Camp Snooze day eight: eight babies in rinse and repeat
Apr 21, 2026Camp Snooze · day eight
We are at day eight of Camp Snooze, so let us find out how these eight beautiful babies are going. I am going to work in the order their 7am logs came in.
Every morning I send a post asking how the night went and how yesterday went. We troubleshoot in there, then we jump on the coaching call. By day eight, most families are in what we call rinse and repeat mode, which is the least dramatic and most important phase of the whole fortnight.
Baby girl A, almost 10 months
Slept through the night, took two self settling naps, and was walking by mum at 7am this morning. Nothing more to say about that one.
Baby girl M, almost 10 months
We started nap training two days ago and yesterday was her first day taking both naps in the cot. The first was short, but she had also needed a nappy change within the first 30 minutes, because she had done a poo. She still put herself to sleep.
She self settled beautifully at 2pm for nap two and resettled herself twice during it. She woke 30 minutes before the nap was due to finish, so we did a slightly earlier bedtime. She self settled with no crying, and had a little restlessness at 4.30am. Mum says minimal crying, mostly repositioning.
The context is two shorter naps. Whenever we work on naps, nights can take a small hit. She put herself back to sleep. So now we rinse and repeat until the naps lock in.
Baby boy L, seven and a half months
Oh my goodness, he has done so well. Mum has pivoted to an out of room timed check approach after using the vanishing chair, and he was so ready for it. He did a six hour stretch last night.
He is down to a quick feed very early in the morning. We are confident he could go without it, but it is nice to keep in so that if there is a waking between 5 and 5.30am, mum knows exactly how much and what to do. If he sleeps longer, she resettles confidently to 7am and he will have dropped the feed himself.
He now self settles and links a sleep cycle for his middle of the day nap, so tomorrow we put him down for nap one too. He has started pushing back on the assistance mum gives him for that nap, and that is our ultimate green light. He is telling her the help has become overstimulating. Just put me down, I know what to do.
Baby boy N, turning six months
Incredible milk feeds and three self settling naps. He did some chatting overnight but never escalated, and popped himself back to sleep every time. He was very happy about it.
The key thing here is that he is still room sharing with mum and dad, which is no problem at all, but we have to factor it in now that object permanence is kicking in. He is very aware that other people are in the room. He is also cutting two teeth and has started chatting up an absolute storm, which he practises overnight. We cannot stop a baby doing that and we do not need to, but it is loud when they are right next to you.
For me he is officially sleep trained. Everything is lining up. We are now talking about when to move him in with his big sister.
Baby boy A
Self settles for two naps, has a third nap fully assisted, which we love, because that is exactly what his plan says. Self settles at bedtime and sleeps all night.
Baby boy J
We moved him onto the two nap schedule and he took two beautiful naps, 9.30 to 11 and 2 to 3.30, in his crib. He self settles at bedtime and sleeps through with no feeds. Rinse and repeat.
Baby girl P, just turned four months
We cannot forget her, because I accidentally left her out of the very first roll call we ever did.
We have spent the last week reshaping her day, getting good feeds in, and simply getting to know her. She is a less is more kind of girl. Yesterday she self settled for the first time, for the first two of her three naps, and she has decided she likes to suck on her fingers to do it.
She also self settled at bedtime, got flipped back onto her back at 1.19am, woke at 5.45 and put herself back to sleep at 6.30. We do not mind at all if mum feeds in the early hours at this age, but she went through without one.
At four months this is about consistent opportunity in a low pressure way. Once those fingers lock in, that is the secret sauce for her.
Baby girl S, eight months
We have been working on the second nap for a few days. She now self settles for it and still needs a little resettling. Today we trimmed the first nap to build more sleep pressure for nap two, which is one of our quiet strategies for speeding that process up.
She has three naps, so even if nap two is wobbly the third one rescues it. She skipped that third nap yesterday, which is the context for some overnight wakings last night.
Otherwise she self settles and sleeps all night without a feed. We are working on bumping her solids, because she is still not eating a lot and we want that to support the no feed nights.
And keep in mind, this beautiful baby was bed sharing this time last week, feeding every one to two hours overnight, and screaming in mum's arms for fully assisted naps. Now she self settles, goes all night without a feed, puts herself back to sleep multiple times, and can self settle for a day nap. They are this close to it all falling into place.
What day eight looks like
Four babies in rinse and repeat, and four still consolidating. That is a completely normal shape for day eight, and it is why camp runs a fortnight rather than a week. The first week is where the change happens. The second is where it becomes the new normal, and where the plan stops being something you are following and starts being something you know.
And that is our roll call, done and dusted.
Sally x
Adapted from a Camp Snooze roll call I recorded for Instagram. Every family is identified by a single initial only, never a name, and details are shared with their knowledge.
Written by Sally Woods, internationally certified sleep consultant and former paediatric nurse.
