10 month old EW/NW

[okinawamama]

I know, but this little guy has reset my wakeup clock I've always been an early riser, but now, it's ridiculous. Sometimes I wake up anticipating his wakeup...silly.

Anywho. I know nothing, do not listen to a single thing I say.....Ambrose had a terrible (read...LONG) NW last night after a bad nap day. Good luck navigating through this 2-1 ladies. I'm off to read advice and BTDT stories.

[marlowsmom]

ARGH!   She slept thru the night again except she woke at 430am.    I woke up about 1 minute before she did (I always do this) and she was sound asleep on the monitor.    DH wakes up b/c there are two cats going at it outside our bedroom window.  Then Marlow wakes.    She went from dead sleep to wide awake in an instant.     I tried to race up there and reposition her in hopes that she will lull herself back to sleep and put her thumb in her mouth but it doesn't work.   She puts her thumb in her mouth but always gets up.

Yesterday I put her down after 3.45 A time and got a OT nap.    I reevaluated today, and since she was up for an hour last night, I put her down at 10am.

She got another bottle at 445am and I put her in her crib by 510am.   She was asleep by 530am.   I let her be and she cooed and played with her feet.    Now I'm afraid she might be getting used to that 430am bottle.    


Maybe I should be incorporating W2S with this new schedule? 


I'm still having pm nap refusal. 

[Tweakster]

Ok here's what I have to do now with Mr. Stinker, reduce AM nap to 30 mins and do PM nap 3 hours later.  I am giving it a try for the next few days thanks to help on my latest Nap saga thread - you can read all about it here:
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=163140.0

I think Marlow could be like Finn and had a jump in A time and we didn't get the memo.  Her EW seems to be a signal for less day sleep and more A time.  How to get there is the question...

[marlowsmom]

I gave her an hour this am and then about 3 hours later I tried to lay her down.   She wasn't having a bit of it.   Then it was 3.15, then 330, I had already given her a bottle.  I finally got her to sleep but by then it had been 4 hour A.   She finally fell asleep and it was 3pm.   She woke at 345pm.

[Tweakster]

Yeah I think an hour is too much now - unless you go long AM/short PM - but then you would need her to do more than an hour so need to push out morning A time and get a longer nap. 

If you do 30 min AM and then 3 hours later do the PM I think she will sleep longer.  It's worth a shot.  Would that work with your schedule?

[marlowsmom]

Yes that will work with my schedule.    She woke last night at 230 due to a coughing fit and stayed awake until 4am.   She had a bottle.   I've got to stop the bottle business.  She doesn't need it and I'm using it as a crutch.
She woke at 530am.  She'll fall asleep in the car on the way back from the school drop off and I'll let her sleep 30 min. 

[marlowsmom]

Someone suggested that I ask EASY forum about this issue.   The mod there feels this is an EASY issue and no longer a NW issue.   We are still rolling with your schedule and all other advice and she is going to take over the issue now.   
We will be at http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=163344.0

Thanks for all your help so far.  You've gotten her to sleep pretty solid except for that stinking 430am wake up.   I've also got to let go of that bottle as it is only exasperating the situation.

[Tweakster]

Hey there Sharon, great.  I'll be following along too.  I know we shall both get to where we need to be, it's a tough age and don't feel bad we use the bottle for EW lots of times too.  Sometimes letting them get deeper into the OT hole doesn't help so you do what you need to IYSWIM.

And I didn't get her sleeping...you did :-)  You are doing great, particularly since you have 2 kids!  And you take it all in stride, keep your sense of humour and all.

Good luck!