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Offline Kori

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Need night time help for 27 mo old
« on: January 31, 2007, 12:53:20 pm »
Hey guys, I haven't been on here in awhile. I have had the best sleeper, had some kinks but usually went smooth until about 2 weeks ago. She still goes down like a charm we have a good routine going... problem is she is waking up early like 5:30 or 6 and also waking up at night now. The funny thing is she does usually wakes around the same time like at 1a. So I have tried putting her down a little later, and doing a little earlier. That would work that night then the next it wouldn't. Some days she sleeps through but then wakes up at 5:30. Here is our approx schedule.... please help me. I have to get up at 4a on some days for work and need the sleep.
Wake: 6a (won't let her get up before then, used to be 7a 2 weeks ago)
Nap: 12:30-1p varies
Wake: 2:30-3p do I let her sleep as long as she wants or wake her?
Routine begins around 7:15
Down 7:45p
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Re: Need night time help for 27 mo old
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2007, 14:48:42 pm »
I also have a 27 month old and I'm finding her sleep a bit tricky right now, so you're not alone!

I guess the first thing is to of course rule out any physical factors that may be disturbing her--illness, teething, temperature of her room--and any major change in her routine or development. 

Looking at your routine--I have to say it's not that different from my dd's except my dd's is about an hour later--she fell asleep at 8:45 last night and was up to 6:30, although her nap was from about 1-2:30--oh, and she also usually cries out around the same time each night--2:30! 

I think some lo's at this age start entering that awkward phase where they still need to nap but it can interfere with night sleep causing them to fall asleep later than what is ideal for them and that's when the NW's and early wakeups start.  Given her age I don't think you can get rid of all the variability but  I would first try napping her at the earliest time she would be willing to nap so that there is a little more A time between nap wakeup and bed time so she might go down a bit earlier.  If that doesn't help you could try shortening her nap.  It looks like she still gets about 2 hours, and I think most lo's around this age start moving toward a nap of 1.5 hours.  You may want to set a time--like 2:30-- which you will always waken her.

Good luck and if you find something else that works let me know!

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Re: Need night time help for 27 mo old
« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2007, 23:47:15 pm »
i really need some help my daughter at the age of 2 is getting up at 5am :'( i really nee some more sleep she doesn't even sleep through the night please help

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Re: Need night time help for 27 mo old
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2007, 21:08:31 pm »
needsomesleep, Welcome to the boards.
Could you start a new thread and post as much information as you can including your routine and we will see if we can help you out.
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