I put kyler to bed at 5:45 and he laughed until 5:55 when he fell asleep.
Lauren - Your days certainly look trying, to say the least, but this quote is sweet as sugar. I hope all the mental noise from the aggravations of the 2-1 aren't drowning out the sound of him actually laughing himself to sleep!
jmoran - other than the early-to-bed and early-to-rise, they seem to be sleeping well! good number of hours at night, and at least 1.5 hours each day. That's great!!
Aleesa- waving madly back at ya!
Linda - <<<hugs>>> ... I agree with pushing back the a.m. nap, as I've read that the a.m. nap is actually an extension of night sleep, and by pushing it back later, they will sleep longer in the morning. I would tend to agree with your instinct that while she's sick might not be a good time to push her or change the routine (ha ha right!? What routine!?
) Congrats on the new house!!! Having moved a year ago with my first lo, I know the big change can wreak havoc on them for a few weeks/months. not easy since you're so incredibly busy with the move itself.
Leslie - shopping was fun, thanks for asking.
if you want shopping ideas to steal, I have those. but if you were looking for ideas regarding sleep, i'm still coming up short!
so, 3 days ago, I finally committed to a plan: Catnap 3.5 hrs after wake-up. (Wake her after 30 minutes.) 2nd nap after 3.5 hrs A time. Then 4 hrs A time until bed.
Day 1: 6.45 a.m. wake after 12.5 hr. night. I tried to put her down after 3.5 and again at 4.5 hrs. A time, and she wouldn't go down for either (prob. due to good night sleep?). Gave her a quick lunch and had her down at 5.5 hrs A. (so the 5.5 I posted about last time wasn't intentional - i had wanted her down much sooner!). That's when she slept only 45 minutes and that was it for daytime sleep that day. Got 12.5 hrs. that night, too, though.
Day 2: 6:30 a.m. wake. Went down easily after 3.5 hrs. Woke at 30 minutes from deep sleep. Running a tad late and had her down after about 3.75 hrs. A time instead of 3.5. She slept only 40 minutes.
Put her to bed 30 minutes early, at 6:45 (after 4 hrs A). Went right to sleep, but not a good sleep - occasional shouts, fusses, and needing to be re-settled until at least 10 p.m. Slept only 10.75 hrs!!
Day 3 (today): 5:30 a.m. wake! UGH! Got her up at 6. Not sure if she was dozing for that 1/2 hr. Put her down at 9:15 a.m. after 3.5 hrs A (give or take 15 min) and she went right to sleep. Woke her after 30 minutes. Got her down after 3.75 A time (again about 15 minutes later than planned). Again got only a 40 minute nap.
She's definitely tired after waking from these 40 min. afternoon naps. Fussy, laying her head on my shoulder, etc. until she gets a second wind after 1/2 hr. or so. As a Professional Second Guesser, I'm wondering if maybe she could sleep an hour in the morning instead of waking her after 30 min., then she'd be more rested, and then maybe sleep more than 40 min. in the afternooon? Or it could be that I've missed my goal of 3.5 hrs A and put her down the last two days at 3.75 and she was a tad OT? Tomorrow will be more attentive. Or maybe I am going in too soon when she wakes at the 40 min. mark? Maybe I need a visit to the PD boards.
(Do you see why dh absolutely refuses to engage w/ me in these discussions?)
Well, unless someone sees something I'm missing, I will stay the course at least another 4 days. I just thought the point of waking her from the a.m. nap was that she'd be need to catch up on the sleep in the p.m. nap, but instead she's only getting a total of about 1hr10min. for the whole day.
Sending good sleep vibes to everyone!
Amy