In desperate need of help.....

[kp#01]

Hi Ladies,

I need some serious support and guidance from you ladies.

My dd is 13 months old.  Up until we went on vacation, I would have to just put her down for her naps and bedtime and she would play and fall asleep. Since we have been back, it has all gone up in smoke.

This has been her schedule for months:

7 a.m. - wake up
8 a.m. - breakfast
9:15 - sleep
10:30 - wake and snack
12pm - Lunch
1 pm - Nap
3pm - wake and snack
5pm- dinner
6:30 - sleep for the night.

I am still following this however for the last 4 nights, she has been getting up and staying up for 2 to 3 hours.  I give her milk, I pat her, I rock her, I swaddle her, I've even given her tylenol thinking maybe its her teeth that are hurting her.  I am sooooo exhausted I don't know how long I can keep this up.  I dread going to sleep.  She has all of her molars and we are just waiting for her I-teeth.  I can only let her cry it out so much because she wakes up her 4 year old brother or she will vomit cause she is crying so hard.

My question is this, do you think it may be time for her to lose her morning nap?  It has been a bit harder to put her down in the afternoon.  I just don't understand why she is getting up in the middle of the night. 

Any input or suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Kam 

[lewismummy]

Hi, dont know if ill be much help but ill try

As far as i understand it, when babs start resisting naps and having NW it means they are on the change and possibly starting the transition to 1 nap. My ds is also 13 months and has just started on 1 nap - this has been successful until last night. It is a tricky time im afraid. Maybe try giving her a longer A time in the morn before her nap and cutting back slightly on the pm nap. You can also shorten the am nap in the hope she still takes the pm nap.

TBH im amazed how much she sleeps, 15 hrs over 24 is quite a lot compared to my ds and his 12/13 hrs, in fact im quite jealous lol

Sorry i cant be much help but there are loads of people here with words of wisdom and im sure they will be posting v soon with their suggestions

Vikki

[kp#01]

Thank you for your response. 

I didn't realize that she slept so much!!!  I think it is a good idea to change her to 1 nap.  Hopefully it works!

Kam

[coopers_mommy]

We went through a similar situation with my son(14 months).  He seemed to fight his naps and then would also wake in the middle of the night and it would be difficult to put him back to sleep (2-3 hours). 

We thought he wanted only one nap as well.  Take this with strides if this is so because we learned the hard way that he quickly became OT.  This could just be her re-adjusting back to the cycle of being home (we haven't dealt with long vacation yet, so I'm not sure if this happens).  DS is still on 2 naps a day and gets about 14-15 hours of sleep in a 24 hour day (which if I'm not mistaken is ideal!). 

I hope you can figure it out! 

BTW thanks for posting what your routine was....it's VERY similar to ours which is nice to see someone else having a similar routine. 

[lewismummy]

I am soooooo jealous of you both

I Hope it sorts itself out for you Kam and as coopers mommy said tread carefully as it is a tricky time, yet again lol, Keep us posted on how you get on

Vikki

[kp#01]

Holy cow, I don't know how long I can take this.  DDs schedule has changed so I put her to sleep right after her lunch which is now 11:30 and she goes down for a nap until 2ish.  However, this has not changed the fact that she is getting up in the middle of the night and will stay up for 2 hours (at least). She is really mad and will cry even when I am trying to soothe her so I am assuming she is overtired. 

This has been going on for 3 weeks and I don't know how to change this.  My DH tries to help but DD will cry even harder when he takes her.

Please help!!!!