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Good routine, sleeping well, looks more tired than before?!
« on: April 02, 2013, 09:14:02 am »
My LO as been on a pretty good routine row a few weeks now. We finally have the 2-1 pretty much sorted out for now and teething has been better. He sleeps on average 11hrs a night, minimal NW if at all, but seems much more tired than before! He wakes every morning with dark circles under his eyes and acts like he is dying to sleep from the 2hr mark onward. It is a really big struggle keeping him awake 4hrs! I know that lo's yawn and it doesn't mean they are necessarily tired but I am talking about lying on the floor acting as if its time for sleep, resting his head on my shoulder like he does when I sing to him during wind down, etc. I know there are instances where LO needs a reduction in A time (he has started walking, although it is not happng much yet, mostly a few steps here and there) but I am afraid of short naps and EW. Plus he is STTN most nights except for one 5am feed. I'm confused.... He looks REALLY tired! People comment on it...


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Re: Good routine, sleeping well, looks more tired than before?!
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2013, 11:13:10 am »
What's his EASY at the moment?

I know that 11h is technically a good night, but J will often have a night around that length when she is OT - may be the same with Liam?

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Re: Good routine, sleeping well, looks more tired than before?!
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2013, 11:21:17 am »
I don't know, maybe, although 11hr is pretty much his normal night since he was 3mo.

We were doing
A 4hr15
S 1.5hr-2hr15
A 4hr
S 30 min
A 3hr (doesn't go down before, I have tried all lengths of A)

Today I put him down at 4hr A for morning nap since he was begging to sleep and he slept 1.5hrs


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Re: Good routine, sleeping well, looks more tired than before?!
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2013, 11:29:41 am »
Have you tried capping the pm nap to 20 mins and see if he will go down earlier for BT?

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Re: Good routine, sleeping well, looks more tired than before?!
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2013, 11:31:53 am »
Yes. He goes down at2.5hr but still around 11hrs... Maybe 11hrs 10-15


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Re: Good routine, sleeping well, looks more tired than before?!
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2013, 12:03:12 pm »
Ok, if 11h is all he'll do on two naps then I would stick with what you're doing for now, letting him have a touch early nap in the am if needed and wait it out until he can handle some one nap days. He may well be a bit OT overall but that might be how it is for a while until he's through the transition.  If he's STTN I probably wouldn't mess with it x