Ugh... Need help again!

[jrmommyx2]

Need some quick help with my 2.5 yr old B/G twins- We are on day 2 of a short (for them nap) with a pretty good night- but waking up a little earlier than usual. I'm wondering if I need to tweak something or what?!? Neither of them have their 2 yr molars yet, and that could definitely be a factor here. This has been a pretty sudden change, which doesn't seem all that drastic... other than the fact that I have 2 miserable kids!!!- Here was our schedule as of 2/3 days ago:

between 7:30-8am wake up
between 8:30-9am breakfast
11:30ish lunch
between12:30-1pm for 1.5 hours
*snack*
5-5:30ish dinner
between 7:30-8pm bedtime (asleep with 15 or so minutes)

now all of a sudden wake up is more like 7ish- I was thinking they were finally ready for more A time before their nap (they have always been high sleep needs kids and have done better with shorter A in the morning than the afternoon). Naps have been about the same, between 12:30-1pm, but now only lasting 1 hour. bedtime has been more like 7:00-7:30 because they are complete basket cases by then... I know it doesn't seem all that bad and many moms would love this- but they are just so darn miserable, it is making me mental!! I did try meds at nap time yesterday and actually neither of them slept at all!!! It was not the normal stuff that I give them, so I'm wondering if it had some adverse effect? I didn't give any today as I was worried the same thing would happen... If molars do have something to do with it, it doesn't seem to be bothering them at night (yet)!! What do you wonderful ladies think?

[momtonb&ab]

i think it sounds like molars.......

[jrmommyx2]

I have a feeling that you are right... ugh! Any suggestions besides meds? I did get them into bed by 6:45 tonight. DD feel asleep by 7, woke up around 8pm screaming, but went back within a few minutes. DS started crying around 7:30- I think he was awake the whole time. I gave him some Tylenol and he went out pretty quickly after that... I have been dreading this happening...

[momtonb&ab]

advil is really much better - lasts longer and more importantly, it is an anti-inflammatory which will take the pressure pain out of the gums.   what we did in the worst of it was given tylenol to help them get to sleep, so at 6 at bathtime, then when we were going to bed at 10 we would do a dream med (an advil syringe whiel they slept) and it worked a treat, got us to about 6 am or later most of the time!

otherwise, we muddled through and soem days were worse than others.   they will need more rest, especially with the interrupted nights. hang in there!

[jrmommyx2]

usually we use motrin for teeth- but we haven't had any on the shelves since the recall! I bought some generic stuff- which I gave to them at nap time the other day- But neither of them actually slept (which never happens) so I'm wondering if it ad some kind of adverse effect on them! I'll have to get some advil today- However, yesterday they slept from 1-2:45 (woke dd at 3pm), went to bed at 7:45, sleeping by 8ish and today seems to be taking the same path. I tried to get them in for an earlier nap yesterday- I put them in at 12:15, but they were awake until 1. So today we went with 12:45! Always something, right?!