Support for dropping the nap part 11

[rachsk8]

Same here with EW Bongabees - pretty sure DS is an 11-12hr (max) ONS kid, so some days he has 13hr days as well. I think we somehow need to gradually move BT, but gradual and try to stay consistent. If 12hrs is his max ONS then if he is in bed at 6 (which he is sometimes especially if he WU at 5-5.30) then moving BT til closer to 7 over time would def help I feel. But he tends to make changes very slowly. Or at least wait til the clocks change again and then our 6am will be 7am and somehow feel so much better! :-P

[Aishi]

She did 5.30-6 so I was wondering what time to have nap and how long to let her have...1-2.30 with 7 BT?

[jessmum46]

Aishi - J isn't generally prone to EW when OT, she's more likely to have NWs and then sleep in late in the morning.  We did have a couple of EWs but was able to resettle most of the time, the times I couldn't we just stuck to our plan anyway, offered nap at usual time, did normal BT of 6.30/7 depending on whether she napped or not.  Yes we did have quite a few weeks of NW every night but they were usually brief, and not hard to resettle.  I may completely jinx myself saying this but I actually think this transition has been the easiest one for us because we've just stick to a set plan and let her sort it out herself.  She is remarkably good at taking a long catch-up night if she really needs it!

[bongabees]

Thanks Aishi, did W2S work then? I am going to try it... It's the only thing left to do. If I do 10.5 hour days I will put him down for bed at 3:30pm on a 5am WU! That's just not doable!

Other than that, I also think I need to just try to get BT gradually later and HOPE it makes WU later, but not convinced it will work here.

[rachsk8]

I hear ya!

Other than that, I also think I need to just try to get BT gradually later and HOPE it makes WU later, but not convinced it will work here.

[*Becky*]

we did ok with the 1 hour nap, yes she was a bit grumpy but any longer affected the nights and she needed more than a CN. I doubt she will nap today as she had an hour yday and then a long night so likely just a 6.30pm BT. We are just playing it by ear each day atm, there is no set plan but I just don't do BT earlier than 6.30pm or later than 7pm x

[bongabees]

So I out him for a rest and he fell asleep! now not sure how long to give him... Cat naps seem to affect the BT anyways, so would you do a long catch up nap and hope it helps with the next NNDs. This is only second nap in a week.

[Aishi]

She fell asleep at 12.45 she was asking to nap so I guess the nnds caught up with her. So dyt I should only let her nap for 1h?

[bongabees]

Ha! He woke after an hour... We will see what happens tonight, but I Plan on EBT anyway.

[Aishi]

Anna- forgot to reply w2s did work with ds so good luck! We do still get 1-2 ew per week but that's due to ot not habitual

Dd napped 12.45-2 she woke herself. I did 7 BT but she didn't sleep till 7.30 so a 13.5h day. So do any of you have 'rules' you follow with the 1-0 like how long to let lo nap and day length, BT based on whether it was nap or nnd etc?

Slightly OTT if BT shenanigans are due to dev reasons would you still get them on a nnd?

[*Becky*]

our rules are 6.30pm BT on a no nap day and 7pm on a nap day regardless of length (but M does not nap for more than an hour)

[Aishi]

Dthanks becky- is that regardless of wu? Do you wake in the morning?

[Aishi]

Dd did 7.30-5.55 she had a 1h15 min nap. So is this what I should expect? Any sort of nap length resulting in shorter night sleep? And Some naps days followed by nnds?

Won't it be quicker to just go straight to nnds with set bt and ride out ot?

[bongabees]

Aishi, we did short capped naps for a couple of months until our nights got silly, like 9-5am. Then we just decided to ride out OT and go CT on the nap. We offer a nap/rest everyday, but in the whole we saw he was ready because last time we tried more NNDs we got lots of NWs but this time his nights were much more settled. We try to get him to bed no more than 13 hours after WU. I know this is a long day, but as I said we just can't get him to bed earlier. He then has a nap about every fourth day. But this is only a week or so into it, so I am thinking he will get very OT at some point.

Thanks for the encouragement about W2s, we did it this morning and got a 6:15 WU! Whoo! So much nicer after 6am! FX for the rest of the week... How often do you have to do it before you can let them regulate?

[Aishi]

Thanks Anna. I did it for 7 nights and then left him to it