Jet lagged daughter

[hanna]

Hello,
We just got back from Europe yesterday, 7 hr time difference, and my 2 and 9 months old girl didn't get much sleep on the plane. She fell asleep in the car on the way home and I let her sleep for until 17.00.
Then she went to bed at 19.00 and slept until 3.15 am today. She stayed in her bed singing and talking until 4.30 am. She will nap at daycare today from 12.30-14.30 if I'm lucky. She was falling asleep on the way there at 9.15 already so she's very tired.

When do I put her down tonight? She's sensitive to OT and just wakes up early if she's too tired. But I also need to move her bt to 20.00 where it should be. How slowly do I do this?
Thanks.

[hanna]

This is how she's doing

Nap yesterday 12.45-14.40, woke her up
BT 19.00
NW 2.00-3.30, chatted in bed
Slept until 6.00 this morning


I guess we'll just keep pushing toward the old schedule.

[lilisuze]

Yes, id just go slowly, using the nap as a buffer as you need to. Hopefully she will settle back down quickly for you xx

[michaeljacknnugg]

My guy is older (6.5) but we've just come back to the UK from Canada and done the jet lag thing in reverse. At first we were all waking at 3am but just pushing through to 'normal' schedule got us back on track within a few days.

The nap doesn't help, unfortunately. I'd get her onto her normal nap time and bedtime asap and deal with any nws, so that her body doesn't try to set its own pattern.

[hanna]

After being home three nights she's not sleeping any better at night. She was awake between 2.00-5.00 am today. We are keeping her in her bed but she is not too happy about it. My husband laid on her floor 3.30-5.00 this morning.

I'm letting her sleep until 7.15 this morning, only 15 minutes more than her old normal WU.

She is napping on schedule and I put her down at 19.15 last night, (20.00 is her normal BT)
She's only been getting maybe 10 hrs of sleep total, so should I put her to bed earlier to beat OT? Or do I keep pushing BT toward her old BT at 20.00?

Thank you!

[michaeljacknnugg]

I'd keep pushing it out. She should catch up eventually, and may need less sleep than you'd expect to do so.

Good luck!