Support Thread for 2 to 1 nap transition cont.

[Julianne1984]

2hr 10min nap at 9am!! Eek! X

[Brodster'sMommy]

Sorry to hear about your day Julianne.  Your MIL sounds just like mine! She babysat DS last night and when I told her to put him to bed at 5:45 she thought I was crazy. I have no idea what time he went down last night (I should ask her) but DS had no NW! And that was on a 1 hour nap! He even slept till 6:45 this morning. I cannot figure this kid out. 

So how do you get your LOs to nap longer than an hour?

Julianne, so after his long AM nap, what are you going to do for the rest of the day? Just hoping to learn

[Julianne1984]

Hey my MIL (well, not yet!) had T a few months back and he slept until nearly 7am! Funny eh.

Well, he fell asleep at 3:10 in the pushchair for 30m, so woke at 3:40... now it's been 2h45m and I've just put him down but he's not going to sleep. Normally I do 2h30m after a 30m nap and he goes right to sleep. I guess the AM nap powered him up and now he's wide awake argh!! It's going to be one of those nights again!!

A 5:30
S 8:57-11:10
S 15:10-15:40
S... well...soon I hope!!

Xx

[shresmummy]

Hey ladies, sounds like everyone had an eventful weekend, including me. DD had a bad napping day on sunday, and absolutely refused her PM nap. THen today she didn't have her usual AM nap at childcare. The earliest I could put her down at home was after 5hrA time. I thought she'd sleep well, but she slept 1hr 15 mins and then didn't want to sleep at all. I put her down at the earliest time she would go to bed, 6:25PM.

She did this yesterday as well as today. She woke up 2hr exactly after falling asleep and crying. Is 2hr a sign of OT? I thought only 1hr was.

[AshleyB]

Just want to report in my final results before leaving this thread:

Chandler has now completed the 2-1 nap transition after about 6 weeks. The time change really helped push it along, I think. She is now sleeping between 1.5-2:45 hrs for her daily nap and sleeping at night for 10.5-11.5 hours. She regularly sleeps 2+ hours at daycare now, which is awesome. The 5.5 hour A time is the key to a long nap for us. She slept nearly three hours Saturday after being awake 5.5 hours. However, yesterday, she fell asleep in the car after only 4:45 hrs A time, so she only slept an hour after we got home. Being able to push her to stay awake 5.5 is the secret to a long nap.

Hope you ladies don't have to be on this thread much longer!

[Brodster'sMommy]

That's great Ashley! Hope we all have the same success... And just as quickly. I dread this 2-1 thing is going to go on forever.

Last night was miserable! DS fussed until midnight. I even gave him Tylenol and it didn't make a bit of difference. Then he woke at 5:40 for the day. I think I'm going to drop him off at MILs for a while I think we need to play serious catch up today. It's 9am and he's already rubbing his eyes!

Shresmommy, I wonder the same thing. Sometimes DS will wake crying after a long nap and then the next day he'll have a short nap wake up happy!

Hope things are going better for everyone else.

[JaspersMum]

No better here.  We had great naps yesterday but overnight was terrible.  NWs at 11.30, 12.30, brought him to our bed at 1.30 but none of us slept til close to 4am then up for the day at 5.45am.  Must be teeth!

[shresmummy]

Gosh, that sounds pretty similar to my night Rachel. But I couldn't tell whether it was due to the bad napping day yesterday or not. But the funny thing is she woke up at 3:30Am and I brought her to our bed too, and then she started singing nursery rhymes and chatted until 4:30AM nearly! I kept drifting in and out of sleep, but in the end she wanted to be cuddled to sleep. Gosh I cannot for the life of me figure out my LO.

[Brodster'sMommy]

Shresmommy, I feel the same about my LO. I don't understand him at all.

Here was our schedule for yesterday:
A 5:40am
S 9:15-10:15
S 2-2:45
S 7pm

He woke 3 times which is a huge improvement from the last few nights we've been having. the 3rd time he woke (@ 2am) I gave him a bottle of 1oz milk and 3oz water. (I am slowly weaning night feeds atm. Got into a terrible AP the last month and trying to get out of it) Then DS woke for the day at 7am this morning! I am beyond confused but think I'll try again for the 2 nap thing and see what I get today. However I'm going to try a short am and long pm otherwise I fear he won't take his second nap since he "slept in" until 7am. If I can get another ok night I'll try for 1 nap the next day.

Do any of your LOs ever wake up thirsty at night?

[shresmummy]

That sounds like a decent day for you Brodster's mum. My LO does wake up thirsty some nights. But I always keep a bottle by the bed and offer it to her. IF it's only thirst she's waking from she goes right back to sleep.

Well we had a 2 nap day today because after a horrible night she woke up at 6:!5 Am. No way she could make it through on 1 nap. Here was our routine:

wake - 6:15
AM nap - 10:!5 - 11:20 she woke on her own. I let her sleep for longer than usual because we had a Dr. appt.
PM nap - 3:15 - 4 I did a short nap and woke her at 4.
bedtime - She was up to her usual tricks again. I thought after a short PM nap she would be easier with her bedtime antics. but NO!! I tried puting her down at 7:30 she took till 8:15 to finally fall asleep.

I feel like it's a no-win situation with her these days!

[JaspersMum]

Well teeth weren't to blame for our bad night on Monday - DS was unwell with a virus - very congested with sore ears.  He was soooo sick and clingy yesterday I had to stay home from work.  Last night we were back on track though and today he's been much better.

[shresmummy]

Oh poor bubs! I hope he continues to make a good recovery. It's so hard when they're ill isn't it? I feel so bad for them when they're sick. Poor little things.

[Brodster'sMommy]

Poor guy! I hope he's feeling better soon. That was great you were able to take time off work to be with him.

[JaspersMum]

Thanks ladies.  We had a good night . . it was the first night in a while he went straight to sleep and didn't need me to help him get to sleep.  I was trying to do up his sleeping bag and he was grunting and pushing my hands away as if to say 'mummy leave me alone I want to sleep'  I did hear him through the night but didn't have to get up to him.

He was very grumpy this morning though, after his action-packed day with his grandmother yesterday no doubt!  Barely made it to 3 hours A time!  I let him sleep 30 minutes and he is down now for his big nap.

[Brodster'sMommy]

Jaspersmom, what kind of schedule is your LO on? Could you post it for me? I'm curious since he slept so well!

I had a rough day with DS. Both of us did a lot of crying. He wouldnt nap! Just screamed his little head off. Finally crashed in the car at 5. Then up at 5:30 for dinner and we struggled to get him down by 7:30. He woke up every 30-45 mins screaming like I've never heard before. We had a busy morning and I'm wondering if that's what created the whole mess yesterday.

*this is a side not but he's had diarrhea for the last 10 days. Is this all a sign of something? My dr says it's nothing to worry about but I don't like that he's had it for so long. 

Today were playing catch up. Lately that's all I feel I do. I also think after the holidays are over that I'm going to wean the paci. I really don't want to though!

How is everyone else doing?