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Offline Fabio

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« on: November 21, 2009, 19:05:02 pm »
Please help!
We have a 14 month energetic boy that don't want to take the afternoon nap anymore; gets tired early, sleeps at 6:30 p.m., awakes one or two times in the night and get up 5:30-6:15 a.m.
What can we do about the night awakes?
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Re: sleep
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2009, 22:16:33 pm »
My guess is that he is overtired. If he wakes at 5.30am he will probably need a nap around 10-10.30 am and another one in the afternoon - one long nap and one shorter one. The nap resistance doesn't mean he's not tired - it means he's overtired, and needs more sleep.
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« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2009, 01:27:56 am »
Welcome to BW! 

What was his day like before this happened? 
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« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2009, 11:22:08 am »
The typical day was like a nap in the morning (90 minutes generally) and a nap in the afternoon (50 minutes generally).
Now it is getting harder to make he sleeps in the afternoon...
But thanks; We will continue trying because we agree he is probally overtired.

   
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Re: sleep
« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2009, 11:26:05 am »
If he's resisting his afternoon nap, you could try cutting his morning nap a bit shorter and bringing his afternoon nap a bit earlier. If he skips his afternoon nap entirely he will need a really early bedtime. This is part of his transition from two to one naps daily - this link might be helpful to you: http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=95670.0
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« Reply #5 on: November 22, 2009, 12:42:26 pm »
Anna, hereīs klaus mommy talking... thank you so much for the tip, right on target i guess heīs having this transition in #1 and 3. Iīll start shortening his morning nap and letīs hope heīll get back on track. We have some other important issue not approached yet: his sleeping accessory is the lap, because he had reflux until a month ago and we couldnīt feed him and lay him down, so next step will be the wi/wo technique as i can see. Do you know where we can find the steps to it properly?

once again thanks a lot,
carla and fabio
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« Reply #6 on: November 22, 2009, 12:46:39 pm »
If he is not able to sleep independently you would use Gradual Removal rather than WIWO. There's a link here explaining both: http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=80750.0
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« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2009, 15:58:02 pm »
I agree with Anna.  Try the Gradual Withdrawal as the WI/WO is more for those who already knows how to sleep independently in the past.

Another thing to consider is to have a lovey (stuff animal, blanket, etc) that he can use when he sleeps.
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