Nap transitions can feel confusing — one week everything feels settled, and the next your baby is fighting the very nap they used to fall into easily. Before you make any changes, here's how to know when dropping a nap is genuinely the right move.

If your baby was finally sleeping better and suddenly everything has fallen apart again: frequent night waking, fighting naps, standing in the cot at 2am, wanting constant closeness; you are absolutely not alone. The 8 month sleep regression (AKA the 8 month sleep progression because sleep can't go backwards) can feel especially exhausting because many parents think they were finally “through” the difficult sleep stages… and then suddenly their baby is waking every hour again

You finally felt like you had sleep figured out. Your baby was settling well, night wakings had reduced, and you were starting to feel like yourself again — and then, seemingly out of nowhere, everything fell apart. Your one-year-old is waking multiple times a night, fighting naps, and clinging to you like you might disappear at any moment. You're exhausted, confused, and wondering what on earth went wrong. Here's the truth: you didn't do anything wrong. What you're living th