Support Thread for 2 to 1 nap transition cont.

[deckchariot]

Continued from:  http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=148578.435

please continue on ladies 

[shresmummy]

Hi everyone hope you had a good night/day

We didn't have a great night and I think the reason was UT. But then again I could be wrong and it might have been OT!!

I had put her down to bed slightly earlier thinking that awful interrupted nap from yesterday, where she cried out and had to be resettled 3 times, might warrant an earlier bedtime.

But DD didn't really fall asleep until about 7:30 or so. Anyway she woke up at 11 and cried and cried and woulnd't get back into her cot Finally I had to sit there and I fell asleep while patting her, bumped my head on the cot. Then went back to our room. And she slept until about 4 Am then she woke up chatting!! Sounds like UT NWs right? She chatted for a bit and then tossed/turned cried out and finaly fell asleep and I woke her at 7 to get ready for childcare.

She had a crappy nap there (from 10:45 - 11:20). Then I brought her home and put her down now, it's 2:30. Let's see.

[Julianne1984]

Oh no, sounds like ut but then I could be wrong!

Well we're up at 4am! I'm so upset! It took 5months to get my lo to wake past 5am, last week he started waking 6am+, now the clocks changed and I'm up at 4am, I can't believe it. xx

[JaspersMum]

Julianne are you sure your LO isn't OT, hence the EW?  Sounds like your routine needs a good looking over from an expert.

Priya I think Sherry makes some really good points in her last post.  Hope you didn't hurt your head too bad!

We've had an interesting day.  Interesting because DS had a 35 minute nap in the am (woke crying) and then I put him down 2.5 hrs later and he slept for 1hr 35m!!  So I'm really happy about that.  Will aim for a 7pm bedtime (he woke this morning at 7am).

[Julianne1984]

Yesterday he was Ot yes, all because he had to goto his Grandmas for the afternoon, and he only had a short am nap, so I said to her to let him nap at 2pm for 45mins... which would have been fine... only we got there at 4pm and he was bouncing around, hyper, and no nap! She was convinced he didn't need it andhe clearly did poor boy. So we had to let him have 15m on the way home maximum as it was too late in the day! I knew he'd be up at 4am new time (5am old time as that's what he used to wake if ot) so I'm not really surprised. I'm putting him to bed at 5:30tonight with 2 naps today, his body is used to 6:30pm which is now 5:30 after clocks changed.and I have a plan to slowly change it later over 2weeks.

Sorry for the ramble! Long story short, he's normally fine, but with yesterday at grandmas and the clock change it resulted in a 4am wake-up. He's not to know it wasn't 5am...

Ugh. Xx

[JaspersMum]

I know how you feel regarding a grandparent who 'thinks' your LO doesn't/does need sleep!

That's great that you have a plan!  I remember reading somewhere that you slowly move their day back/forward by 15 minutes every 3 days or something.

[Julianne1984]

...that's exactly my plan! I posted it on my "daylight savings" thread. Today is meant to be a catch-up day, but forgetting how early LO had woken today, I missed his nap time (which should have been 8am... so at 8:30 when I tried to put him down he had a proper tantrum... OT everywhere! Screaming, kicking, that "gone straight" trick they save for special times... it took half an hour to get him to sleep (9am). Also, he hates me today. When he woke at 4am he got on our bed and clung to my OH (who got in from work at 2am and didn't need waking at 4!), screamed when I took him, and the same happened at 8:30... I'm worried now as OH is going away for the week in the morning

So much for catching up, he's more OT now xx

[LucySol]

Be back later,just want to mark my spot

[shresmummy]

Wow, a lot of chatting has happened since I last posted in the afternoon

Rachel, your day sounds almost exactly like mine:

Wake - 7 AM
AM nap - 10:45 - 11:20 (at childcare. Who knows whether this was OT, OS or UT nap!)
Pm nap - 2:30 - 4:05 (I had to wake her up)
Bedtime - 7:50 and she fell asleep without any fuss. yay!

Let's see what the night holds for me! Hmm...

Julianna - oh no, I'm so sorry to hear about your rough start to the day. I hope that he has a catchup day today and rest at least in the PM? And I don't think he hates you... hugs hun. Hope he settles down for you later.

Lucy - hello again! How's D going?

[Julianne1984]

Well, my leg is numb and my arms feel wobbly lol. Ok, so lo went down for a nap at 9am... woke at 10am, soi brought him down, and sat him with me for hugs while I watched the end of Wife Swap (I know, priorities! Lol) anywho, I noticed his foot twitch, which he does when he's asleep... he'd only gone and fallen asleep on me...2hours later a can no longer feel my arms lmao. He's heavyand I didn't wantto move incase he woke, I thought he'd sleep 30mins max, not a total of 3HOURS!!! . Bed will be 5:30-6pm now, no catnap needed! X

[LucySol]

3hrs!!! i want some of that!!!

Hey Priya! D is just being D again! onto 1 nap consistently but i still feel she needs 2 but wont take them! she wont do longer than 1.5hrs and that is a good day,most days its 1hr15/20 mins.But she is STTN and sleeping 11/11.5 hr nights so i shouldnt complain. i just want more Y time in the day!!! Cant seem to get her A time right so after messing about for so long we have gone with set times.just need to push her bedtime a bit to get a later wakeup!!

Having said that,my poor baby is poorly today,Ear infec i think and she has slept on and off all day!

[AshleyB]

Chandler slept 1.5 hours yesterday and was just a cranky mess around 5 p.m. We got her to take a short catnap, which is probably the first one she's "agreed" to take in the last month.

I think the biggest problem we're having right now are the early wakings. She's up at 4:30 a.m. most days, goes back to sleep, then wakes every hour until my husband gets her up at 7:30. Basically, the problem is that WE'RE being woken up by her at 4:30. I am never able to go back to sleep, and I'm getting a little "edgy" after a couple of weeks of this.

[Julianne1984]

Hey, lo woke at 4:30 today (he thinks it's 5:30 of course,which would be an ot waking going by our old routine)... all this time changing is hard work.

A 4:30-9:30
S 9:30-... well, who knows how long he'll sleep and what I'm going to do this afternoon! Eek! Maybe nap of 30mins at 2:30?? Bedtime 6:30? I think I need to just forget the old times,make a new routine and hope he starts waking later... he was doing so well last week with a set nap at 11 and bed at 6:30, waking 6-6:30 for the first time in 5months, I think I need to do that again... set it all at specific times...

Lucy, I hope. Your lo gets better soon. My lo has been poking his ear today,given calpol before nap just incase. Could just be teething though!

[shresmummy]

Hey ladies, hope you're all doing ok.

Julianna, I cannot believe your lo slept for 3 hours in your arms I guess you could have watched a lot of TV sitting there with him I have read that sometimes when you're trying to set their body clocks it does help to set naps at specific times. Hope you have some luck with that. Also just wondering, do you have blockout blinds/shutters that stop the morning sun from coming into his room? Although I guess your clocks moved back now didn't they? So that might not be such an issue.

Lucy, sorry to hear about D's ear infection. Poor little muffin. Didn't she recently just recover from one? I hope she feels better soon.

Just to update you on our day, it was very similar to yesterdays.

Wake - 6:40ish
AM nap - 10:45 - 11:25ish (at childcare)
PM nap - 2:40 - 4:10 (at home, and I had to wake her from it)
Bedtime - 8ish

As you might remember for the past few weeks, bedtime was always filled with antics and playing etc and it's only in the last 2 days that she's gone to sleep instantly no fooling around. Do you think it might be due to this new routine she's decided to adopt yesterday and today due to childcare?

The big question I have I suppose is now that we're at home the rest of the week, should I try and follow this routine? At childcare she was waking from the naps on her own. Should I try and wake her up tomorrow at around 30 mins or just let her have a long AM nap as she usually has been doing?

Last night on this routine, we did have some NWs though they were brief, NWs nonetheless I have no idea if they were routine related or not. But at least she wasn't chatting!

Just wondering what your thoughts are

[Julianne1984]

If the childcare routine works for her, then it can't hurt for you to give it a go too! What's the worst that can happen! (Apart from nw/ew!)

I'm going to have to grab a pen and work a routine for one and 2 nap days, and stick to it like glue!! X