2-to-1 nap switch cold turkey?

[kohnheads]

I agree about the help and support, Jen.  I wouldn't have been able to do it without you ladies and your help.  Get this: my boys went to bed at 6:30pm last night and slept until almost 8am this morning!!!!!  We have stopped setting an alarm because they are usually up like clockwork before 6:30am, so DH was a little late to work this morning...oops!

We're having a rough week because the boys are ready for a nap by 10 or 10:30, but I have to do my best to hold them off until after 11 because then I know we can make it through the afternoon without a catnap, which is completely out of the question at this point.  I've tried, and they get SO upset with me.  So we've accepted that we are now officially on one nap, and I have to make sure that one nap falls at the right time in order for the rest of the day to work.  We've had a few short naps where they wake at 12:30, and then the afternoon gets REALLY long, but if I can get them to 6:30pm, we're golden.  That's about the earliest I want to put them down and so far it's going well.  We hadn't had any NWs in weeks, and then we had a babysitter on Tuesday and they BOTH woke up about an hour after going down.  They were obviously OT, but of course it happened when the babysitter was there!  Oh well...can't win them all.

Mimi, all I can say is hang in there.  It's been over two months since we started this whole process.  Almost three.  So it was a long process and it's still not completely over.  It'll happen in time!!!

Lindsay

[coopers_mommy]

I think I have found a thread that might help and give me great support!

I need advice and it seems that all of ya'll are going through this, so please help!  My DS is almost 15 months old and I've been REALLY trying to hold onto 2 naps.  A few weeks ago DS was really sick, so it was easy to keep the naps, although we are back to having a few great days of 2 naps and wonderful nights with a 6:30 wakeup time and then a few horrible nights (NW's and VERY EW's).  It's hard to get DS back to sleep at his NW because I'm assuming he's so well rested from the previous 3 days of great naps and nights. 

My question:  I feel lost when it comes to noticing true tired signs.  I used to be really good at it when he was younger (he would root around to nurse, rub his eyes, actually yawn!) but those signs aren't normally around anymore unless he's super tired.  What type of signs do your LO's give so that you know when to get them to bed?  I've kind of given up on the EASY schedule right now as we're more so trying to figure out when a 2 nap day should be verses a 1 nap day. 

I've also decided to begin weaning him through this process (as I believe I may be pregnant and my nipples are just TOO sensitive right now!), so as many words of encouragment are appreciated as I'm not the kind of mom who can easily listen to their kiddo cry!

[kohnheads]

Hi friends,

I've tried posting in another sleep thread but haven't gotten the response I was hoping for.  So I'm hoping you can help me out.  We have gotten into a few bad habits (we, meaning DH and I) during this whole transition process and now we're looking to correct them. 

First, Nolan, who has forever been the harder one to get down, is now requiring much more attention to fall asleep.  We usually end up holding him and allowing him to doze off on our shoulder before putting him down to avoid the crying.  Ugh, so bad, I know!  I tolerated it while transitioning because it was a hard process and one less thing to deal with.  But now that we're pretty much on one nap I want to nip this in the bud!

And second, Jonas, who is a little more prone to becoming OT if he doesn't get a good nap, will wake in the night every 7-8 days and he is completely impossible to get back to sleep.  He wakes in complete hysterics and the only way he settles is if he's in our arms.  He holds on around our necks like a little monkey and won't let go if we try to put him back in his crib, and immediately starts screaming again.  There is no hope for comforting in the crib because he's jumping and trying to grab at us and get back in our arms.  I'm at my wits end and have no idea how to fix this.  It's so frustrating!!!

I think we're going to start trying WI/WO for Nolan, but I'm not sure what to do for Jonas.  Any suggestions?

Thanks,
Lindsay

[lilmonkey]

Cooper's mom, it used to be very difficult to read him but now some of his tired signs are burrowing his head onto my lad or he would actually head towards his room.  Also, it is normal to have a 2 nap day every now and then during this stage prevent cumulative OT.  Eventually he won't have those days anymore. 

Lindsey, I'm going to check out your thread.