Alrighty, dd has always needed more sleep than average...we recently have been having trouble getting her down at bedtimes and she has always been easy to put down (she can stay awake in her crib for 2 hours!!). She has been on relatively the same routine since 14mos or so, so I'm wondering if she just needs less sleep now? I am nervous to try and end up with an OT dd...this has been her routine for ages it seems (how dare she CHANGE on me!
):
8am wake, breakfast
11:30am lunch
12:00 nap
1:30-2:00 wake, snack
5:00 dinner
7:30-8:00 (depending on length of nap and cues) bedtime
Lately she has been babbling in her crib until well past 9pm! I am suspecting teething as well, which has been making her eat poorly and that always messes up sleep too - but last night we had company over and I was a "bad" BW mom and didn't put her down until they left - at 9:30pm!! She did GREAT going down and didn't wake up once and slept until 8:30, happy as a clam! So I'm wondering if she just needs more total A time during the day and less night sleep? Maybe wake her earlier (I can't bear the thought of pushing bedtime back!
) and move nap up so she has a longer A time before bed? She has always preferred a short morning A time and a longer A time before bed.
