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Offline lozzyb123

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help,, 8 month old hates goign down for his pm nap
« on: August 27, 2009, 15:28:30 pm »
hi  my little boy has recently started fighting to go down for his pm nap he is 8 months old and hes  easy is like this


E- (awake and eat) 7.10am- 6oz
SOLIDS- 8.30am
A- 7.10am
S- 9.40am (1hr 30 mins)

E-11.15 - 6oz
SOLIDS- 12.30pm
A-
S-3.30pm( shows tierd signs at around 2.30 i put him to sleep but he fights it screaming for 1hr on and off, then fall asleep)gave him his bottle at 3 as i thought he was hungry he drank 6oz

A-4.15
SOLIDS - 5pm

bedtime routine at around 6.45
bottle at 7pm ( dosent always drink it tho)

bed at 7.30ish

wakes at 2.45am for bottle

i am just confused at why he fights his afternoon nap but by the time he is asleep its to late to put another catnat in . i put him in his buggy he still screams he trys sitting up rolling over everythink what should i do??


manythanks

laura x


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Re: help,, 8 month old hates goign down for his pm nap
« Reply #1 on: August 27, 2009, 15:38:07 pm »
I just had a usually great sleeper fight naps and bedtime this past week, so I feel your pain!  

Could you try to put him down a bit earlier? From 11:15-2:30 is a little longer than 3 hours. Maybe try to get him down even earlier? Closer to 2 1/2 hour of awake time like the morning nap?

Or, it could be hunger. I just realized that my DS (4 1/2 months) was just hungry. I breastfeed and had more milk in the morning, but my supply must be lower in the evening. I had to get off the babywhisperer easy (hopefully just for a few days until my supply meets his demands), so my EASY looks more like EAESY.  I make sure I am not feeding him to sleep though. I give him a feed before his nap, but make sure there is a short activity between E and S, even if it is just a diaper change.  Maybe he needs a few more ounces in his bottle. Do you give him 6 ounces, or do you let him eat until he is full? Maybe try filling the bottle to 8 ounces and seeing how much he drinks (if you aren't doing that already). Or you could give him a few ounces with the solid at 12:30.  I haven't started solids yet, so am not sure how people here do things, but if he's hungry, he's hungry!