Support for Dropping the Nap age 2-3 Part 4!

[shresmummy]

Sabs that is great news!! Guess what, dd also napped today. That's 2 nap days in a row, both around 1.5 hrs for the np. But she is doing 10.5 hr nights. How did capping at 1 hr go? I found that dd hated being wokn at 1 hr but she was better at 1 hr10 mins.

Btw, what is the gro clock? I know heaps of people use it but not quite sure what it is.

[barbaraz78]

Actually I initially set it at 8.15, but then he was still asleep at that time. Since he went to bed late I wanted him to catch up a little and before he woke up I set it at 8.45 (11.15 h from bt). I was afraid that the yellow light of the sun woul wake him. Let's see today. He went to bed a 2, and he looked tired but he run on the beach the entire morning...

The gro clock is a sort of timer that in the morning shows a yellow sun and during the night a blue star. It is used to teach a child that there is the nigthtime, when everybody sleeps, and the daytime, when he can call mama and daddy because it is morning. You decide the time when sunshine arrives.

[koe2moe]

All seemed to have a great night!

We had a brief NW at 5 but only wi/WO twice did the job.  DS slept 10h and woke at 9!  Not bad for 11:15 bt!!  He is very happy and agreeable so far also!!  We did more tv today to avoid meltdowns.  Planning on no nap today and bt at 8 or just a bit earlier. 

[scucci1979]

When I wake Madi at the one hour mark she is so cranky and moody. 45mins is easier. I have to try 1hr and 10mins. i think she will nap today.

I want to shift our gro clock to 7am now. It is set at 6:45am. It doesn't bother her if it is on. If she is tired she will sleep with it on.
We dimmed the blue star to 0. Can you dim the sun?

[Grants]

Our moon is off but I'm not sure if you can dim the sunshine ? I put a muslim square over the clock instead so the light doesn't disturb him if he wants to sleep longer. Not that it really happens in our house but I can only dream

[scucci1979]

so i don't think it will be a nap day today. We are going out so hoping she will snooze for 30mins the car. If she does, do I do a slightly earlier bt?

[koe2moe]

We had a pretty nice day!!  Only some falling over after 6 and we moved quickly today.  DS fell asleep at stories.  He is asleep pretty much at 7:40.

I learned something very important.  If he has no nap at all, he can just about handle 10h30 without a full on bath.  Otherwise he would be OT And/or hyper.  No wonder we were having so much trouble.  I am hoping that he will sleep at least 11h tonight! 

[Grants]

Wow Koe! How doesn't it feel to have your evenings back?

[koe2moe]

Well...  I am still quite sick, so it's nice!  The best out of this past week is that I got DH more involved, we know we can shift things around a bit, we can even have social life with DS AND no nap days can be doable!  One HUGE downside, though, is that DS is always pushing me away and telling me to go to bed    once I got energy back, I have to work on bonding with him!

[Grants]

Don't worry DS does the same. It's a love and hate relationship between us. One minute he is crying for me the next minute he is like" no mamae, go away" I really don't know what goes on in his head ??

[scucci1979]

she crashed in the car at 2pm. I only let her sleep for 30min and put her down at 8pm, but she didn't seem that tired.

hope you ladies have a decent night.

[koe2moe]

It's funny how 30mins nap could make such difference!!

We had 12h night!!!!  I think DS could have slept longer but I didn't want a no nap at daycare today as we won't be able to put DS to bed early enough to avoid OT so I set the alarm at 12h. 

Fingers crossed for today!!

[barbaraz78]

10.45 h night. Good! Not sure if the gro-clock woke him, but it was OK as we had to go to the daycare so I had to wake up him anyway.
I don't think you can switch off the yellow light.

F seems tired these days although he's sleeping well. But it's possibly under a behavioral gs, he's a little more fussy with me and at the daycare they told me he's starting to say "NO" and doing things he knows are forbidden. Never done this before. But his speech increases everyday.

[consmummy]

barbaraz, my boy is the same at the mo, sleeping loads yet still tired. Also eating me out of house and home and pushing the boundaries with discipline.

No nap yesterday, but a 12 hour night. However he's been yawning all morning and is very cranky so I might try and get him to have a nap soon. he's still got a bit of a cold (as have I now, great!) so I think he's needing the sleep to recover.

[scucci1979]

Great night Koe.
FX, I think he will most likely nap.

Babara, I put the gro clock against a pillow so it doesn't shine that bright. MInd you, she ignores it anyway! Sigh.

I do think developmental is playing a role with the behaviour. I found at the half year mark and a few months before they turn a big number, they change for the worse. Sigh. we went through that and still are as she will be three in two months. She says "no" constantly and still does the things she is not supposed to do. I wasn't a fan of TO but at her age this is what is helping to teach her about rules. It is so hard.
I just started reading "kids, parents and power struggles," and the next book on my list is "the no cry separation anxiety." She is going through some major SA with me.
consmummy, great night. I hate cold season. I am dreading winter.

So Madi gave me an 11hr and 10min night. Is that good with a 30min nap ? I mean normally she sleeps 12hours on a no nap day so she is short 30mins.  
I am hoping she will nap today. FX. I need the break. lOL

WEndy, how are you doing?