Hi all and (((((hugs))))), I feel like I could've written so many of your posts! Layla's right, it WILL get better!!
LAYLA- I have a quick question, still battling the one nap monster
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, but having a little success here and there.
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and
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Anyhoo, I tried to PM you, but can't get into my PM's without my computer crashing each time.....
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No idea what that's about.
So figured I'd ask on here as maybe it will help someone else on this thread, too. I figured ds is now caught up as much as possible doing two hour naps a lot and 11 hours at night. But, it still means we wake at 5am-ish. So, I'm attempting the pm catnap to move bedtime ahead a little (he WILL NOT take a short am and long pm, probably because I can't get the times right, but who knows, really)
So the pm catnap is working a little so far
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!!!
My question is this. Is there a BW normal rule of thumb for when to offer the pm catnap??
I put him down for 5 hours asleep after waking in the am, but am kind of at a loss as to when to offer the pm one. Do I make sense? I know that after about 20 minutes of catnap he is R E A D Y for bed at 2 hours later MAX.
So I've been doing 5 hours a-time am (he needs a short am a-time, or has a touchy nap), wake him at 1 1/2 if need to, 20 minutes catnap at 4 1/2 hours later?
Ex:
6am wake (if the sleep gods allow it)
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11am nap-12:40wake (on his own thus far)
4:50-5:10pm catnap (20 minutes)
7pm bedtime (falls asleep within 5-10 minutes!!!!)
I'm just gonna do this for a week or two hopefully, as I know he can do the schedule you suggested to me (5.5hrs a-time am, then 5 hours a-time pm), but the 6pm bedtime, 5am wakes are killing me!!
I know he just needs his bedtime to be pushed along a little and then hopefully we can start to fall back into that great schedule you helped me figure out, but just an hour later! I think I got very carried away with the early bedtimes to solve OT, and offered them for too long, resulting in consistent EW's. I have to trust that he can do some of this on his own!
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Anyway, thank you, and good luck everyone!!
LAYLA you rock!!
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Annie.