Hi Mummaloo,

No BFing to sleep didn't cause any problems with DD's naps, the reason I wanted to stop feeding to sleep is because I have to go back to work so others need to be able to put her down for naps/to bed.


To get your days naps in order, I would get bubs up at about the same time every morning (say within 1/2 an hour). DD is up between 7am and 7.30am, so she is always tired by about 9am-9.30am then goes down for her morning nap. I'm not too fussed with routines, but I find DD likes to have one, I worked it out by watching her tired signs which turned out to be the same times each day. Having the same start time in the morning really helps to make the day more predictable. You could get up 8am-ish if DS goes to bed at about 8pm? That would give him 12hours in bed at night.

When DD was five months old she would have three naps each day.
1: 8.30am-9am
2: 11.30am-12pm
3: 2.30pm-3pm

I usually don't let her sleep past 4.30pm so she's tired for bedtime at 7pm.

At five months I worked with about two hours being her limit of time awake. Most naps were one hour long, now that she's having two naps per day she's started sleeping longer on her own, up to 2.5 hours. If she wakes under one hour into her nap, I get her up quickly before she wakes fully and BF her back to sleep, this only works 60% of the time, if it doesn't I get her up and don't worry about it. She usually only wakes early from a nap if she's over tired, which doesn't make sense but she does!

I don't think it's essential to use a dummy at all, great if he settles without one!
i just find DD needs a 'prop' for sleep and I decided to use the dummy to replace the boob. Once that's sorted I'll get rid of the dummy.