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SLEEP => Sleeping For Toddlers => Topic started by: Ayesha19 on March 13, 2014, 07:05:24 am
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Hi,
I think we might need a routine tweet but not too sure?
At the moment it looks like this
Wu 5.30/5.45
Nap 11.30/12 (normally 6hrs after she wakes)
Bed 7.30
Would love to get her waking at 6.30/7 :)
She's just had a back tooth come through but think she's over that pain now.
Thanks for any advice xx
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For us we need a 13hr day max so if at 5:30 BT at 6:30, I think I'd also move nap later-this helped us with early mornings x
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My LO is same age and I agree with pp you need to push nap out a bit and try sticking with 13 hour day. We do set nap now 12.30 BT 7.15 WU varies between 5.45/6.30 but has got later now nap later.
Would just add we are having major language explosion which can affect routine a bit x
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Thanks for your replies.
I've been trying what you said & not having longer than a 13hr day, she's been waking between 5.30/6 most mornings. I've pushed the nap back slightly to 615/6.30hrs after she wakes and capped at 2hrs.
Now for the last week or so we've been having really LONG nw! Last night was 1.5hrs until I gave in and gave her some milk & she went back to sleep.
She's just really wide awake calling mummy all the time, she's in a big bed & will get up sometimes if I dont go in.
Any ideas?
Thanks xx
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Forgot to say the NW are normally between 12.30 and 2.30ish.
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Sound like she's UT to me, which an earlier nap is not going to help with IMO. One of the others mentioned it, we had sleep shenanigans at this age which were as a result of developmental leap (language explosion) and teeth.
I would try something like this for a few days
WU: 5.30/45
Nap: 12.30 (capped at 2h)
BT: 6.30/45
What do you think?
Hena
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Yeah I'll give it a try thanks. I was thinking UT too.
Her teeth may be playing up still. She talks loads too (everyone always says to me how well she talks) can that affect sleep?
Don't want her to get into bad habits of waking at night.
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It certainly can. With R it almost like she's practising/rehearsing all that she knows, usually at silly o'clock. She's a talker too!
H
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Can I just ask.. There's a 7hr awake time in the morning and only a 4 hr in the afternoon?
Will this not make her under tired for bed time?
X
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No because you are stretching her at one end of the day. If you did it at both she's likely to
Be OT. R is 32m and her day looks like this:
WU: 6/6.30 (out of bed at 7am)
Nap: 1.45-3.15
BT: 7pm (asleep by 7.15/30 depending in WU time)
Does that help?
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Yeah it does thanks! I'm going to try it out. X
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Good luck, keep us posted on how you're doing xx
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Hi HenaV,
Thought I'd keep you posted &again ask some advice.
Tried a later nap time of about 7hrs awake time, where she was napping for 1.5hrs.
No longer than a 13 hr day so was looking like
Wake 6
Nap 1-2.30
Bed 7.
But the thing is now she is taking ages or fall asleep at bedtime,getting up loads & not actually falling asleep till 8.30?
If she's still waking at 6 she's not getting much nighttime sleep?
Any suggestions?
Thanks A x
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Hey!
Why did you push the nap out? She may be getting a little OT with such a long morning?
Any sign of teeth?
Hena
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Hi,
Because she was waking at 6 I put her down at 1.
Should I keep it earlier say 12.30?
She's had one back tooth come through but no sign of the others yet.
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Ok, I would go back to a 12.30 nap just until you can get some decent nights so that you can rule out whether she is OT from the short nights. It IMO will not help keeping the morning long if she's OT from a short night yk. So I would do this:
WU: 6am
Nap: 12.30
BT: 7pm (13h after WU)
Please remind me, do you cap at 1.5h or is that her natural nap cycle?
Once you feel her sleep is back on track, and you want to try for a later WU, then you could consider pushing out to 12,45pm holding for one week and assess the effect. That said a 11h night and 1.5 DTS is not bad at all at this age IMO.
What do you think?
Hena
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Yep that makes sense.
I cap at 1.5 hrs she would nap for around 2hrs probably if I let her.
I would love a later WU and with the clocks changing we've had 2x 7am wake ups but that will probably change soon.
Thanks.
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Do you think a 2h nap would cut into her nts?
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Well I was leaving her for the 2hrs but she was taking so long to get to sleep so I capped it to 1.5 hrs.
To be honest she's still taking a long time to fall asleep tho, getting up out of bed.
So I don't know if I've done right really ?
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maybe try 2h nap for few days and see if that helps her catch up on her sleep. If it dies and its affecting your nights, then cap at 1h45m working back to 1.5h if necessary
HTH x
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Ok I'll give it a go.
Let you know how I get on.
A
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Hon, If you think the 2h will mess with your BT/nights, then stick with 1.5h. Whatever you decide, stick with it for at least 3 -5days
H
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Yeah I'll prob stick with the 1.5 hrs for a bit longer & see how it goes with the change in nap time.
Thanks