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Re: 2-1 nap switch angst!
« Reply #60 on: February 21, 2008, 07:22:22 am »
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Re: 2-1 nap switch angst!
« Reply #61 on: February 21, 2008, 08:54:37 am »
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Re: 2-1 nap switch angst!
« Reply #62 on: February 21, 2008, 09:30:33 am »
For us the thing that cracked it was working out that any more than 4.5 hours A time before bed led to an OT night - imaybe try keeping afternoon A times to a max 4.5 hours?
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Re: 2-1 nap switch angst!
« Reply #63 on: February 21, 2008, 12:07:01 pm »
good luck aly and lilly !!!

well it seems we are due for another cut in morning nap duration... dd created a fuss yesterday and day before while going to bed at night. afternoon nap has been pushed out as well... so will cut down morning nap duration from 30min to 20min now and move up the afternoon nap timing...

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Re: 2-1 nap switch angst!
« Reply #64 on: February 22, 2008, 02:27:05 am »
well, we got a 12hr STTN!!!!! yeh!!! mind you she looked tired from the minute she woke up, but on a one nap day as we had to go out.  she is sleeping as I type - so far 1.5hrs, so fingers crossed for another half hour at least.

mommaholmes, thanks for the 4.5hr tip  - will try that out and see how we go.  so is the A time before bed needed to be shorter than the mornign A time?  or about the same??


Sudhi, good luck with shortenign the A time and still getting 2naps from her....lots of vibes..
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Re: 2-1 nap switch angst!
« Reply #65 on: February 22, 2008, 06:05:29 am »
Oh, that's great!!! Well done Lilly  ;)
Am also curious about the A time-lengths...
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Re: 2-1 nap switch angst!
« Reply #66 on: February 22, 2008, 08:42:19 am »
Yay Lily  ;D
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Re: 2-1 nap switch angst!
« Reply #67 on: February 22, 2008, 08:43:50 am »
well only got 1.5hrs nap, woke at 1pm, a bit before, so to sleep at5.30- so hot here at the mo, so it was hard but we did it.  thing is she woke at 6.10 and dh is still in there trying to get her to sleep at 7pm :P  she wont let us leave her, without crying really sad like.  def SA with the OT, but just need to ride it out really.  some AP of course, but not sure it's a good time to do wi/wo when she is so SA and OT.  might make the OT worse.....thoughts anyone???
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Re: 2-1 nap switch angst!
« Reply #68 on: February 22, 2008, 08:57:37 am »
Aly my opinion is stick to WI/WO or GW whatever works best for you. When DD1 went through SA we used GW we no problems.
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Re: 2-1 nap switch angst!
« Reply #69 on: February 23, 2008, 07:35:25 am »
How are you getting on with the SA and OT? Maybe she's also uncomfortable in the heat... I think they do get more sensitive too when OT, so I can see why you wouldn't feel it easy to leave her if she cries like that. Lois had a period a few months back when SA really kicked in and she wasn't really her usual self. Seemed much more insecure when left to sleep. It did pass though and now she's better again. We did WI/WO (pretty frequent WI!) and kept reassuring her and giving her her cuddly blanket and her rabbit to hug, and that seemed to help. Now she absolutely adores that rabbit!
I know it's tempting to want to do AP, like a bf, but she will start to expect it and then she might be more confused and find it even harder to fall asleep on her own. Just some thoughts...
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Re: 2-1 nap switch angst!
« Reply #70 on: February 23, 2008, 22:03:56 pm »
How is it going Aly?
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Re: 2-1 nap switch angst!
« Reply #71 on: February 24, 2008, 04:52:35 am »
Quote from: Vicku on February 23, 2008, 07:35:25 am
...I know it's tempting to want to do AP, like a bf, but she will start to expect it and then she might be more confused and find it even harder to fall asleep on her own. Just some thoughts...

Vicku, that's exactly what's been happening I think. even to the point of when she goes to sleep at night she wants to bf longer than usual (I have a post on that one too!)

Well yesterday was a 2nap day and all went well. as mentioned above, she did have a problem getting to sleep, as she is rather addicted to bf at the moment, but after a couple of minutes protesting in her cot by herself she was ok and asleep, so no WI/wo was needed.

Today she woke at 6.30 - we are getting more 6.30 or 6.45 wake ups now which is great with no nw since last saturday night (if you don't count her waking one hour after bedtime the other night.) so i'm happy that consistency with that is working well.  She also had a full 2hr nap today, at around 11.30.  so tomorrow will try for putting her down at 11.30 and see how we go.

thanks for all your concern - it's great to have a sounding board for this stuff.

over to vicku's post now....
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Re: 2-1 nap switch angst!
« Reply #72 on: February 24, 2008, 06:41:29 am »
I'll read your other post too then, don't know if I can be much help though... but at least I'm aware of what's going on. It's great that NW and EW have calmed down. It makes such a difference when they wake 6:30 to 5:30! Lois is now signing that she's hungry so better go make her breakfast...  :)
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Re: 2-1 nap switch angst!
« Reply #73 on: February 24, 2008, 08:43:16 am »
Great news  ;)
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Re: 2-1 nap switch angst!
« Reply #74 on: February 25, 2008, 03:45:30 am »
so far today's nap is 2hrs 25mins    ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D still asleep - so tempted to go in and make sure she is ok..... plus it was her latest one nap yet - 11.40am  of course, we are going out, but that can wait!!!
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