Support Thread for 2 to 1 nap transition cont.

[shresmummy]

Hey ladies, sorry I've been out of it for a few days. We had a couple of rough nights. But guess what last night she STTN!!! Unbelievable it was STTN number 5 in her whole little life. She woke up at 6:40 Am so I couldn't really do a 30 min AM nap today because I didn't think she could get through the day. So I did a 45 min Am nap then 1.5hr PM nap and here is surprise number 2. She got to bed today in just under 10 mins!! No 30 min monkeying around.

yay! Here's hoping for another good night tonight. But what's to say there won't be any NWs?? I'm not holding my breath!

[Julianne1984]

wow that's fantastic! Good luck for the night!

Well it's nearly nap time... T was up at 5:20am again today but no nw's, pretty good after no pm nap and bed at 6pm! X

[JaspersMum]

We've had a pretty good day too (apart from an EW) . . lots of sleep but I'm sure he needed it.

Wake - 5.45am
Nap 1 - 9.20 - 10.30 (woken as we had to go out)
Nap 2 - 2.30 - 4.15 (thank god he took it!)
Bed - 7.20, asleep 7.30

I have an idea about setting nap times.  I'm thinking of ending his am nap at 11am, regardless of whether he starts this nap at 10, 10.15 or 10.30.  Am also going to have him in bed around 2.15 so that he's asleep by 2.30, then nap til 4 and he can be asleep by 7.30 which is my optimal bedtime, hopefully guaranteeing a wake up of 6.30/7.

Hmmm . . if only it were that simple.

[Julianne1984]

Lots of sleep, blimey! Wish T would catch up!

Nap was only 30minutes! he's still got the nasty cold and finding it hard breathing with a dummy in.

I give him ibuprofen, Vicks Vaporub, he has an Olbas Oil fan thing that blows out menthol, and I raised the end of his cot... you would think that would be enough lol. Xx

[JaspersMum]

So today I found another molar that's all swollen . . bummer.  Thought we'd have a bit of time between the top two coming and the bottom two, but obviously not.  He was very unhappy this afternoon so I had to give meds and he's finally asleep.  We got a better wake up today.

Wake - 6.15am
Nap 1 - 10.15 - 10.45 (in the car)
Nap 2 - 2.20pm - (had been trying since 1.50pm but was crying in pain) - lets hope its at least til 3.50pm.

We have friends for dinner tonight so it will probably be a late one.

Julianne hope T is feeling better today!

[Julianne1984]

Uuuuggghhhh... I'm so sick of all this. His naps have been 30mins unless we manage by some miricle to AP a longer one. There have been some 2hr naps randomly placed but not as many as i'd like... EW's of 4:50 today, normally around 5am recently. He's going to bed 6:30-7pm so not getting much sleep, lastnight only 9.5h!! He's having a nap now (after 4h10m) which was a little fighty. We never had crying but recently he's REALLY fighting pm naps and sometimes bedtime too I know he's sick, this cold is lingering but he's getting there slowly... but it feels like we're back to square 1...minus NW's which is the ONLY good bit! (can't remember when the last nw was!)

Hope everyones getting on better than us, all 2 nap days at the mo because of cold/ew's! xx

[Julianne1984]

4:30am!! Waaahhh! the only good thing is still no nw's. another day screwed, it HAS to be 2 naps help! Xx

[JaspersMum]

I think we've got major teething over here.  Naps and bedtime are a struggle and I'm worrying he's getting dependent on me to fall asleep.

[Julianne1984]

Sounds like us! Xx

[Ethan's Mom]

Hi, DS 12.5mo seems to starting 1 X nap. Mostly he would resist the afternoon nap that would make him OT. He wake up around 7am and has his first nap at 11am. Tried to move it to 12pm several days back but then he got very very OT. His nap time would be max of 1h, means that he would wake up at 12pm. Im worry if I allow him to sleep at 4pm would disrupt his bedtime sleep ( I want to keep it at 7pm ). Any advice would be appreciated.

[Julianne1984]

Hello, maybe try a short nap at 4, of 15-20minutes, that shouldn't disrupt bedtime.

Well, up at 5am today. I'm so tired, 1NW, I don't even know what time that was. My OH and I agreed that today we will try 1 nap, at maybe 10:30, and bed at 5:30-6pm. He should catch up then with a 11.5-12hr sleep. I know it's2 naps making him wake early, but it's just figuring out how to get one nap from such and EW!! xx

[shresmummy]

Hi ladies, we had some internet trouble over the weekend. Just wanted to catch up. Rachel, we are also having major teething dramas still. Really awful nappy rash. But I don't know if I stumbled upon something. The past few days I have ended her PM nap time at 3:50 no matter when she got to sleep. And bedtime has been a lot easier, and she has been falling asleep around 7:45. Although today she was crying a bit so I think teething was a problem.

Julianna, sorry to hear the EWs are continuing. Don't we all deserve a break sometime or the other!

[Julianne1984]

T has had awful nappy rash too, horrible isn't it. I think he hasbig Molars coming in! His Canines are through but starting to come up more... oh the fun! Atleast he's pretty much over the cold. Naps are so random now,from 30m-2hrs!

He's napping now... A 5h10, S 10:05...

If... that's a huge *IF*, he sleeps 2hrs,then. He can go to bed around 5:30-6pm tonight, hmm, don't think it'll happen... xx

[JaspersMum]

Can't wait til all his teeth are here!!

Tonight was better though, I must admit.  Gave meds 30 minutes before sleep.  He was with my mum today and did two 1 hour naps.  Bed at 7.15 but not asleep til 7.30 . . just babbling to himself.

[Julianne1984]

Argh

A 5:10
S 10:05-10:35
S 11:00-12:15

So 1h45m total, but broken by 25m waking...stupid postman may aswell have thrown the post at the door from 100yards! Gr! So now I don't know what to do, I think bed at 6pm at a push,hmm...xx