Nws + EWs + short nights are back.What do I do with this kid????

[Grants]

Sorry posting from phone so touched the wrong button by mistake. ... Ruby, how did it go today ? Did your lo have a nap in the end ? I put ds down at 9:40pm today. I wasn't planning to but he was in a very good mood so I took advantage of it. I wanted to hold him until 10pm but dh wanted to go to bed himself as we were all up at 4:30 this morning. Let's see how it goes .

[Grants]

I had set the groclock to 7am (wishful thinking).No NWs and awake at 5:10am. I spent 1 hour 10 mins trying to get him to sleep again.At 6:20am he decided he had enough started crying pointing at the clock(I was in the room for the entire time, reminding him that we need to wait for mr sunshine). The crying wouldnt stop and he was also trying to climb out of the cot. Then by 6:43am I couldn't take it any longer and manually switch the clock on and took him out of the cot. I'm so mad at him!  >:(Why everything in the sleep department has to be so blooming hard! Now what do I do with a kid who only had 7.5 hours sleep ??  wanted to do it again tonight as only one day doesn't feel like tweaking. It feels like I could get somewhere if I try for another few days???(or is that just a gambler's feeling to keep on 'playing'until you win but it never happens and you lose all your money?) I wanted to try taking him swimming to keep him busy and put him down at 1 pm for the usual 1 hour nap and see if this will help to set the routine I want ? I'm not sure? M hardly gets OT so he might be able to cope with it. Any suggestions ?

[huby]

Hmm, well not so well. problem is now she's refusing a nap before 2pm (ouch) and then sleeps 2, but I have to wake her by three and she's very tired. She takes forever to fall asleep at bedtime (she cried until 9.30 from 7.30 on and off y'day and only then slept with me helping her) last night and then woke at 3am and took an hour to resettle but then slept until around 7am ish....then refuses nap at 1pm again.
We had later and later bedtimes and now naps are getting later. Eeeek.

[babybarr]

Grants - sorry I'm too late!

What did you decide?  I think if it had have been me I would have done long nap and super late bed again just to see...

((((hugs)))))

Huby - do you have your own thread going?  Might be worth starting one if not to get you some extra help, just so we don't confuse this one iyswim?

[huby]

I did but no one knew what to do so I gave up in the end. Sorry will just watch this one n take a step back

[babybarr]

You could start a new one?  I'll hop on and am I'm sure grants will too

[Grants]

Hi ladies. It has been so hectic changing M’s routine that I was too knackered to post last night.. lol

Yesterday, we did loads of stuff with him to stop him sleeping early. We went out by bus instead of car to avoid him sleeping in his car seat. He had his nap at 12:40 (1 hour 20mins) on the buggy. BT at 8:40pm ( he was exhausted so I could not hold him any longer).Groclock set for 6:30am.  And………slept until 6:30am!!!! Yeah!!!! The latest wake up time ever!!!!!  After a super late BT and only 7.5 hours night plus  8:40pm Bt on the following day really tired him out.

Now my question is: If I give him 1 hour nap at 1pm will he be able to have BT at 7:30pm and still wake up at 6:30am again? 11 hours nights are extremely rare here. What do I do next? Do I cut his nap to 45 min instead and hope that he sleeps 11 hours night? I don’t mind having BT at 8/8:30pm  for a few days but I wouldn’t like having such a late BT on a permanent basis. Is the answer to that to slowly cut his nap for the sake of a longer night?

[babybarr]

I would do the 1hr nap and bed at 8pm and see if that helps and do it for a few days.

[Grants]

1 hour nap at 12:30. Bt at 8:40 again. He was quite happy and could be pushed to 9ish but I was too tired myself to do it. He is more likely to sleep between 9.5 to 10 hours night, that's why I put him down at 8:40 instead of 8pm. I hope it works again.

[babybarr]

Hoping for a long night for you all.

[huby]

How did it go? X

[koe2moe]

I hope it went well, too!

[Grants]

Hi ladies, Yeah it did go well!!! groclock set for 6:30am. He wake up at 5:50 then Dh went in and managed to put him back to sleep ( a miracle as he* never* wants to go back to sleep once awake). He slept for another 30 mins then woke up (6:20am) crying and wanting out of the cot so we had a terrible 10 mins until ‘Mr Sunshine’ showed up. Overall very good results though!

[sianie]

Good news!! 

[koe2moe]

Yay