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Offline OliverRowland

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Almost 3 and changing sleep pattern.....anyone still around?
« on: March 25, 2009, 00:55:34 am »
Hello All!  It's been a while.  My ds will be 3 at the end of May.  He has had the same schedule for ages:
awake: 6:15-6:30, nap 1-3, lights out at 7:30 and asleep b/w 7:45-8pm.  But over the past couple of weeks he has taken an hour to get to sleep at night, so lights out at 7:30 but doesn't fall asleep until 8:30!  As a result wake up is 7:00am.  I like to later wake up (who wouldn't!) but I do not like that he takes so long to fall asleep.  There are times when he takes a few minutes long to fall asleep at nap time now too ( I am assuming because he is awake 30 min later in the am now).   I would like to get him to sleep faster at night.  Should I be shortening his nap now?  If so, at what end....push it later or wake up earlier?   Iknow he is getting to the age where I have to shorten that nap to eventually drop it....is it starting??????????????????? :P :P :P :P :P :P :P

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Re: Almost 3 and changing sleep pattern.....anyone still around?
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2009, 01:32:32 am »
I would shorten the nap, for a 7.30pm bedtime i would have your LO up by 2pm from the nap.
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Re: Almost 3 and changing sleep pattern.....anyone still around?
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2009, 01:52:39 am »
Hi,

I agree with pp, Masyn is 2.5 and is up at 7:00am, naps from 1-2 pm (usually!) and in bed at 7:00pm (asleep in about 30 min or so) I find that if I let her sleep any later than 2:00 she takes forever to fall asleep.

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Re: Almost 3 and changing sleep pattern.....anyone still around?
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2009, 02:07:16 am »
i was going to say the same, shorten the nap for the same bedtime otherwise you will just have to deal with a later bedtime from now on till he drops the nap all together to get back to a early bedtime.
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Re: Almost 3 and changing sleep pattern.....anyone still around?
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2009, 11:26:04 am »
Do I really shorten it from 2hrs to 1?  or cut it back 30min at a time? 
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« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2009, 20:43:17 pm »
i would cut if back gradually so he can adjust! i would do 15 min at a time
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Re: Almost 3 and changing sleep pattern.....anyone still around?
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2009, 22:13:01 pm »
Quote from: lin7604 on March 25, 2009, 20:43:17 pm
i would cut if back gradually so he can adjust! i would do 15 min at a time


Totally agree
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Re: Almost 3 and changing sleep pattern.....anyone still around?
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2009, 01:09:18 am »
so i cut the nap to 90 minutes (1-2:30) and it went well for a while.  But over the past 3 days ds is taking longer to fall asleep again and is now waking early.  should i shorten to 2:15pm and for how long before down to 1 hr?  This is a hard one for mummy to let go!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: Almost 3 and changing sleep pattern.....anyone still around?
« Reply #8 on: April 15, 2009, 02:12:15 am »
Will he go down a little earlier for the nap say at 12.30pm?
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Re: Almost 3 and changing sleep pattern.....anyone still around?
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2009, 12:34:39 pm »
if i put him down earlier what time would i wake him?  I haven't had much luck in the past with earlier nap time but can try again (maybe it will be different with a shorter nap?)
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Re: Almost 3 and changing sleep pattern.....anyone still around?
« Reply #10 on: April 16, 2009, 00:29:26 am »
Still try keeping the nap to 1.5hrs.
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Re: Almost 3 and changing sleep pattern.....anyone still around?
« Reply #11 on: April 17, 2009, 23:06:31 pm »
Nope, earlier nap didn't fly!  He usually takes 5-10min to fall asleep but trying 30 min earlier and it took 20+min. 
I am guessing i will have to think about shortening it from the end?!
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Re: Almost 3 and changing sleep pattern.....anyone still around?
« Reply #12 on: April 17, 2009, 23:58:09 pm »
We had to shorten Masyn's from the end, now we are down to 30-45 min power naps.

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« Reply #13 on: April 18, 2009, 12:23:17 pm »
how quickly did you get down to those power naps?
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Re: Almost 3 and changing sleep pattern.....anyone still around?
« Reply #14 on: April 18, 2009, 15:36:38 pm »
We've been tweaking her naps since January...trying different naptimes and lengths, went through a couple of weeks of no naps (still had a "rest" time) and then when she finally started sleeping again I cut it down to 45 min max unless she is going to have a late bedtime. I really think this is the beginning of the end of her naps, but I want to maintain a quiet rest time, so I still will keep putting her in room every afternoon for that, whether she sleeps or not is up to her at this point.

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