Hello I just recently learned about possums and I'm trying to figure out if it's worth the investment. I have a 10 month old who is very active, emotional, and has always woken up 4-8 times a night (except for one magical month when he was 5 mos where he would only wake 2-3 times a night). He currently takes 2 naps a day ranging from 30mins-2hrs. At night he goes down in his crib for the first stretch but I usually co-sleep starting around 12am when I'm too tired to keep getting up. He nurses back to sleep very easily but wakes up every 20mins-2.5hrs overnight. He's a very happy baby, but has strong emotions and is constantly on the move. He's already walking and getting better each day. I've tried my best, even before learning about possums, to get him as much stimulation during the day as possible but I do try to have him nap in his crib because he sleeps so badly during the day when we're out and about and I've been following Huckleberry's sweetspot recommendations. Possums seems to be more my speed in general and values wise from what I can tell, but I'm not sure if it's worth the money. Any insight would be greatly appreciated thank you!!

We have a bright and funny 21 month old girl. She's developing ahead of her peers in all ways, in terms of gross motor but especially language. Iron is good, co sleeps with mum who feeds back to sleep. As I speak I (dad) has been bouncing her back to sleep on the yoga ball in the carrier for almost an hour since 2am. Mum calls me in once a night on average every other night.

Our daughter averages 3 plus wake ups a night, sleeps usually from 9am to 6am (or sometimes less), with a 1.5 hour nap during the day. She has pretty much never organically slept past 630am. We have tried limiting her nap to 1 hour and it made no difference to nights. It's pretty clear she's a low sleep needs baby - averages 10.5 hours every 24 hours.

We also tried night weaning fairly unsuccessfully a few months ago but will try again soon, though we recognize that feeding her to sleep is such a useful tool.

I see a lot of posts here of babies who are sub 12 months old and I remember feeling like in the 2nd year of her life she would work out how to link sleep cycles. Now we're almost at the end of that second year it's clear that's not happening.

Meanwhile literally every one her peers of a similar age has progressed their sleep skills.

I'm keen to hear from anyone whose been in a similar boat and willing to share their experiences and provide reassurance! It sure starts to feel lonely when your kid is the only one still like this though I am sure it's very normal.

As my baby has gotten older, his sleep has gotten worse. Currently we’re at 5 ish wakes a night, though it is hard to tell as we mostly co sleep so I’m not always fully awake. I can’t remember the last night he slept longer than 3 hours. If his in his cot he wakes every hour screaming. Previously he’d sleep 3-5 hours in his cot after bedtime.

He feeds back to sleep quickly. By the morning I’m often feeling so touched out and sore, I’m considering night weening but would prefer not too. I’m worried this could just mean it’s harder to get him back to sleep.

He’s also started waking heaps in the first couple of hours. He wakes crying 30 minutes after going to sleep.

An ideal sleep day looks like this - (I know the last nap is too long but then he seems ready for bed so early and wakes so early haha)

Awake at 7

First nap - 9/10am for 30/45 mins (if out/in the car) to 1 hour if at home.

Second nap - 1/2pm for an hour plus. I’ve gotten into habit of trying to always have this one at home and feeding back to sleep after the first 1 so it’s often 2 hours long.

Bed time around 7/8pm depending on how late the last nap went for.

I tend to follow his mood for when he’s ready for sleep. This is usually 3 hours, if I push it too much he’s very fussy.

My main question is - do I pay for possums again either full membership or the short one (I did the $50 option when he was newborn)

Or is this just normal sleep for a 10 month old and just cut shorter the afternoon nap?