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Re: 15 month old ... lost trust... OT loop
« Reply #90 on: July 02, 2010, 13:02:49 pm »
Thanks Jo.  That's what I thought.   

She slept soundly from 730pm to 615am.   Actually, she woke up at 930pm, sat up, cried, stopped and looked around, then laid back down!     GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!     I was super excited to see that.   I told DH that was a very good sign.   He showed some excitement but he really didn't understand how cool it was.  ;)   Ah, well I appreciate the attempt.

So a 615 wake up means a noon time nap. 
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Re: 15 month old ... lost trust... OT loop
« Reply #91 on: July 02, 2010, 22:05:39 pm »
yes!!!! so looks like things are on the homestraight!!! well done Sharon, youve done really good!! :) I think personally it was a mixture of A time adjustment and hanging back instead of going in to her all the time :)
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Re: 15 month old ... lost trust... OT loop
« Reply #92 on: July 03, 2010, 00:23:53 am »
I'm so happy for you! It looks like we are both seeing some success finally =).
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Re: 15 month old ... lost trust... OT loop
« Reply #93 on: July 03, 2010, 00:54:51 am »
Her nap was 1.5 hours long.   So she woke at 135pm.   I kept her in her room until almost 2pm just so she would have the extra bit of down time.   She was in bed by 745pm because we went to dinner.    I hope all goes well tonight.    Jo I totally agree.   I think it is a combo of the two.   She's going down with less and less crying.   She still wants me to hold her when I put her in the crib but after I leave there isn't as much of a fight for me to come back in there.

Thank you both!!
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Re: 15 month old ... lost trust... OT loop
« Reply #94 on: July 03, 2010, 12:13:58 pm »
I was suspicious of her 1.5 hr nap.    I wondered if her nap going from 1.45 to 1.5 could be a sign of OT creeping back in and now she woke at 530am.    I think she's going back on the OT track.    I'm going to try for 2 naps today.   I just have no idea what A times to use.     In the past, I just deducted one hour from her usual A time and went with that.    I guess that's what I'm going to have to go with unless anyone else has a better idea.
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Re: 15 month old ... lost trust... OT loop
« Reply #95 on: July 03, 2010, 14:16:27 pm »
Well, well, well, she went down without a peep at 910am.  That's 3.5 hour A and she was ready for a snooze.   I think I'm going to give her a 20 min nap then try to put her back down at 1pm.   
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Re: 15 month old ... lost trust... OT loop
« Reply #96 on: July 03, 2010, 14:42:42 pm »
Sounds good to me! With Nathan, we had to sneak in a second nap ever few days for a while, until he made the adjustment. Even now, when he has been consistently on 1 nap for almost 2 months, I sometimes have to try for a CN in the afternoon. It is a process, that's for sure!
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Re: 15 month old ... lost trust... OT loop
« Reply #97 on: July 03, 2010, 17:09:12 pm »
I even did 2 naps with my 21 mo (currently teething canines) old yesterday!!  We don't do them very often, but when she's headed into that dreaded teething OT and has a short night, it's the only thing that gets her through the day. 

I'd say you're right on with your assessment, Sharon.  The 2-1 is really a matter of being flexible with what they need to get through it.  If she'll still do the 2 naps, I'd go with it, and then go right back to 1 as the OT eases. 

One other thing, I'd watch her really closely after the 20 min nap.  She may be ready to go back down at 12:30, or could last until 1 pm.  It's different for all kids, but my DD still hovers around 3 hr A after the 20 min nap. 
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Re: 15 month old ... lost trust... OT loop
« Reply #98 on: July 03, 2010, 20:52:26 pm »
Marlow had a 3hr15min A between naps and slept 1.20.    She seemed a bit OT when she went down so I'm not too surprised that she had an OT nap.    Whatever!   She had two naps today!   It looks like my formula is one day 5.45hr, but I may drop that to 5.30, for one nap days.   Two nap days 3.5 A in the morning, then 3 hr, then nap!   I hope I'm right.
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Re: 15 month old ... lost trust... OT loop
« Reply #99 on: July 03, 2010, 20:56:01 pm »
I think you are right!  Sounds like a good plan to me! 
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Re: 15 month old ... lost trust... OT loop
« Reply #100 on: July 04, 2010, 12:45:14 pm »
She woke early yesterday and today regardless of her pretty good nap day.   Hmmmm.   I think its her teeth.    I'm going for a two nap day today.

Update: She had a 30 min AM nap waking at 945am.    She had some playtime outside with DD1 and my niece then I had her back in bed at 1245pm.     It took her 35 min to fall asleep.    She fell asleep at 118pm and woke at 237pm, another 1.20min nap.   

I think yesterday it was OT but today it was UT.    Bedtime will be the usual 730pm.

Anyone have an opinion?   
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Re: 15 month old ... lost trust... OT loop
« Reply #101 on: July 05, 2010, 00:55:40 am »
I think it's UT, both days.  Taking that long to go off doesn't seem OT to me at this age.  Normally OT they can drop off quick but do a much shorter or unsettled nap and wake crying.  So if you do 2 naps I think she needs a lot more A time in there.  When you say woke early in the AM what do you mean, what time and/or after how many hours night sleep?
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Re: 15 month old ... lost trust... OT loop
« Reply #102 on: July 05, 2010, 01:09:55 am »
She's waking at 530am.   She will usually get up at 6 or 630 on a good day.   

The reason I say yesterday PM nap was OT is because she was doing the OT dance in my lap before I put her in the crib.    She went down in about 10 minutes.    Today, I think UT because she took 35 min to go down.     She woke crying after both naps.
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Re: 15 month old ... lost trust... OT loop
« Reply #103 on: July 05, 2010, 14:53:58 pm »
AHHHHH... She slept from 730 until 645am this morning.   No NW in days and today she is in really good spirits.   I'm aiming for a one nap day with a nap time of 1230pm.   I think I've got this under control now.   If I need more help I'll be sure to come back. 
Thank you all of you for helping me through this.   You are all so amazing!
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Re: 15 month old ... lost trust... OT loop
« Reply #104 on: July 05, 2010, 14:56:39 pm »
Awesome, you are working with her, responding to her needs, allowing flexibility when needed, yet being firm to keep her on track with a routine.  Can't beat that BabyWhispering - well done Sharon.

We'll still be here if the train derails.  But for now choo choo, chugga chugga, choo choo!
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