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11mo old adding in nap to stay up later
« on: February 20, 2008, 22:46:58 pm »
I don't have long, so I'm going to make this quick.  Here is DD's schedule.  She's 11mo old, eating solids, still BFing or getting formula 5-6x/daily.

7am: wake-up
10-11:30: nap
2:30-3:30: nap
7:30: bedtime

I work M-Th 12:30-6:30; home by 6:45.  The plan was for me to come home and spend time with Sam doing the bedtime routine - 10 min of quiet play, 15 min BFing, 15 min reading and snuggling.

Well, Sam disagrees with that.  She's figured out that if she naps from 5-5:45, she can then stay up until 9:30 or 10 and spend more time with me.  DH and I don't like this at all, but he is having one heck of time keeping her awake.  For two weeks now, she has just been insistent that she's going to nap at 5pm.  And, she will lay down on the floor while they're playing and go to sleep.  She gets cranky and mad and wants that nap so she can play with me when I get home. 

We are having a real hard time with this.  I don't think a 45-min nap makes up for 2hrs of sleep, and she has trouble falling asleep.

Now, we know that she's doing it for me, because F-Sun, she follows the usual schedule.  So, how do we manage this?  How can DH effectively keep her up so that she'll follow roughly the same schedule every day.  She's been doing this for about 2 weeks, and I've been back to work for about 3 weeks.
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Re: 11mo old adding in nap to stay up later
« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2008, 23:51:31 pm »
I don't have any advice to give you (so sorry)....except that I'm so impressed with your LO...she's clearly VERY INTELLIGENT!!!   I find this post truly amazing.
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Re: 11mo old adding in nap to stay up later
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2008, 02:23:53 am »
Hi there!

  Yes...smart little girl for sure!

Am I right in that she takes a nap from 2:30 to 3:30 and 'then' goes back down at 5:00?? If that is the case...WOW:o!  If she is tired enough to be able to fall back asleep at 5:00...I wonder if she couldn't handle a bit more A time before the second nap? Maybe even only 15 or 20 minutes would get her to nap a bit longer for the second nap, thus she may feel more rested and wouldn't be able to fall asleep at 5:00.

If this simply won't work for your dd, I would say you and your dh need to put together some original ideas to really keep her up!  Get her outside and do a nature walk . Go to the playground.  Make cookies for mom, have a special box of toys that dad will only pull out at this time.  Special snack, short video, maybe an early bath (if she likes her bath) or even an early dinner etc. You get the idea.  If tweaking her naps doesn't work, surely her daddy can pull something magical out of his hat!  :)

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Re: 11mo old adding in nap to stay up later
« Reply #3 on: February 21, 2008, 02:33:12 am »
Just wanted to say WOW you have a smart little girl. I agree with pp try and tweak that last nap to start at 3pm instead so by 5 she isn't tired enough to sleep.
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Re: 11mo old adding in nap to stay up later
« Reply #4 on: February 21, 2008, 05:23:00 am »
The 2:30 nap was working so well that I hadn't even thought of pushing it back to 3.  Tomorrow, we'll push it back to 2:45 and see what happens.  Thanks.
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Re: 11mo old adding in nap to stay up later
« Reply #5 on: February 21, 2008, 05:26:58 am »
Wow as well. Smart cookie for sure!
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Re: 11mo old adding in nap to stay up later
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2008, 15:24:02 pm »
Let us know how she does!   :)
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