Is the two-nap schedule wrecking your nine-month-old's sleep — or was something already brewing before you made the drop? This week we work through a real DM case study: a nine-month-old who moved to two naps and promptly hit the fan with short naps, false starts, lengthy middle-of-the-night wake windows and reactive co-sleeping creeping earlier and earlier.
We unpack why the nap drop is rarely the villain, what the clues in this mum's own message tell us about what was already in the mix, and exactly what we'd do first — including why we'd put the third nap back in (yes, really) and why early rising needs to be sorted before any nap transition happens.
We also share a Google review that genuinely made Sally tear up on mic, and Bec drops a quick winter temperature check that could explain a lot of what's creeping back into your nights right now.
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What You'll Learn
- Why the 3-to-2 nap drop is rarely the root cause — and what usually is
- The one thing that must be sorted before any nap transition
- Why cot-side settling and early-morning co-sleeping have a shelf life
- How the eight-month sleep progression creates a perfect storm
- Why we'd bring the third nap back in strategically and what that looks like
- The room temperature check Bec wants every southern hemisphere family to do right now
- How Camp Snooze would approach this exact scenario in two weeks
Chapters
- 00:10 Welcome back and a Google review that made Sally cry
- 06:18 What is Camp Snooze?
- 07:27 The case study DM: nine-month-old, two naps, everything hits the fan
- 09:15 Was the nap drop really the problem?
- 11:23 What was already brewing before the drop
- 13:32 Our fix: bring the third nap back and here's why
- 14:20 Strengthening self-settling skills at this age
- 15:50 The co-sleeping shelf life conversation
- 17:46 How Camp Snooze would handle this over two weeks
- 20:25 Bec's winter temperature tidbit for early risers
- 22:02 What to do if you're still on three naps and have sleep issues
- 22:55 Wrap up
About Nap Trapped
Nap Trapped is hosted by Sally Woods (The Sleep Concierge) and Bec Maher (The Sleep Centre) — two Australian sleep consultants keeping it real for tired parents everywhere. Evidence-based, warm and zero fluff.
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