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18 month old HELP! NW and early mornings
« on: January 05, 2009, 20:36:58 pm »
My dd is 18 months.  She is sleeping on a mattress on the floor.  It is going really well other than she wakes up usually once a night and early morning wake up.

She generally gets herself back to sleep without intervention when she has a nw.  Why would a nw be happening?  Also how can I prevent it from happening, if possible?

She also is awakening at 6am (sometimes 5:30, sometimes 6:30).  Help!  ;)

This is her typical routine:

6am (The plan is for 7) awaken, watch cartoon, eat banana, sometime read stories, play
7-7:30 breakfast of oatmeal, usually
          shower/bath, play till lunch
11:30 lunch
12-1 nap
play till dinner at 6pm
pjs and wind down at 6:40
sleep around 7:15

Her NW occur around 2am and she only cries for 5-7 min or less.  This past week she has been having nw a couple of times though.  She is getting molars.  Is that why?

It seems like no matter how late or early I put her to bed she still gets up early.  If I started putting her to bed at 8pm for a few days in a row, would her morning wake up time adjust?

Thanks in advance for the advise.    :)
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Re: 18 month old HELP! NW and early mornings
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2009, 23:15:53 pm »
Molars could be the culprit- have you tried dosing pain meds at bedtime?

It looks like she's only taking a 1 hour nap. That may be a little too short. It would be better perhaps if she could sleep for 2 hours. Then you could try a little later bedtime to see if it adjusted her Am wakings...
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Re: 18 month old HELP! NW and early mornings
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2009, 04:23:28 am »
I am not sure on how to extend a nap.  She never has been good at going back to sleep once she has awakened fully.  Any ideas on how to adjust things to help the length of her nap?
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Re: 18 month old HELP! NW and early mornings
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2009, 19:58:52 pm »
hmmm. Does she go down easy for naps? Could you try a 12:30 or 1 PM nap instead and see what happens?  I've not been good at extending naps either!

anyone else with wisdom???
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Re: 18 month old HELP! NW and early mornings
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2009, 22:17:55 pm »
My 19month DS is exactly the same except nap time and length varies with no set pattern due to different am wake up. I have tried everything I can think of but nothing works, he too is in his bbb with a bed guard and transitioned extremely well   :o (thank god)
If I get any new ideas ill post and until then will lurk if thats ok  ;)

As ive said before just as you figure them out they go and change patterns again, soooo frustrating lol

Vikki x
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