30 July
Well this week I decided to not fight her and to just take her out in the car for the AM nap. Mon & Wed I gave her 20 mins in the car at 9.30 after she woke at 6am (and wouldn’t go back to sleep). Then she refused the PM nap both days so I ended up taking her out in the car again, she fell asleep at 2.25pm for about 20 mins (no later otherwise she’d be hard to get down at night). Tues is her preschool day so no AM nap. Put her down at 12.30 (early as I could), didn’t fall asleep till nearly 1, slept for 2 hrs. Thurs I overslept till she woke me at 8am. Since she did so well on Tues, I decided to put her down at 12.30 (early as I could) and she slept for 1:15. Fri DH was in charge and kept her out too long so she refused to go down at 12.30, so she got a 45 min nap in the buggy. Sat she did 1:15 hrs at 12:00. Sun she did 2:15 hrs at 11:15. She was really tired Sun morning after not settling till 9pm on Sat night so put her down earlier. Most other nights she’s settled really quickly.
Still waking in the night and feeding. Was very excited when Mon & Tues nights she made it till 2.30 without waking. I wonder if it’s cos I put her down not DH. We have slightly different styles. But alas she’s back to her old self.
So I’m wondering if I should continue with the one nap thing, I’m thinking not. Today I took her out for 5 mins in car in the morning thinking it would just take the edge off. Took her a bit longer to fall asleep. Thought it would all be ok, but put her down a fraction too late, missed her window, at 1:10 she refused to go to sleep, so out in the car again. Might try this again on Weds. I guess she's getting more overtired - most mornings she's been hard to resettle when she wakes at 5.30 or 6am. She used to feed and go back to sleep. Is this cos she's been falling asleep so early at night (btw 6.10pm and 7pm) or is it that she's overtired? She's getting 10 - 11.75 hrs at night but that's after taking off time awake for feeding/resettling etc. i.e. she's in bed for 13 hrs some nights.
