Going nuts with 8 month old!!

[Colin Macs Mom]

Yeah, it's a delicate balance but you can get this Sinye! Glad that you're having some improvements! 

[NikiJ]

Glad things are looking up

[sinye]

Thanks for all your support!

Yesterday the family went to visit some friends so the lo didn't get to bed until 8:30pm.  He had a couple of extra naps in the car too.  But his night went better.  He slept almost 6 hours straight, then was up for 2 hours, and then back to sleep until 6 am this morning.

I think that my mistake before was changing his routine when something good "accidentally" happened.  When he had a good night, I would change everything around because I thought that he liked that.  And then things would fall apart.  I am going to try to stick to the same schedule no matter what - even if there are some great nights because of changes here and there.  I hope this is a better method.

Thanks again all:)

[Colin Macs Mom]

I also found the same thing Sinye. I would also make changes when they weren't needed and then thing would get worse. It's definitely best to stick to one routine and that's that. Consistency is everything!

[sinye]

Everything's going back downhill!!

For the last two nights he's been getting up every 1-2 hours again.  He's been doing good on his morning nap - a little less than 1.5 hours.  But the afternoon nap has been horrible - 30-45 min.  That's got to be the reason.  How long does it take for all this to settle in??  I just need some encouragement

Elena

[sinye]

My lo only slept for 20 min this morning.  Ugh.  It's starting to feel hopeless.  Could it be severe separation anxiety? of course, he woke up later this morning, but I still put him down for his regular naptime....