ahh i think i jinxed myself....

[lin7604]

he will be 3 in october.  he's happy, he walks into our room, says MOM, i had a good sleep! LOL.... today when he woke up i marched him back into his room adn told him it's not time to get up, i layed with him and in about 15 min he was back to sleep.  he then woke at 7:10! ( i could only let him do that today b/c hubby was home), then he napped only 1 hr at daycare, was happy when he woke too...

see before all this change he was doing 1.5 at daycare and longer at home for nap, which is good to know he was in the normal range. but nights were never more then 10hrs! mostly 9 especially now..... i have no idea what to do for tonight?? try for a 7:30, sleeping for 8 and see what happens??? or just do a normal 8 -8:30 bedtime?? ahhhh

[deckchariot]

If he's waking happy from his nap, I'd do normal bedtime.  He may need less sleep than your average bub. 

[lin7604]

ok we will see what happens. i did a normal bedtime today, got ready at 8 in bed for 8:30.

[deckchariot]

how did the night and the morning after go?

[lin7604]

not bad, he was up at 6:10am. So 10hrs 20 min of sleep in 24hrs. do you think that's enough??? today he napped at 12:50-2:40 at home, so bedtime will be 9ish.

[deckchariot]

that's definitely on the low side of sleep - but only you can tell if that's enough for him or not.  How did he seem during the day?  Long nap for him today, so let's see what happens with the morning...

[lin7604]

well he did have a great nap but bedtime was a challange... he just was pumped up.  I gave him his bath by 8:30, so we were in bed reading a story for 9pm ( 6 hrs A time). He was still bouncing around at 9:30!!!  He finally didnt fall asleep till just after 10pm! Then he was up at 6am... so only 9.5 hrs in 24 hrs... i did manage to get him to have another 30 min sleep from 6:20 to 6:50am but i tell ya, i can't do that on weekdays ( i;m out of the house at 6:30).......what am i going to do about this? 10 hrs i don't think is enough but i can't seem to correct this at all....
i looked back at my calendar as i write it down daily and he was averaging in the last 3 weeks between 10-11, closer to 10.5 with occasional ones of 11 or 11hrs 15 min a few times a week. now at least if i can get him to do 10.5 i would be much happier.  he is in general happy when he wakes but it a few hours after where it hits him. then by nap he's OT and fights it! oh i hate these changes and never know how to deal with them...

[deckchariot]

Have you tried moving the nap earlier?  With the EWs, then he's OT by naptime, I'm wondering if moving his nap earlier (even just temporarily) might help.

[lin7604]

i can only on saturday and sunday and that's it, during the week he's in daycare and nap is scheduled!  Today he napped from 12:35-2:35.  he was such a bear this am, not listening, etc dad was not having a good fathers day i tell ya!!!! lol.... well good nap and all is well this pm so far. so now i just don't know if i should keep bedtime at 8 or later?? b/c 6 hrs A time is 8:30 and then sleeping for 9pm..... and then if i get 9hrs of night sleep then wake up will be 6, hopefully not 5 with the 10hrs of sleep we have been getting in 24hrs...........

[deckchariot]

I'm guessing you're going to need to do at least 6 hrs of A time (if not more) - that's a long nap.  I know he's OT from the short nights, but I'm afraid with the long nap, you'll be in the same situation tonight, tough time going to bed and EW.  I'm thinking that day sleep is stealing from night sleep.  I'd limit his nap to 1 hr 15 at the most.  I know that seems odd given that he's OT - but that 2 hr nap is really long for a bub who's almost 3.  Hang in there!

[lin7604]

thanks, see what i think is that b/c he's not getting his 2 hr nap at daycare during the week is what is making him OT... does that make sence.  when he gets it he's a dream child and sleeps great at night too..... it was always a 2 hr nap during the day and  9-9.5 at night.... until his day nap started to get shortened at daycare then all he** broke loose.....

[deckchariot]

hmmm...then I could be completely wrong.  He's your bub and you definitely know him best.  I'm just pondering....the 9 - 9.5 hr night is really short, but I guess with a 2 hr nap, he was making up for it.  And there's no way you can influence that daycare nap, which leaves you stuck.   Do you think he naps short at daycare because of the other kids or is it a routine thing (that their routine is different from yours)?

[lin7604]

i think it's just noise, light, etc  i agree that 9 hrs at night is too short but for somereason even if i put him to bed earlier b/c of the short nap he doesn't seem to make it up at night like he used to....now it seems his body is set to 9-9.5 at night no matter what.. that is so frustrating.  i got him ready for bed at 8:45 and in bed for 9.... now i wonder what time he will actually be asleep at and wake up at?

[deckchariot]

here's to hoping he sleeps in a bit for you!!

[lin7604]

yahhhhh he slept till 6:40am!!!!!!! unbelievable but then he was a nightmare at daycare for nap, and once again only slept 1hr 10 min. 1:10 to 2:20. so i guess bedtime for 8pm?