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EW's driving us C-R-A-Z-Y..........HELLLLLLLLLPPPPPPP
« on: September 06, 2009, 05:10:42 am »
 Hi All I posted this on the birth club 12-18 month board yesterday and it was suggested by the mod. ;) that I pop it here too to get even more advice.... so here goes!  ;)

Our LO turns 13 months tomorrow....and I thought I might be able to get some advice from parents going thru or who have gone thru this......
..... That being the dreaded EW"S

I wondered if anyone can help me sort a couple of things out.

Eva is  transitioning from 2 to one sleep and mostly only takes one......however this  is causing (I think ) EW's somewhere between 5am and 5.30am  . and that's her up for the day  (usu goes to bed at night bout 6.30/7pm)

I have tried to extend the a.m. "A" time, but whilst she is able to manage about 4-4 and a half in the mornign this is still makiing her first sleep VERY early given the EW... and often she still doesn't take an arvo sleep after this.

She will sleep for about 1 and a half -2 hrs ish. This leads me to the next Q...... how long do you let you Lo's sleep for?.... I know it was recommended for sleeps to be capped at 2 hrs when they were little to stop NW's starting, but I have, occasionally to test the theory, let her sleep longer and this isn't effected.....(however, maybe this is contributing to the EW's - I just don't know!)

LO has been teething, thou not bothering her now,  and had 12mth jabs and was poorly for a few days there about a week or so ago, but apart from the EW"s, all is better!

Also just wondering what the recommended amount of day sleep total is for this age? ?

Bit confused! would appreciate any thoughts,

Cheers,
Span
 
p.s.Since posting this yesterday I did get some good advice but even more would be greatly appreciated so that I can get a consensus on what people are doing

Ta x
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Re: EW's driving us C-R-A-Z-Y..........HELLLLLLLLLPPPPPPP
« Reply #1 on: September 06, 2009, 06:19:28 am »
I think she's overtired. I would try to stick to two naps as much as possible - perhaps you could do a short morning nap (go for a car ride if you need to?) so that she can get through til after lunch for her main nap, and then a bedtime up to 30 mins early.
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« Reply #2 on: September 06, 2009, 08:47:25 am »
Hi Anna,
How's it going?
I agree, I think she is OT and this probably all started when she turned one/we moved house just before!

I have tried your suggestion, (say a sleep in the car on the way back from somewhere/errands), but she then won't go down till after 2/3pm ! As she considers herself to have had the long morning sleep iykwim? and stays awake for another 4 or so hours!  :o By that stage I'm going nuts!
This in fact only happened just last week  ::)

I have been trying to put her to bed earlier thou......

So now I am wondering if she wakes at 5.30 should I count the 4ish hours till her sleep? or let her go down earlier if I think she is ready?  and then try to sneak in a nap later.


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« Reply #3 on: September 06, 2009, 10:12:10 am »
Wouldn't that be OK though, if she did 30 mins at 10 am and then 1.5hrs at 2?
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« Reply #4 on: September 07, 2009, 00:59:37 am »
Quote from: anna* on September 06, 2009, 06:19:28 am
and then a bedtime up to 30 mins early.

took your advice and put her to bed at 6pm and OMG she slept till 6.45am YAYYAYAYAYY. Have a quiet week this week so am going to focus on being near home so that she can have a catch up week on sleep and see how that goes.......

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« Reply #5 on: September 07, 2009, 07:09:06 am »
Ah brilliant! So glad you all had a good night's sleep! :-*
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« Reply #6 on: September 07, 2009, 07:39:15 am »
Blimey! My lo is 15months and wakes at 5-5:30am (for the last 3 months!) No matter I what I do, I'm at a loss really. Hope your lo continues to sleep that well!! X
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« Reply #7 on: September 07, 2009, 08:11:54 am »
Hey Julianne,
thanks ;)
 I don't now how you do it.... :o A few weeks on/off has been enough for me, the last week being the toughest >:(

And Anna thanks for holding my hand, somehow when I post on here it always comes good. Something to do with getting clarity I think thru writing it all down! ;)
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« Reply #8 on: September 07, 2009, 08:21:49 am »
It's tiring isn't it!? Nobody warns you of this part of having kids! Lol.  We've tried everything I can think of. He slept until 6am 3days in a row but woke early yesterday and today, hopefully he'll sleep longer tonight again. All this 2-1 switch business is stressful eh!! Xx
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« Reply #9 on: September 07, 2009, 08:41:02 am »
Quote from: Julianne1984 on September 07, 2009, 08:21:49 am
All this 2-1 switch business is stressful eh!! Xx

hell yeah!!!!!!!!

keep posting! We can support each other LOL...... let us know how you're going. Have you had any advice off here?
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« Reply #10 on: September 07, 2009, 08:48:12 am »
I've had a little, but I've posted loads and rarely had a reply at all. I'm just trying to make sure he's in bed at 7pm earliest, and has a nap 5hrs after waking, which, as you know, can be super early! (Will be 10:15 today!). But there are days when he'll have this nap, refuse pm catnap and end up in bed at 5:45pm, as he did yesterday, which resulted in 5:15 wake up today! It's a big nasty cycle sometimes. Did you get a lot of advice? X
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« Reply #11 on: September 07, 2009, 09:05:29 am »
I got Anna's advice below and also some advice from the Birth club board.....this is the thread. maybe you'll get some advice here too ;)

http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=154954.msg1728829#msg1728829

Sorry gotta go and do tea time! ;)

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« Reply #12 on: September 07, 2009, 09:46:45 am »
Tea time!! It's still morning here, well it's 10:45 now :D LO is sleeping, he refused to go for his nap (he shakes his head and says "na" lol) But I put him in bed at 5hrs A to avoid OT and he went straight to sleep lol. They don't know what's good for them sometimes!!

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« Reply #13 on: September 07, 2009, 15:19:44 pm »
Just posting my experience. I have 14 months old son. He wakes up between 5 -5 :30 am (bed time 7-8pm). His first nap is only 30 min usually around 9-9:30am. Second nap around 1:30 - 2 pm (nap 40 min in his crib and around 1 hour in my arms rocking). This has been going on for 7 weeks and it's a nigthmare for us. This morning I decided to go cold turkey. I know he is overtired and I'm doing everthing to help him to sleep longer with AP but it's getting worse and worse. You need to decide what's best for your LO.
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« Reply #14 on: September 08, 2009, 01:06:40 am »
Anna* suggested to me to put Eva to bed 30mins earlier until she gets over the OT so that she stops waking early.... and it works, we had a another later waking today 6.15, but that's her usual anyway!.I'm going to keep it up all week....
I'm going to give her a long middle of the day sleep and then maybe a nap late this arvo,

Aga01 -  have you tried some thing like that? sounds like your lo is OT too ;)

i agree thou, it's awful....

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