Support Thread for 2-1 Nap Transition cont'd pt 3

[lulunut]

Aww!  Sorry CC!  I know how 1 nap is much more convenient!  Or at least it is for me with 2 LO's!

Yesterday he slept for 1.5 hours at his 1 nap.  Not long enough to make it to 8pm.  So to try to stop the 5am I wanted to do BT at 8pm.  I gave him a CN at 5pm for 30 min.  It was hard to wake him.  I put him to sleep at 8pm.  That's a long day for me!!! I was in bed at 8pm!!

Today he is up at 5:19am!!!  My DD is just waking at 6am so that is good for her!

What do I do with the later CN?  Do I let him sleep longer or keep it at 30 min if I want a 8pm BT?

[ccaawc]

lulu,

For my lo, if she does 2 naps and one of them is a decent one, BT has to be at least 8:30 to push her WU after 6 ( but that's is my lo who only does 9-10hrs nite, if yr lo can sleep longer during the nite, u mayb able to put him down earlier, and with a nap so late, it is very likely that she'll get a long NW too), so if I were u, I'll keep it at 30mins. I know, it is disheartening to wake yr baby when he is sleeping sweetly, but I'll rather wake him at 5:30pm than he wakes himself at 3am....

For us, yesterday was a one nap day, she had a 1hr15 nap in the am, but then she refused the pm nap and we were out so AP was impossible. Ended up with a 7hrs last A and BT at 7:30 again. Needless to say, early wake up for us at 5:30 but she STTN for 10rs (with a little cried out for 2 seconds) so I shouldn't be complaining.

Today is definitely going to be a 2 naps day, I put her down at 4hr A for 40mins, aiming a long pm nap at 3hrs A.....hope it works.

[lulunut]

Thanks cc!  I think that is what I will stick to when I have days like that.  Sounds like yesterday was a good day with a STTN!  Congrats!  How did today go?

Yesterday he had a 3 hour nap with AP half way through and he was tired at 6pm!  What's up with that?  He was up at 5am today I thought I would try a bottle.  Haven't tried that yet!!  He didn't want it!! He just threw it at me!  I didn't want to pick him up so I just stayed next to the crib and shhh-ed!  He settled down and went back to sleep.  I noticed him going through stages of sleep wake and when he woke he saw I was standing there and immediately closed his eyes and went back to sleep!  This is good!  I had to stand there until 7am but he slept!!!!  I will bring in a chair for tomorrow morning!!!

Have a good night!

[ccaawc]

lulu- my lo does the same, sometimes when she is not too sleepy but she wants to sleep, she does that "check if u r still here" thing with me too, but I don't stay there all the way, I sneak out once she is asleep. I treasure my Y time, even if it is only 20mins.

So yr lo STTN from 8 to 5?

Last nite wasn't so great, I knew there will be UT NW when she was babbling at BT. I let her nap too much yesterday although I woke her on both naps, 40mins and 1 hr 20, capping at 4:08, BT at 9. She woke at 3:30, cried hysterically (she cried less if it is OT), so to calm her, I BF her, put her back to bed and she tried to sleep but didnt fall asleep until an hr later. Woke 7 this morning, so it is 9ish hr nite for us.

So we have reached a point where one nap day is too long but 2 naps day is too short. Today I'll try to cap the naps at 30mins and 1 hr to see of this gives us better nite, if not, I'll go for alternate day of one nap and 2 naps....

[lulunut]

LOL!  Mine does the check thing for about 1/2 an hour!  I don't know when to leave!!  My Lo STTN from 6:30-5.  His naps go until 1:30/2 so I have trouble putting in a CN at around 5-5:30 to stretch him until 8pm to get him (hopefully!) to 6am.  I am so exhausted by then!

Sounds like you did good for naps yesterday.  It seems she just needs some tweaking!  That is good!  Sorry to hear about the NW.

Yesterday for us was 30 min nap in car on the way to Granny's house and 30 min at Granny's at around 1ish.  Bt at 7.  Long for him DH insisted that he shouldn't go before 7pm.  He was up at 5:30 to day.  Better.  DD was up at 5:15!!  Not so good!!

[~Karen~]

We did a 2 nap yesterday followed by an 11 hour night and up at 615am.  So figured today was going to be a 2 nap day as well, yeah right!  First nap was on cue from 945-11am but he didn't go to sleep for second nap so did a 6pm bedtime.  Hopefully we *should* get a 13 hour night now with a 7am wake up as that's what he usually does on one nap days but worried he's going to be OT after a 7 hour A time before bed. 

[sianie]

FX for the long night Karen!

E has woken from his PM naps the last few days crying which is unusual for him, I think it's probably OT but also his 1st year molars have been coming through so hard to tell what it is!

[~Karen~]

Yeah Lewis has his bottom two molars right there as well.  One of them is just breaking through so I suppose considering that he's doing quite good.  Had one quick nw last night but he went straight back down after meds and teething gel. 

[lulunut]

Karen-that's a long A time.  WOW!  I hope you get a good night too!

Today's start was early so he was down at 10am for 30minutes!!!! I AP for another 20 and he was up.  He fell asleep in the car on the way to Granny's and slept there for a total of 1.25hrs.  This way I was able to get a 7:30 BT for him.  Hopefully this will give me a later wake tomorrow!!  Crossing my fingers!

[kimmbba]

Ladies, seems as though there are a lot of 5 am wake ups!  Yesterday Ethan was up at 5, nap at 9:30-11:30 (I let him sleep long because the night before was only 8.5 hours) snuck in an AP CN from 4:45-5:15, went out to dinner and BT at 8.  THE LATEST BT EVER!!  and wouldn't you know it, up at 5am again.  Today, he only napped for 1.5 all day and DH is trying to get him down now at 6:45.  I hope he doesn't fight it...I don't know how to get him caught up when he boycots sleeping both at night and the day!!  He's happy, so it makes it not too terrible.

[ccaawc]

it is 5am wake up for us here too....

I am thinking mayb 4.5-5 hrs A b4 BT is too short for my lo? she fights BT a little, we were rolling in bed for a good 30mins and then an EW, back to sleep after a 15mins hysterical crying/shouting as she wants to stay in my bed. She tries to climb out of her cot and push me away when I was comforting her. WU at 8 so one nap day it is.

Now asleep in cot from 12:25...FX for a long one.

[~Karen~]

6am wu up but that was a 12 hour night so can't complain although a 13 hour night would have been better! 

[sianie]

Ellis's night seem to be a bit strange...we've been having NW's & EW's due to his molars coming through, but we've been doing a meds DF at around 2am which has really helped.

Anyway, a bit of a pattern seems to be emerging...his night will get progressively shorter over a few nights then on the 3rd or 4th night he'll do a really long night (12hrs +) & then the cycle seems to start again 

[~Karen~]

Who knows Sian!  I going through a bit of a  period as well!

I had an 'I'm tired of staying in for naps' moment this morning so took him to a toddler group.  Put him straight down when we got in at 1120am but he's only just gone to sleep at 1145am.  I've arranged for my friend to bring Ethan home from preschool today otherwise would have to wake him in 15 mins. 

I'm seriously thinking about doing 1230pm nap every day (as this is the earliest I can usually get him down after preschool pick up) and just hoping he doesn't get too OT.  Will see how long he naps today/sleeps tonight and decide on tomorrow from there. 

[lulunut]

5am here too!  Yikes!  Even with a 7:30pm BT!  I was able to get him down after about 40 minutes of PD and SHHH!  He woke after 10 min of sleep and well it was 6am and I had to get DD up and DH was getting ready for work!  SIGH!

I am going for 5A time today.  He is getting tired now.  10am nap for him and depending on how long he sleeps it looks like 2 nap day today!!!

Once again, still in the 5am loop!!!