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something needs to be tweaked but i don't know what!
« on: June 04, 2014, 19:25:59 pm »
we have finally gotten down to 2 naps, but my gut tells me i need to do some tweaking.....i'm just not sure where!
here is our current easy:

E: 6.45am
A: 3hours 30
S: 10.15am (the most she actually sleeps is 2hours 20 mins)

2 issues here....
1. she will often be awake at 6am-ish, chatting adn dozing on & off (i'm trying to stick to a 6.45am start because it fits in well with DD1's day/pick-ups etc). she is perfectly happy to hang out in the cot until 6.45ish when she starts to get more "I want you now mammy!"
2. we are getting 90min WU during the nap....she will wake crying...settle herself back again 10-20 minutes later & sleep another 40-50 minutes.

E: 12.45
A: 3hours 5 mins
S: 3.50 for max 40 mins

E: 4.45
A:
E: 6.45pm
S: 7.15pm

I would love her to sleep soundly through the first nap....and (greedily ;)) would love a later WU from her (even though i know 6am is a great WU!!! ;)) we are generally getting 11 hours nights.....on the nights we get 12 hours, she will do a 1hour 20mins nap in the morning....

am i pushing my luck?!perhaps!!!






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Re: something needs to be tweaked but i don't know what!
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2014, 03:36:56 am »
I don't like a 6 am wake either happy!! Hmm just thinking perhaps the first nap could be compensation for the ew? Does capping that nap bring a good night after?
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Re: something needs to be tweaked but i don't know what!
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2014, 06:36:06 am »
I was thinking the same. I'd be very happy with a 90 minute first nap and would probably just get her up then. The other thing you can try is set the time of the first nap, eg keep it at 10:15 even if she wakes earlier than 6;45.





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Re: something needs to be tweaked but i don't know what!
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2014, 10:48:06 am »
Does capping that nap bring a good night after?
i've never capped the 1st nap.....unless it goes past 2hours 20.

i was thinking alright that i need to cap the first nap, but sometimes, she will wake twice during the nap, at 30mins & 1hour 20....so i feel like it's such a wakeful sleep already,kwim?


no idea what's goign on today.....she has thrown out all our days by not waking up at all!!! i had to go & wake her at 7.35am when i woke myself!!!DH was late for work, DD1 was late going to CM.....everythign out of whack!!!!






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Re: something needs to be tweaked but i don't know what!
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2014, 14:08:06 pm »
Has that nap always been wakeful or is that a new thing? Fx today isn't too wonky!
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Re: something needs to be tweaked but i don't know what!
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2014, 17:24:55 pm »
We go through phases....she teethes so.much and that always impacts on our naps.some days she will do 1 hour 20, other days 30 mins and she'll wake.

She has spent the entire day yawning the poor pet....Def coming down with something....slight temp so early to bed and FXd she sleeps it off...






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Re: something needs to be tweaked but i don't know what!
« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2014, 02:52:15 am »
How are things going? I imagine if she is poorly (and you are!) that tweaking can wait! (((Hugs)))
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Re: something needs to be tweaked but i don't know what!
« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2014, 09:00:47 am »
Very true!

She slept 7-7.15!!!! I capped that nap at 2 hours and am gonna stick to a 2 hour limit from now on and aim for  an earlier BT if need be.
Thanks for checking in.xxx






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Re: something needs to be tweaked but i don't know what!
« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2014, 12:05:56 pm »
Oh awesome night! Yeah, I always hate capping naps but if it works it works!
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Re: something needs to be tweaked but i don't know what!
« Reply #9 on: June 08, 2014, 14:17:35 pm »
yes....especially when both my mother & DH are guffawing at me capping them!!!






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Re: something needs to be tweaked but i don't know what!
« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2014, 00:27:08 am »
Lol the one time DH made a stink about it I told him he could man the monitor that night and I would put in earplugs. He quickly backtracked!
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Re: something needs to be tweaked but i don't know what!
« Reply #11 on: June 09, 2014, 06:18:14 am »
That wouldn't work here.he just sleeps through them! A few months back, I was coughing very badly so I slept in the spare room.id still hear DD2 before him, even though she was in the same room as him!






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Re: something needs to be tweaked but i don't know what!
« Reply #12 on: June 09, 2014, 23:18:58 pm »
Lol! Men!
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