Support Thread for 2-1 Nap Transition cont'd pt 4

[j.and.e]

Ok we had a v respectable 6.40am start (wud have been 5.40am b4 dst). He also did a great nap for MIL 12.40-2.40. I did bt at 7.45 and he settld easily in 5mins. I feel like we had a perfect day- 8pm to 6.40am sttn 6hr A 2hr nap 5hr A 7.50pm bt (give or take!) If he is up at 5 again tomorw i will blame teeth. He is 15mo. Xx

[j.and.e]

5 again. Bah. Did 12.40-2.40 nap and pd earlier (7.20pm) He took 15min to settle. At least if he's up at 5am 2mz it'l be a 9.5hr nite insted of just 9hrs. Still two days of 2hr nap is pretty awesome! Xx

[Jem88]

Last night was awful, LO was in bed for 5.45pm as she only had a 1hr nap all day as we were out. She woke 4 times between 5.45pm - 9.15pm then every 15mins between then and - 11.15pm, slept til 12am then again woke every 15mins where i then brought her in with us as i was so tired, she then slept 2hrs but then decided it was time to play for 1hr 30mins.. I finally got her to sleep around 4.30am and she slept til 6.10am.

I did manage 2 naps today though. It went like:
27th.
6.10am - up.
8.50am - nap. A time 2hr 45mins.
9.20am - up. 30mins.
1.10pm - nap. A time 3hr 50mins.
3.10pm - up. 2hr.
7.40pm - Bed. A time 4.5hr.

For the PM nap I was going to wake at the 1.5hr mark.. well i did go up and stroked her face twice but she didn't even move, so i left her another 30mins, i then again struggled to wake her at the 2hr mark but she woke up lol.

I then had her in bed for 6.55pm but she didn't settle until 45mins later!. We've already had our 1st NW at the 40min mark which i'm not sure if it's OT or UT?

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I'm actually really confused as to why she slept well at my OHs sisters house (only 2 NWs and a 11hr night) with a AM nap of 1hr 15min, PM nap of 35-40min and then a A time to bed of 5.5hr and a long day.

[Jem88]

An awful night, she woke 40mins after going to bed, then every hour until 12.30am then did a 3hr stretch 12.40am - 3.40am then was awake until 4.20am but she only slept an hour then was up again messing around wanting to play. What's going on? She normally only has bad nights like this when she's only had 30-60min sleep all day.. x

[j.and.e]

Ok, NW at 4am then up at 5am. Did 20min nap at 10am then 1-3pm bt 7.20. Early bed, but have had loads of early starts anyway. Sigh. XX

[*Kara*]

Jem - teething??  UT?

j.and.e - sounds like an UT early morning

[j.and.e]

Hi Kara,
Am about to do another post, as have got so many different ideas am not sure where to go next. I tried to do 8pm BT hoping he would do 10 hrs until 6am, but we were getting 5am starts anyway. He is also getting tantrumy in the evenings.
Would be greatful for your help, I feel like I've tried everything and nothing works!

[j.and.e]

http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=228360.0 not sure how to do links...

[Jem88]

She's been teething/getting her 9th tooth which looks like a big one for about 3 weeks now (It's actually half way out.) I've been giving teething powders/gel with NWs. I think possible UT, so yesterday she had 30min AM and 1.5hr PM (I had to wake at both naps.) She then didn't settle until 4.5hr A time for bed and i was then a little worried that she was going to be OT, but she slept well for the 1st part from the night. She slept 7.00pm - 11.50pm well she did moan/stir a few times but she didn't wake up properly crying. She then slept 12.27am - 2.30am. 2.33am - 3.05am. 3.15 - 5.15am but then was awake playing until 6.20am where she finally fell asleep until 7.20am.  x

[*Kara*]

Jem - those wake ups look like teething pain to me hun... have you tried ibuprofen at BT and the first NW?

On my way j.and.e

[Jem88]

Hi I've been giving calpol the odd time, but mostly teething powders and gel as we ran out of nurofen a few weeks back. BUT i will get some and try that as i know it's better than calpol. x

She slept at my mums lastnight and went to bed fine, so will see how she slept soon. x

[Khalam's Mama]

This is quiet. Hope you all have it figured out now. Please tell me...

We managed 1 nap today. We had a better night last night so guess that helped. We had family over so got to bed later than I planned. No ot nw at 45min at least.

[j.and.e]

We'r fully on 1nap now as even with EWs my LO just wont do an am nap anymore. Have been battling 4.30starts and finally decided to tackle by refusing to get up before 6am, then doing nap 12/12.30 then bed at 7. No comprimise for a short nap. Am sticking with this for 2wks and will see what happens! Today is day 5. This morning he woke at 5.45 but dh settld him in 10mins and he slept til 6.20! Nap 12.45-2.30 (took 10mins to settle as OT), BT 7 straight to sleep happy xx

[Khalam's Mama]

Going in the right direction then. We are still half and half. We only got 90min today for nap so hope he is not too ot.

[trimbler]

j.and.e - that's kind of similar to what we're trying atm, although we have a shorter A time before his nap and longer to BT. His last 2 nap day was about 5 weeks ago but since then we've gone into 18mo regression territory and still not settled into a nice routine! We have to fix his nap around 12:30-12:45 because of his childminder's routine, so we don't get him up until 7:15, whatever time he wakes, then it's a 2h-ish nap on a good day, BT around 8pm but taking AGES to get to sleep and can't quite pin down OT/UT etc... might even have to start cutting the nap if he doesn't sort himself out soon! Sounds like you're getting there

How's it for you, Khalam's Mama?