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Offline silverback1975

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Day Naps gone pear shaped - DD nearly 7 months!
« on: July 26, 2006, 09:22:59 am »
Hi,

I have just got back from a week and a half with my family (1 hours flight away) and since we returned home my DD (a week off 7 months) is not napping like she normally does during the day. While we were away I stopped wrapping/swaddling her and she was still sleeping her normal day sleeping unwrapped when we were away (i thought it was going to be a huge issue as she is active with her hands). She was taking 2, 1.5 - 2 hour sleeps and a 20 min catnap and now she is only sleeping for 40 mins or so and she will not resettle back to sleep - i try for up to an hour. She is also waking up early (5.15/5.30am) where she normally gets up at 6.30. I should also mention that she MAY be teething (went off her food while we were away, bad nappies, pulling ear, runny nose, post-nasal drip drooling, red cheeks etc but all these symptoms were last week and seemed to have gone away this week) and also just about to crawl so I'm wondering if she has always been a great sleeping (both day and night) will she return to this - am i having a few days of this  behaviour or should I be doing something about it? A few thoughts have been now she is unwrapped she wakes up after first sleep cycle and gets busy with her hands (she has a lovie and a paci) however all last week when she was unwrapped she would take longer sleeps, could be teething? development milestones, being away? Has anyone got any ideas on this or been through something similar? Although this has only been happening for 3 days - it feels like weeks!

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Re: Day Naps gone pear shaped - DD nearly 7 months!
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2006, 11:06:17 am »
It sounds like a developmental blip to me since you mentioned the crawling - my DD's naps (and she's usually a great napper) used to get pretty messed up for 5-7 days when about to learn a new skill - so that combined with teething could definitely be affecting your DD too.


What is her current routine? How long are her A times? She might also need a tweak.
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« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2006, 13:39:38 pm »
hiya
my son is also 7 months next week and i am having exact same problems. he too is getting mobile, learning words, rolling about etc... so im also wondering if its developmental. but its driving me crazy. today he only slept 30 mins for his first nap as opposed to usual 2 + hours and subsequently has been tired and grumpy all day. which then made me grumpy and snappy with my 3 year old. who just tried to wake him up as i put him in his buggy at 2.15 pm. grrrr. shes really getting on my nerves today :(  he is ok at night, but last night he woke at 11pm and chatted to himself happily till midnight when he drifted off again! very strange, but at least he didnt cry i guess. some days he will have 2.5 hours in the morning,  and an hour in the afternoon then days like today he just catnaps or no apparent reason. dd never did this that i remember. but my memory is bad. no advice im afraid. sorry!
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Re: Day Naps gone pear shaped - DD nearly 7 months!
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2006, 14:22:32 pm »
You're not alone. I am having exactly the same problem and I'm stumped, I'm afraid. My little girl is just off 7 months and has slept like a dream until now. She is an angel with some touchy characteristics, so sleeps only in the dark in her cot and still swaddled (although she now has one arm out). She used to sleep from 9-11, then from 1-3 and then 5-5.30 and then right through the night. You could set your watch by her. Yet for the last three weeks, she's only been catnapping and I just can't get her back to sleep (At night she still sleeps very well - hope that continues, at least). Result? Grumpy baby who is not eating well. She's rolling around a lot now and that may be disturbing her, although I don't understand why that doesn't disturb her at night when she isn't swaddled. We've tried not swaddling her for naps (no hope), we've tried tighter swaddles (again, no hope).

She started resisting her 5.00 sleep, again about three weeks ago and so we've tried adjusting her routine to get her down to two naps and that hasn't worked, either. Will read any suggestions with interest.

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« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2006, 00:13:13 am »
Sorry forgot to post routine...

Awake 6.30am (approx) - bottle and breakfast
Sleep - approx 8.30 - 10.30am
11am bottle
Catnap at 12.30pm for 20 mins
Bottle at 2.30
3pm - 4.30 pm afternoon sleep
4.45 dinner
7pm  bottle and bed

This was working brilliantly up until this week - since we got back it's all gone down hill....

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Re: Day Naps gone pear shaped - DD nearly 7 months!
« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2006, 10:50:15 am »
At almost 7 months, her A times look quite short. I'd try:

Wake 6:30
Nap 9-10:30
Nap 1-2:30
Catnap 5-5:30
Bedtime 7:00

As she gets a bit older you'd want to look at phasing out the catnap with just the two longer naps - but that will be when she can stay awake for 3 hours.

Extend her A times gradually and keep it low key. Let us know how you get on!
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