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

[Khalam's Mama]

I would let her sleep if she is sick for sure. K up 6am. I think he would have gone back but he must have had a dream as was really upset and he is never like that. He was nearly off but i had to rush off to b who had woken and he cried to come with me. Napped 1.45hrs today and was a delight at the park for my mum's bday. Will see what bt brings.

[Deb123]

Joining in -

My LO is 2.5 and refusing naps and/or trouble settling at night. I'm not sure if to drop it altogether, capping the nap doesnt seem to be making any difference. Its 9.30 now and she's upstairs shouting ( I let her have a 45 minute nap) but she's clearly way OT.

If she doesnt nap she will tack on to her night,shes good to sleep in ( although always 2-3 short NW) so should I go for it? She is absolutely awful to manage when she's OT (100% Spirited)

Another complication I have is that daycare have been rocking her to sleep at nap time  so I'm not sure if she's able to sleep without it. Of course if I rock her it doesnt work  Cant win with this kid!!

[scucci1979]

she napped from 11:50am-1:30pm. Woke on her own. Asleep by 8pm. She was in good spirits but you can tell she was not feeling well as all she wanted to do was cuddle or lay down. We celebrated my mom's 70th b-day today and thankfully, she did well there.

Deb, I would just follow her cues. If she has a decent wu time,then aim for a no nap day. So, with a 45min nap she will still fall asleep later? Have you tried a 30mins nap.
What is her easy like?

These toddler are something else, aren't they?

fx for tonight ladies.

[Lolly]

Sabs - sounds like she needed that nap. When they are ill it throws everything doesn't it. Hope she's feeling better tomorrow!

Deb - I would follow cues as well. We have had 3 no nap days so far but for the next while I will see day by day if she needs a nap or not. I'm suspecting more not than nap with my DD, but she's not particularly spirited (most of the time ) and she handles OT and long As really well.

Another decent night! She wa sasleep before 7.30 last night and awake around 7am this morning. One brief NW cos she couldn't find her dummy but she's very good - always shouts for Daddy when she wakes at night . I did hear her scrabbling around in her dummy box about 6.30ish but I don't think she was properly awake then. So about 11.5 hours sleep and a dry pull-up! Not bad at all!

Hope everyone else is having a good day/ night!

Laura

[barbaraz78]

F seems to get used to the gro-clock. Now I don't really know how much sleep he has: during the day I let him sleep for ca. 2 h. The last days BT was at 9 pm, and wu was at 8 am but he always starts calling us immediately when the sun comes out, so I think he's already awake for a while before. It is a little bit annoying not to know how much he really sleeps, but he seems happy when awake and these times suit us, so for the moment I'm happy with this.

[scucci1979]

Laura, great night.  

Ladies, i don't know why but her wu is creeping earlier.  woke this am at 6:20am. I think she may have fell back asleep with me but Alyssa was crying, so I had her lay down on my bed and then she came into A's room.  we all went into Madi's bed and waited until Mr. Sunshine came on. She will not wait for it to come on. she just comes out of her room and into mine. 
thinking of doing a 1hr nap.  What happened to my 7am wu?

[Khalam's Mama]

I think the only way she Will wait is if she is consistently put back to wait. While she has the option of mummy's bed she Will take it. I am finding it hard to be consistent with them tag teaming me too. Woke 7.40 this morning after 11hrs which is fine as he had 2hr nap yesterday. No nap today so asleep at 6.25pm. Hope he sleeps well. I find as ot creeps in we get earlier Wu so keep throwing naps in to catch up and that sorts it.

[Lolly]

Sabs - with the gro clock have you taught her what she has to do? I wonder if you practice with it during the day, setting it to come on in 1 min and pretending to sleep until it comes on - lots of praise etc when she "wakes" up with the clock. You can make a big game of staying in bed until it comes on and then lots of "hurray we can get up now" etc and stickers if she likes them. You could also be outside her door, set the clock encourage her to be lying down and then it comes on she she can come out to you, again lots of praise etc. If you start with a really short interval to do lots of "fun" practice, then set it for a little bit longer for more "fun" practice etc she may get the message of what you want her to do. It may be that she just doesn't "get" what she needs to do yet - and yes, you will need to be consistent with it and what you want her to do.

Laura

[scucci1979]

I keep telling her she has to stay in her room until Mr. Sunshine comes on, but she doesn't. She says she wants to go downstairs. Last week she was sleeping past it.  When A wakes up in the am and I am assisting to her, she will come into her room(if she is awake at that time).  Of course, this further wakes them up.  I am by myself, so it is all me. What do I do? Put Alyssa down and bring Madi back to her room?

Anyhow, gave her a one hour nap and am aiming for an 8pm bt.

[scucci1979]

need quick advice. Madi had a nw from 1:30-2:30pm. She kept getting out of her bed and coming into my room.  Do you think this means UT?  She woke up at 6:40am this morning.  I was thinking of doing another 1hr nap but if she doesn't want it, not to fight it.

[Lolly]

Do you think she was UT? It's hard to say without knowing her really! If you think no nap is a good move today then go for it!

Laura

[scucci1979]

Laura, I do think UT b/c normally when she is OT, her nws are very quick.  I was so temped to lock her in her room last night.  I kept telling her to stay in her bed and then i kept directing her back into her bed without talking to her.  She is being really mean to her sister this morning. 

[shresmummy]

Hi ladies, hope everyone had a good week. We are back from holidays. While we were away she napped for 1,5 hrs every day but had only 10'hr nights! We muddled along somehow. Now we are back and she had 11.5 hr last night, she refused her nap today!! No surprises! Let the confusing balancing act begin again!

Sabs, sorry to hear you had a tough day. How did your clock change go? It's o bright now for us at bt!

[scucci1979]

We don't change  our clock until November. It is still dark here in the am. 
I think we need to do a no nap day for this girl. I am finding that she used to do 2no nap days then a nap day and this would give us good nights. Now she has done 5 nap days and nights are getting shorter and we are having at least one nw. 
last night asleep by 8pm. woke at 11pm and then 6:10am. sigh.

Should i do a 45min nap today or stick with the one hour?

[Lolly]

Was you holiday good? I hope you got some sunshine!

How is everyone else doing?

We had no nap day no 5 yesterday, I *think* she really should have had a nap yesterday, we went shopping after lunch and she kept trying to lie down in the trolly seat. Poor girl! I had to invest in some chocolate buttons to keep her awake in the car on the way home. She was asleep by 6.30 last night and woke just before 6.30 this morning (I would have had to wake her at 6.30 anyway), she did have 2 very brief wakes, one for a dummy and the other because the cat was yowling outside her room . I didn't go to her the second time but did hear her saying "sshh Twinkle!"! Very cute!

She is at pre-school and the childminder today and we are going to a friend's house for tea, so she will either be happy with the distraction of playing there or too tired to cope, it could go either way! Hopefully it will be an early night again!

I think we need to do a no nap day for this girl.

Should i do a 45min nap today or stick with the one hour?

Sabs - I think the no nap day - were her nights better when you did nap/ no nap days?

Laura