PULLING MY HAIR OUT....10 MONTHS AND VERY EARLY WAKINGS!

[pinkbull13]

My lo is  10 months...I posted a few weeks back and got great advice...I extended her morning A time and getting great naps and adjusted her afternoon one working towards 2-1 transition....anyways here are 4 easy days in a row...one day great results next day 445am wake ups...tried everythng to get herback to sleep and she freaks!

DAy 1                    day 2                    day 3
w445                      w615                       w445
e600 breakfast         e 645 brek               e 515 break
e825 bottle               e900 bot                 e 825 bot                       
s845 -1110              s1018 -1140              s845-1100
e 1130 lunch             e 1230 lu                   e1130lu
e230 bot                   e 300 bot                  e 200 bot
s 244-430                 s305-430                  s230-400                             bath is 630pm everynight bottle after and bed 7pm she
dinner 530                d 530                        d 530                                   falls asleep on her own no props HELP!

[mmom]

((HUGS)) I think you are in the 2-1 and there is too much day sleep.  I also think your last A to bed is too short and she is waking that early UT. 

You can either cap the first nap at 45 min - 1 hour and then put her down for a longer 2nd nap or have a longer morning nap and put her down for a cat nap in the afternoon.  http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=163278.0

What do you think?

[pinkbull13]

sorry I'm just writing back...I have tried cutting short the afternoon nap and no change...also I set bedtime with my 1st and had great results...do you think I should get rid of set bedtime and go by the amount of time she is awake?

[mmom]

Your set bedtime is creating a very short A though.  You will need nap cutting in the 2-1.  It has been 1 week now since you wrote, was was your day like yesterday?

[pinkbull13]

okay now she is getting up at 4 30am:( her days are a mess because she is exhausted and so am I.  with my older daughter I had to switch to 1 nap cold turkey for daycare I feel like I should do the same here...what do you think?
Since waking up sooo early (and I do not rush in) she is super cranky by & am because I'm sure she doesnt want to be up that early but I really dont know how to correct it...Yesterday she was up fromher 2nd nap at 2oopm and I put h er to bed at 630...she did great she wasnt g=cranky in the afternoon or anything...but sure enough 430am this morning on the dot:(

[mmom]

((HUGS)) I am sure you are exhausted.  I wouldn't just put her to 1 nap though, since those 4 am wakings may continue as a result of being OT.

That last A was probably too long.  What did your day look like yesterday?

I would put her down for 1 hour at 8:30 and then a proper nap between 1/1:30.  If you think she is going to get a 2nd short nap on a 1 hour nap, then I would limit the first nap to 45 minutes and aim for 8:45-9:30.

[pinkbull13]

Thanks...so today she was exhausted ew again at 5am but i think I pushed her too hard yesterday..I'm going to limit sfternoon nap to 45 minutes and go from there thank you for all of your help!