Crib Party at 3 a.m. AKA Split Nights

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Crib Party at 3 a.m. AKA Split Nights

We all wake up several times a night as we transition through sleep cycles. But sometimes our little ones wake up in the middle of the night and are really up…sometimes for hours. This isn’t the typical middle of the night “go in and comfort or feed baby for ten minutes and then he goes back to sleep” wakeup. This is a full-blown 3:00 a.m. party. These wakes up are often referred to as split nights, and are characterized by a long stretch of sleep, followed by a waking of more than an hour where baby is happy and energetic, and then eventually back to sleep again. Let’s take a quick look at why this happens and what the solutions are.

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Do you have a chronic cat napper? Help your baby nap longer with this guide.

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Do you have a chronic cat napper? Help your baby nap longer with this guide.

Your baby wakes up in the morning after a solid night’s sleep. You feed her, change her, play with her for a little bit, take her for a little walk outside, then rock her to sleep and put her gently into her crib for her morning nap.

Thirty minutes later she wakes up fussy and irritable, and despite your pleading, bargaining, and offers of riches, refuses to go back to sleep.

After half an hour of trying to put her back down, you finally give in, hoping she’ll be that much more tired when her afternoon nap rolls around, only to have the exact same scenario play out again, and baby is a cranky ball of unhappiness for the rest of the day.

Does this sound familiar?

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