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nap battles with toddler
« on: June 16, 2009, 17:44:56 pm »
my toddler will not stop getting out of his bed during his naptime. he's been up since 5:45 this AM.  Has been in his room since 12:00pm for nap... it's 1:45 now.  I don't know what to do!  He desperatly needs to sleep.  He cannot go without a nap, he's been grouchy all morning becuasse he was up so early, and he will be a pill and a half this afternoon and evening if i can't get him to sleep.  I'm desperate , please help!  I am determned to win this, i dont' want to have nap issues develop.  I need to resolve this quickly.  I can't go back to the crib as we need it for our next baby.

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Re: nap battles with toddler
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2009, 19:46:02 pm »
how long has he been in a bbb?  It can take quite awhile for bubs to get used to the bed as opposed to the crib.  Is he getting out and playing or crying or calling for you?  How are you responding?  I would keep your interaction with him as little as possible - just take him straight back to bed, put him in bed and remind him that it's time for bed.  Here's a link on transitioning to the bbb and how other mums have coped (it can be a real struggle with some bubs):  http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=113115.0

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Re: nap battles with toddler
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2009, 11:49:30 am »
thanks for your reply.  He gets out an d palys.  Doesn't call me or cry... he's having agreat time in there!!!  I go in every so often only if i hear him pull something off a high shelf or a big bang or something and tell him toget back in bed it's nap time.  Other than that, I just leave him in there.  He has only been in his bbb since sunday night.. so.. not even a week yet.

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Re: nap battles with toddler
« Reply #3 on: June 18, 2009, 17:29:44 pm »
It's super early in the transition process for him - it's all new - he never was able to get out of his bed before.  Does he eventually go in to bed himself after he plays or do you have to do it?  If he eventually goes by himself, that's great- he may just play a bit til the novelty wears off and then go to sleep.  If you have to do it, then I would be more vigilant about doing it - as soon as you hear him get out of bed, go back in.  Otherwise, he may think that sometimes it's ok to get out and play, just don't be too noisy or mommy comes in. 

Hang in there - he's early in the process, he'll get it.
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Re: nap battles with toddler
« Reply #4 on: June 18, 2009, 17:36:22 pm »
yeah, he'll go to sleep on his own after 1.5 hours or so....

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Re: nap battles with toddler
« Reply #5 on: June 18, 2009, 17:58:24 pm »
you could keep with your plan and see if that time starts to decrease - if not, then I'd say try intervening more often - as soon as you hear him get out of bed.
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Re: nap battles with toddler
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2009, 18:13:35 pm »
do you think i should make his nap later?  maybe he's not tired enough so he wanders for a long time..

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Re: nap battles with toddler
« Reply #7 on: June 18, 2009, 20:36:05 pm »
How much A time is he having before his nap?  It looks like he was up at 5:45 and napped at noon - so that's over 6 hrs of A time - that's pretty long.  How old is he?  My dd is 26 mos, and she does 5.5 before her nap.  I don't think he's getting out and playing because he's UT, but because of the novelty of the bbb, but that's just me.
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Re: nap battles with toddler
« Reply #8 on: June 18, 2009, 20:44:36 pm »
today he didn't nap.  just tore his room apart pretty much.  I'm not too happy about it.  Um, today he woke up at 7 (yay) so I put him in at 1.  usually it's 12:45 but i thought maybe later would helo him sleep faster... i was wrong!  he is 25 months old.

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Re: nap battles with toddler
« Reply #9 on: June 19, 2009, 00:13:53 am »
Putting him in later may actually make it harder for him to go to sleep - if he's OT.  He's roughly the same age as my dd, and 6 hr of A time would really be maxing her out.  So I would aim for between 5.5 and 6 (depending on whether he tends to be high or low in terms of sleep needs).  If he didn't go to sleep at all today, then it might be time to step up your level of intervening - it looks like he thinks it's ok to do whatever in his room instead of napping.  So I'd do a modified wi/wo - every time you hear him get out of bed, go in, take him back to bed, tuck him in, say "it's time for night night" (or whatever you use for naptime) and walk out.  Don't talk to him other than your "catch phrase" so to speak.  It will probably mean for several nap times that you spend the entire nap time doing wi/wo.  The more consistent you can be, the sooner he'll understand that nap time means he stays in bed. 
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Re: nap battles with toddler
« Reply #10 on: June 19, 2009, 00:32:22 am »
yeah you're probably right.  I will try that and i'm also going to put a baby gate up at his door so if he opens the door to leave the room he can't. 

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Re: nap battles with toddler
« Reply #11 on: June 19, 2009, 17:47:20 pm »
the baby gate is a good idea.  Let me know how you get on.
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