Toddler Support Thread for 2-1 Nap Transition Continued

[*Jo*]

i know ladies, im waiting for Caleb to turn around and say "no more 13 hour nights for you Mum!" its been wonderful!

[Nauvoo]

Yay for 13 hour nights!!!

After trying 1 nap yesterday and getting a 1hr15min nap bedtime was at 6:50pm (a bit later than planned because I lost track of time).  My LO slept until 7am this morning (and I didn't hear her at all last night but I'm not positive what that means).  Anyways she seemed very rested this morning.  I put her down at 11:45 and it took 5min to get off and now at 1:45 she's still sleeping.  May it come to 2hrs!!!  I'm very pleased at this point and just hope that we can continue to get good 1 nap days.

Alyssa, I hate it too.

[Tweakster]

I think I would have a heart attack if Finn slept 13 hours...I would think there is something seriously wrong with him lol.  We were at the paed the other day and a mom in the waiting area was talking to a nurse about her kid, who is almost 4 and still taking a 3 hr nap every day AND sleeping about 12-14 hours every night.  Even the nurse said that's too much sleep!  Tom and I were just sitting there drooling lol  Why can't Finn sleep TOO much?

As it stands he is giving us no more than 10 hours at night (where we are promptly feeding him at his EW and he goes back to sleep ) - then he sleeps another 1.5/2 hrs until a more reasonable start to the day.  1 nap at 12 noon, ~ 2 hrs.  We are on day 4 now.  I am sure it's going to bite us in the butt somewhere but honestly we have never gotten more sleep in this house...all of us.

[londonmama]

That's awesome Wendy!  I wouldn't count that as 10 hours night sleep, I would count it as 11.5/12 hours with a very brief feed (barely even a NWing).  Plus 2 hour nap - amazing! 

[Tweakster]

I think so too, thanks!  We are pretty happy about it, even though it's not the ideal situation we are still getting more sleep and it makes me think he's not really low sleep needs after all...or maybe he's just regular sleep needs with high A times?  Maybe he's truly hungry for some weird reason?  I don't know anymore, and I probably never will.

So last night he was asleep by 8 p.m. - not a peep until 5:30 - fed (he didn't even take it all!) and back to sleep until just after 7.  Only 11 hours but we shall take it, he did do a 2.5 hr nap yesterday so we can't expect the moon :-)

[gavinsmum1]

That's looking great Wendy!  If it seems to be working than stick with it.  Those afternoon naps are awesome!!

[*Jo*]

ya know Wendy, ive been wondering something about little Mr Finn.... he obviously CAN go back to sleep because he shows you this after a feed so..... have you tried WI/WO for those morning wakeups? I just dont want you to have to deal with weaning a morning feed later on when hes much older and more vocal/knowing/harder to deal with etc

what do you think?

well ladies we had an 11 hour night last night, up at 6am and i think its due to his little ear infection cos he was crying out a little bit at 5am as well, DH tried to get him back to sleep but no go, so it will be two naps today which i think is good, i think he needs it today. however Im coming down with a cold and we have Mothers group this morning which I really dont want to go to (because Im not well and Caleb will be due for a nap) but really DO want to go to (because I NEED to get out, talk to other mothers, these people are my friends) so not sure what to do really. anyway, its not your problem ladies, just having a moan

[Tweakster]

Jo it's on the top of our list as soon as we have the courage to do it :-)  Which will be very soon.  I just want another week of seeing 7 on the clock when I do actually get out of bed.

Sorry Caleb is ill, they really do get it hard at this age it seems. 

Finn did a 3 hour nap this afternoon lol...I guess he's self-regulating.

[Nauvoo]

Well of the last 8 days of 1 nap we have gotten 3 with a good long nap.  The rest have been 1hr20min.  Terribly frustrating.  However, we are getting 12+ hours at night so I can't complain.  No EW or NW.  Today I tried to get her to go back to sleep after her nap when she was so obviously still tired.  She tried and after about 30 min she just started jabbering happily which is a sign that she was OT by then.  I have to give it to her for trying though.  So here's to hoping the nap extends, soon

[Flightmommy]

Ladies, we're having EW issues, Caleb always wakes between 6:45 and 7:30am..we were really lucky and hadn't seen anything earlier in months. Funny enough, yesterday was my first day back at work since he's been born and i had my alarm set for 5:30am...when i rang, i looked at the monitor and mr.caleb was waking up as well...again this morning, same thing. Is is possible that he knew I was leaving???
  Anyways, i don't know that the EW's are due to OT, he's getting some good naps....i'm wondering if the teething, which is new to us of course, is causing the early wake ups. He gets 8 hour motrin at bedtime and by the time he's stirring in the early morning, the motrin has worn off and the discomfort from teething is preventing him from staying asleep. Does anyone think that makes sense, or should i maybe think of tweaking the naps to hopefully get rid of these pesky EW's...he's averaging 9.5-10hour nights and is heading straight for OT land for sure!!

[*Jo*]

Jo -  we are having the same issues (sounds like our theme!) the 8 hour nurofen wears off by 5.30am and hes up for the day (5.45am this morning) his are molars so im not pushing the issue too hard, all i can say is that I will be thinking of you at 5.30am (i know we arent the same time zone but it helps!) when Caleb gets up

[nelliestar]

Can I join you please?
Not having major problems yet but things are changing so wondered what you all think.

DH is 14 mths and at nursery 2 days a week. On days at home we are down to am nap of 45 mins and pm nap 3 and half ish hours later of 1 hr (1hr 15 if he is poorly or had a bad night) He has always been a great napper and is textbook most of the time. I can count on 1 hand the times he has had a bad nap - we're are very lucky.

At nursery we are doing am nap 30 mins and pm nap 1 hr if poss. Things are trickier on these days as we have to think of meal times which are earlier than when at home. Also at home we just put him down and he goes to sleep on his own whereas at nursery he is helped to sleep by face stroking as he won't put himself to sleep. The past few weeks he has been hard to get down for his second nap at nursery and we have discussed if he is ready for just 1 nap. But I can't see him managing to get from 7am to 12.30 or 1 pm without OT setting in. I also feel the noise at nursery could keep him awake and the fact that he thinks he is missing something!
 I am an anxious  Mum and worried that even if he does make it to lunchtime he could do a short nap through OT and then have a v long stretch to bedtime. I know the BW thinking is to hold on to 2 naps for as long as poss.

I work at the nursery in a different room so I really know too much about whats going on with him and worry a lot if he is having nap trouble.

What do you all think?
He sleeps well at night usually - at the moment he is a little disturbed as he has just started walking and keeps sitting up in his sleep.

Thanks,

Nell xxx

[*Jo*]

Hi Nell, welcome along join in the madness!! lol

well it seems for us, anythting more than one nap results in EW, we ended up with one nap yesterday and then a 13 hour and 15 min night!!! was great! he was up at 5.45am yesterday morning and had a nap at 10.15-11.45am then we tried for a PM nap and he refused it so was in bed at 6.30pm and slept through till 7.45am!!!

yet the previous days we did two naps (one which was only 20mins) and his bed time was at 8pm and he was up at 5.45am so I think we have to be a 1 nap kiddo at the moment, even if it means at 7 hour A time at the end of the day.

Nell - can you try pushing your DS to just 11am or 11.30am? theres no way Caleb could go to 12.30pm if we wanted it

DH is 14 mths and at nursery 2 days a week.

ar out how did you manage to get your hubby to nursery? can i apply to put mine in there as well? LOL just kidding, laughing at the error

[nelliestar]

Ha Ha!! Ooh I am tired and should have been in bed a long time ago! My DH would love to go to nursery....; )

If we push to 11.30 then he would miss his lunch at nursery but I suppose he could have it when he wakes. Would you put him down at 11.30 and just let him sleep? For how long do you think? 1pm is rest time and I wonder if he would get woken up when all the other children come into the room to sleep? If he woke at 1 then he has a long way to bedtime....

Tricky!!

Nell xxx

[*Jo*]

Well what we do is let him sleep till 7.30am and give him a small lunch at 11.30 and naptime is at 12 then sleep as much as he wants, which only ever ends up being 1.5 hours and then it's just a long time till bed but he seems to handle it ok, maybe yours would too?