I am so desperate, can someone help me?

[nike]

Hey Rachael.  Just to clarify, is that 5.45 - 6 a.m. starts pre daylight savings time or daylight savings time?  Just interested to see if she's actually waking at 6.45 - 7 a.m., which would be fantastic

I know what you mean about holidays throwing routines out.  We're in the process of booking a family holiday for the new year and already I'm getting a bit anxious about it all.  The restaurants on the particular island we're looking at don't open til 6, 6.30 p.m. which is really late for us 5 p.m. diners!  I'm also going to attempt to sleep the boys in the same room together for the very first time.  Most of the first day will be spent travelling and we don't get to the island late in the afternoon, so I'm worried about the obvious nap issue for Noah (DS2).  But have to stop, breathe and remind myself it's only for a short time and things WILL get back to normal

Will check in again soon xo

[RACHPEM]

Hi Nike, yes if the clocks had not gone back it would be 6.45-7am.

[Vicku]

Sounds like improvement!! Keep it up hun!

[RACHPEM]

Just a quickie, Maya has been sleeping much better and we have pushed nap time to 11.30 and bed at 6.30, however this morning she woke at 4.50 pretty happy and no signs on going back off, so do i stick with new times or bring it back again?
Cheers,
Rachael x

[RACHPEM]

Up at 4.50 again this morning, arrgggh!!! What should i do?
Rachael x

[nike]

Is she happy and ready to go at that time or is she whingey, obviously tired and wanting to go back to sleep?  If the former, the only thing I can come up with is that if she has finally caught up on sleep, and is over the OT, then maybe try pushing the nap out to 12 p.m.  You could maybe even try 11.45 (slow and steady!) and then 6.45 bedtime.  I wouldn't take a giant leap to 7.30 bedtime or anything, but try 15 minute increments and see how she goes. 

How is she settling for nap and bedtime?  Is she fluffing around or does she crash?  We recently extended DS2's bedtime to 7 p.m. after he was faffing around bigtime and refused his normal bedtime of 6.30/40.  Worked like a charm.  He just needed that extra 20 minutes to get a bit more tired.  But with Maya's history, I would tread very carefully and slowly.  Give any change at least 4 or 5 days to take effect.

Looking forward to seeing what other suggestions you get xo

[Vicku]

Hi Rachael,
I would say the same as Nike, maybe sh's caught up on sleep and it's time to push things further, but SLOWLY so don't get to OT again. Agree with 4-5 days for a new time to get established before re-evaluating.
How long have her naps been?

[daniel'smom]

just found this thread and want to send encouragement your way!!
we, too, have been dealing with early wakings and i would be so happy to get 6am wakings. maybe we'll try to push bedtime back earlier again, too, and see what happens. it seems to have helped (even a little!) with maya.
i'll be following along!

[RACHPEM]

Naps are around 1.5 hrs now so pretty good.  We had another 4.50 start this morning, which worries me about pushing nap later incase it backfires as it seems a long time til 11.45 from 4.50.  I find if bed is at 6.15 we get 5.30 wake but any later it is 4.50.  I know it will take a while to reset but even 5.30 if pref to 4.50.  Just need some reassurance i think.
Rachael x

[RACHPEM]

Well , Maya has dropped a 2hr nap in today, typical as i have spent the whole 2 hrs doing nothing! Btw i put her down at 11.20. Do you think 6.45 would still be ok tonight? that is what i have been doing past 2 nts.

[RACHPEM]

Still asleep, 2.5hrs!

[RACHPEM]

Maya actually slept for 3hrs and I woke her up as i was worried about bedtime, took her up at 6.30 hoping for 6.45 and she fell asleep straight away!!! hope i did the right thing?
Rachael x

[bethanys mummy]

Its always a difficult one. I would aim for usual bedtime unless it was incredibly obvious that she was not at all tired, then only up to 1/2 hr later

She may be in a catch up phase or (really hate to say this but) another illness (but hey this one may not be bad if it encourages sleep!). We are just getting over quite major tummy bug, 3 days of normal and now she has a racking cough......

E x

[jcsmom]

I have been following your thread for ages and I can see progress. Yay! Hope her great sleep continues and that you don't have a 3am wake up after a 3 hour nap. Fingers crossed that the trend continues.

[RACHPEM]

Morning guys, well she slept soundly until 5.10 so an extra 20 mins on what we have been having, plus she managed to stay in her cot for another 15 mins reading and that really is a first!
Rachael x