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45 minute intruder

Baby Takes Short Naps: First 5 Things to Check

May 9, 2024January 31, 2024 by valplowman

What To Do When Your Baby Is Taking Short Naps. Get the tips you need to quickly get naps for baby longer. These things are very common causes of short …

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Categories Naps, Sleep Problems Tags 45 minute intruder, chronic short naps, problem solving 5 Comments

When To Have Set Nap Times for Baby

December 19, 2024April 24, 2023 by valplowman
baby taking a nap

A set nap is when your baby can have nap time at the same time every day. Find out why that is a benefit, what age baby might be ready, …

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Categories Naps Tags 45 minute intruder 17 Comments

How to Finally Stop the 45 Minute Intruder

October 16, 2024September 14, 2022 by valplowman
Mom holding a crying baby with an exasperated look on her face

The 45 minute intruder is when your baby starts waking up about 45 minutes into his/her nap. Baby is waking early from naps and you aren’t sure why. When your …

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Categories Naps, Sleep Problems Tags 45 minute intruder, poll results, waking early 97 Comments

Chronic 45 Minute Naps

November 14, 2024September 26, 2018 by valplowman
Chronic 45 Minute Naps. What to do when your baby just will not take a nap longer than 45 minutes. Encouragement from a mom who has been there. 

Chronic 45 Minute Naps. What to do when your baby just will not take a nap longer than 45 minutes. Encouragement from a mom who has been there. Despite the …

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Categories Naps, Sleep Problems Tags 45 minute intruder, chronic short naps, poll results 78 Comments

The Babywise Mom Nap Guide: How to establish successful naps from birth through the preschool years

November 20, 2024February 26, 2018 by valplowman
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The Babywise Mom Nap Guide: How to establish successful naps from birth through the preschool years. Of all of the questions I get on my Babywise Mom blog, the topic …

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Categories Babywise, BabywiseMom, eBooks, Naps, Sleep Problems Tags 45 minute intruder, baby sleep, chronic short naps 6 Comments

How to Deal with the 45-Minute Intruder

January 14, 2025October 23, 2017 by valplowman

The 45-minute intruder is when your baby wakes up 45 minutes into the nap. The 45-minute intruder can be quite stressful for you as a parent. This is true whether …

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Categories Naps, Sleep Problems Tags 45 minute intruder 6 Comments

To the Mom of the First-Born Poor Sleeper

May 12, 2021March 1, 2016 by valplowman

See those eyes? He kept his eyes like that ALL.THE.TIME.The kid avoided sleep like I avoid spiders. Try as I might, Brayden, my oldest, did not nap longer than 45 …

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Categories Motherhood, Sleep Problems Tags 45 minute intruder, first time mom, word to the weary 3 Comments
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Valerie Plowman

Valerie Plowman, known as "the Babywise Mom", is the happy mother of four children. She has been helping parents with their parenting concerns since 2007 and loves helping others absolutely love being a parent.

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