted mumma!! Any tips or advice is greatly appreciated lol 😘

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Just to add. She’s in her own room with white noise on, and doesn’t take a dummy xx

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No real advice as my boy was like this until he was 11.5 months! We found he wasn’t getting enough day sleep so extended his day naps by making him stir about 25 mins in and that would reset him to do another 30/35 min sleep cycle and therefore have an hour nap max. The additional day sleep results in additional night sleep - crazy I know! But also in general he’s a very low sleep needs baby, as he only does around 10 hours a night. Could be you unfortunately have the same! x

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I’m sorry you’re going through this!
Do you think she’s ready to drop her 3rd nap? Maybe that could help? You could maybe try to extend her lunchtime nap and drop the 3rd nap and maybe that would help her sleep better through?
Also getting plenty of fresh air could help too. I know it sounds silly but my little boy always sleeps better when he was outside for a bit in the afternoon.
Hope it will get better soon x

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My boy is same age and has slept a lot better since dropping 3rd nap xx

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Hi which app are you using to track your baby sleep? Thanks

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Thanks everyone for your suggestions. Glad to know it’s not just me with a bad sleeper lol
I did yesterday & today drop the last nap, which didn’t make any difference unfortunately. But will keep on trying 🤞🏻
I do think it’s just because she wants to be with me! If I slept with her she would 100% sleep through ! Xxx

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I agree with some woman on here I think you might need to drop the third nap. Idk if you want to consider sleep training but that worked wonders for my son. He sleeps 12+ hours

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You need to read the baby sleep guide by Stephanie modell
It has what you need to transform your night sleep by following simple steps x

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i found making bedtime later helps with that. i bathe her & put her to bed around 9:30/10 & she sleeps til 8-9am

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I agree that it might be time to drop the third nap. I also highly recommend reading Precious Little Sleep for some excellent advice on how to help establish independent sleep gently (methods other than cry it out) - we used it and while my girl (nearly 9 months) does usually still wake up for a feed, which is totally normal, I pop her back in the crib awake and she goes to sleep by herself. If she wakes between sleep cycles and doesn’t need milk, she can go back to sleep herself.

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This looks absolutely normal, please don’t worry and you’re not doing anything wrong. X

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