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how often do you put up your lo's A time?
« on: September 04, 2011, 11:29:20 am »
i just wondered how often other mums done this! i feel like i put A's up all the time to get him to have a good sleep.
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Re: how often do you put up your lo's A time?
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2011, 12:01:01 pm »
I think it's very difficult to say as every LO is different & have different sleep needs. Some LO's routine's need a lot more tweaking (especially those who tend to be lower sleep needs).

I found that once my LO's got onto 1 nap I was tweaking the routine a lot less & their routine remained pretty consistent for a few months or so.
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Re: how often do you put up your lo's A time?
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2011, 12:53:07 pm »
i feel A needs less sleep and needs a high A time. he only sleep STTN when he missed or had a very little sleep during the day.

how often do you think A time should increase with a lo with low sleep needs?
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Re: how often do you put up your lo's A time?
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2011, 13:09:59 pm »
Again really hard to say, it depends on your LO but from what I know from Mum's on here who have low sleep needs LO's they do seem to do pretty regular routine tweaking.

If you want to post your routine then I'm happy to take a look?  :)
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Re: how often do you put up your lo's A time?
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2011, 13:28:58 pm »
that would be great, thanks.

6:55 awake
7:45 b/fast
11:00 lunch
12:40 sleep  (2hrs 40 i had to wake him. he was supposed to be sleeping by 12:25 but dad was chasing A with nappy ;D
15:15 snack
18:00 dinner
20:50 b/feed and bed

we still get 1 to 2 night wakenings and seems very unsettled when sleeping. last night he had

a great sleep very settled but with a low sleep amount during the day.
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Re: how often do you put up your lo's A time?
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2011, 18:41:42 pm »
Thanks.....

How old is he now?

Any teething going on?

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Re: how often do you put up your lo's A time?
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2011, 18:45:08 pm »
15 months and just broke a bottom tooth, but i think there are more on the way. not sure if there is back ones coming cos he keeps sticking his finger in his ear or maybe that just A lol
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Re: how often do you put up your lo's A time?
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2011, 18:57:11 pm »
15 mths is prime age for molars & canines so this could well be what's bothering him.

Even if he's low sleep needs I'd be hesitant to nap cut whilst he's teething as usually A-times get shorter as LO's get tired more easily. I guess you are giving meds before sleeps? You could also try a meds dream feed which works really well for us.

Do you think he would go down any earlier for his nap (bearing in mind the teething & NW's making him more tired)?
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Re: how often do you put up your lo's A time?
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2011, 19:03:37 pm »
i think he may go for naps earlier but im not so sure about b/time. after today he slept for 1hr 45 i just tried to put him down at 7 ( original b/time should have been 20:40 if he had slept 2.5hrs  he screamed the place down for 45 mins.

he does keep sticking his fingers right at the back of his mouth, maybe its the back ones on the way.
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Re: how often do you put up your lo's A time?
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2011, 19:22:53 pm »
Quote from: babyrose on September 04, 2011, 19:03:37 pm
he screamed the place down for 45 mins.

This sounds like teeth &/or OT to me. Try meds before sleeps to see if this makes a difference.
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Re: how often do you put up your lo's A time?
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2011, 19:56:50 pm »
finally got him to sleep. agree he is OT, maye reduce his A time for awhile? meant to say i always give him meds before b/time.
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Re: how often do you put up your lo's A time?
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2011, 20:33:47 pm »
I would try & pull his naps & BT earlier to curb the OT & also start your BT wind-down a little earlier so he's as calm as possible by the tim he goes down (I've found this helps when my LO's are OT).
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Re: how often do you put up your lo's A time?
« Reply #12 on: September 05, 2011, 07:36:33 am »
ok thanks will try that. he slept right through til i think 5 or 6 this morning (i didnt look) i dont understand that if he is that tired he sleeps right through but when he is on a routine and we have a good day he wakes up through the night. he musnt be getting enough A time?
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Re: how often do you put up your lo's A time?
« Reply #13 on: September 05, 2011, 10:45:26 am »
As with all these things it's a case of trial & error to get to the bottom of what's going on!

I do find that when my LO's are out of routine they might sleep well for a night as they basically crash out, but it catches up with them a day or too later.
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Re: how often do you put up your lo's A time?
« Reply #14 on: September 05, 2011, 18:35:45 pm »
A went down for a nap 20 mins b4 was due to sleep and he slept for 2hrs 50 :) im going to do the same again tonight hopefully that helps.
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