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Offline tara72

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My experience with napping problems - 12-month-old
« on: December 13, 2007, 16:43:16 pm »
I know that this isn't necessarily BW methodology, but I just thought I would share what I have found to help with my DD's nap time. she is 12 1/2 months old right now. she used to take two 1 1/2 hour naps during the day and then sleep for 11-12 hours at night. but for the last week or two, her naps have been odd (45 minutes or an hour) and she has been taking a long time to fall asleep.

so this morning, she woke up around 6:40 (not too unusual). instead of keeping her up until 9:30 or 10 like I usually do, I put her down at 8:30. and wa-lah! she is taking a longer nap again.

I have read before that keeping their first awake time the shortest will help them sleep better, because the first nap is a continuation of their night sleep (something about their REM cycle continuting). so I tried the shorter awake time today and she is sleeping well and it only took her a few minutes to fall asleep.

we'll see how the rest of today goes, but so far, I'm happy with the results!
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Re: My experience with napping problems - 12-month-old
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2007, 22:22:21 pm »
Just going to pop this over to sleep for toddlers given her age, but thanks for the information!  Just watch she doesn't get used to it and you get earlier wakings (not trying to jinx you, but just my experience with my lo.  I have it now sorted. )

Let us know how it goes  :)
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