what should I do after a 1 hour nap?

[debo620]

what time did she sleep til? if she slept til 5:15, then maybe aim for asleep by 6:45??

[dsetd]

She slept until 5:05 (1 hour) and she is already sleeping again!  By 6:05 she was getting pretty grumpy so I put her in her crib.  I was able to get her to sleep at 6:20. I guess I will use this as a catnap?  Maybe wake her at 7:00 and then put her back down after 8?  Her A times have been pretty short today.  I'm assuming it is because of the sleep training?  I do hate to wake her after she has been having to work so hard to fall asleep.  Maybe she will wake on her own and then I won't have to decide...LOL

[dsetd]

Well she slept until 7:15.  I'm going to keep her up as long as I can and then it will be bedtime. 

Wish me luck.  This is always the hardest part of our day.

Sabrina

[dsetd]

Well were are having another horrible night.

I put her down at 8:05 and had to take a break at 9:15.  I was getting so upset and frustrated.  She kept falling asleep and waking up 2 minutes later.  My husband held her and she starting falling asleep at 9:25.  I put her back in her crib and she fell asleep at 9:45.  She woke back up at 10:00 even though I was still patting.  She seemed hungry so I fed her and she is wide awake.   I put her in her swing because I was hoping that she would fall asleep.  But she has been in there for 50 minutes, happy as can be smiling at everything she sees.  I guess I let her sleep way too much today.  She was so tired all day I was afraid if I kept her up that she would get OT.

She is always grumpy from 7 until around midnight.  I usually walk around with her the whole time trying to get her to sleep.  Maybe the problem has been that she hasn't been tired enough?  I have never put her in her swing at night before tonight so I haven't seen her content during this time.  How much should I try to stretch her A times by?  Can I do 5 or 10 minutes each A time?

I hope I'm not undoing everything by letting her swing.  I just don't have it in me to bring her back upstairs when I know she won't fall asleep.  One good thing is that I haven't bounced a single bounce today...LOL

Ugh, I'm so tired!!!

Sabrina

[debo620]

this happened to us too---I think they get so OT they get wired on adrenalin.

there was one nght where my son fell asleep for 25min and 7:35--woke at 8 and was totally content, aargh, no crying so I couldn't really use p/s. honeslty I left him in his crib---at least it was dark there and he got the picture it was bedtime. well he stayed in there happy for 2hrs---didn't start crying til 10pm. that was one of the nights where he only got 7hrs or so.

hugs..it does get better but you do have to be consistant.
that being said, if you do have to use a prop-make sure you do something other then the old way (ie holding or bf to sleep) swing, car ride is better.

[dsetd]

Today started out great but then completely fell apart...

E/A   7:30
S      8:40 - 10:05 (she fell asleep in 2 minutes!!!)
A      10:05 - 10:30

E     10:30 - 10:45
A     10:45 - 11:20 (she had been up for 1:15)
S     11:20 - 12:10 (she fell asleep in 2 minutes again!!!)

This is where it started to fall apart.  She had slept for 50 minutes and I tried to resettle her but she wasn't having it.  I got her up and brought her downstairs for some A time.  I was thinking that she wasn't tired enough to sleep longer. 

At 12:45 she started getting grumpy so I put her back in her crib.  By 1:00 she was clearly showing hungry signs.  I fed her, changed her diaper, and put her back in her crib at 1:15.  She cried and wouldn't settle until 1:30.  Then she started smiling at me and trying to play.  I gave her a kiss and told her to go to sleep.  Then I layed down infront of her crib where she couldn't see me.  She played until 1:45  then started crying very hard.  I was using pat/shh but she was just crying harder and harder. 

Then she woke Dylan up from his nap.  He was crying for me and my husband was outside with my oldest 2 boys.  I had to take Katie with me to get Dylan because she was crying so hard I didn't want to leave her.  My husband took her while I tried to resettle Dylan and she fell right asleep in his arms.  He is sitting on the couch holding her right now. 

I know I'm probably not being consistant enough but I just felt so bad for her.  She was doing so well this morning.  I guess I'm just going to have to accept that with 3 other children things aren't always going to go smoothly. 

Do you think I shouldn't have gotten her up after her 50 minute nap.  Do you think that 1:15 of A time was too little?  Too much?  I'm driving myself crazy trying to figure out where we went wrong!

Sabrina

[debo620]

I dont know Sabrina, I had the same thing happen today too.
55min nap, then I tried 1hr10mi of A time but this must have been too long because he seemed way OT, and I had to try and settle him with p/s and he wasn't asleep til about 1hr50min A time and then only slept 30 and I couldn't resettle, so I fed early and just layed him down again after 40min--but now hes crying. its already 1:25pm and he has only had 1hr30min of sleep all day

[dsetd]

Ugh, I'm so  sorry to hear that you are having a day like this too!  Poor little guy must be exhausted!  There is nothing worse than when they are too tired to sleep!

Maybe the next time Cohen and Katie decide to be up all night we can set up a little webcam playdate!  They can entertain each other and you and I will be able to get some sleep...LOL