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45 minute intruder

How to Finally Stop the 45 Minute Intruder

November 2, 2022September 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, waking early 95 Comments

Chronic 45 Minute Naps

August 24, 2021September 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 78 Comments

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

September 13, 2021February 26, 2018 by valplowman
Baby sleeping

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 4 Comments

How to Deal with the 45-Minute Intruder

April 21, 2021October 23, 2017 by valplowman
How to Deal with the 45-Minute Intruder | baby sleep | baby naps | short naps | #babysleep

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 4 Comments

Poll Results: Weathering the Four Month Sleep Regression

April 24, 2019March 15, 2017 by valplowman

The fourth month sleep regression is such a stressful time! Things progress nicely and then BAM! Regression time. And as a couple of readers pointed out, for working moms, this …

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The First 5 Things to Check When Your Baby Is Taking Short Naps

January 26, 2021September 22, 2016 by valplowman
How to fix short naps

What To Do When Your Baby Is Taking Short Naps {The first five things to check} When your baby is taking short naps, solving that can become all-consuming. You care …

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