day is getting so long with 2 naps, but wakes so early!

[mmom]

Thank you so much ladies.  The boys stayed with my in-laws last night, since we traveled for a wedding. Yesterday was a 2 nap day and 11 hour night.  Today DH's parents called and said he was trying to go to sleep at 9 am after a 5:30 wake up.  So he had another 2 nap day.  Plus, he is practically falling asleep in his high chair eating.

The 2 canines look like they are starting to cut.  This poor kid!

[Mollie1]

Hi Kara
We had a 1 nap day today!!!! He was at nursery and I told them to do whatever they thought was best and guess what? He kept going until after lunch at about 12pm and then had his nap (only 1 hour though). I am hoping it might make a difference to morning wake ups as it was 530am this morning ;(

[Khalam's Mama]

I find they need more sleep when teething. Well done on 1 nap Mollie. Did you do early bt? Hopefully they lay in for you girls.

[mmom]

That is great Mollie!  We actually had a couple of 1 nap days out of necessity.  My babysitter had some appointments and then 1 emergency.  Last night C was in bed by 5 pm since he got woken from his nap suddenly and wouldn't take a cn and slept until 5:30 this morning.  KM, I thought of you when we got the longer night.   We tried 1 nap again today, so I will see how the night goes.

[Khalam's Mama]

That is great 12.5hrs! Just make sure you stick with the early bt so ot doesn't creep in. What post of nap length are you getting?

[mmom]

We are kind of all over the place - 3 great nights and then the last couple of bad.  This last couple of days naps have been ok - 2 hours yesterday and 1.5 today.  But our bedtimes weren't as early as they needed to be because of social obligations.  Plus I didn't medicate at all the other night and we had a long NW.  But last week when we were getting the long night, C was sleeping by 5-5:30.

[Khalam's Mama]

So Will you persist with one nap and early bt this wk? Maybe keep giving the medication?i find the early bt is key to avoid ot with transitions. It pp hard to be consistent with social obligations though. Hopefully you Will be able to slowly move the whole day later soon and it Will be easier.

[Tweakster]

Agree consistency is the thing.  Because you start to get into a groove and then some OT sets it back, he sounds susceptible to OT and of course the ever present teething drama.  Sorry Kara

Just remember that every day goes by, he is one step closer to coping with 1 nap and one step closer to having those teeth through!

[mmom]

Thanks ladies. Today was horrible.  My sitter was going to put him down after the school run at 11:45 and she realized she didn't give him lunch.  once she gave him lunch, he was way OT (wake up at 5) and didn't go down until 12:30.  He woke at 1 screaming.    She tried to get him back down without success.  I tried when I got home for a CN at 3:30, but he wouldn't do that either. So even after aiming for a  BT of 5 PM, he refused, since my dad and his GF were here.  He screamed for 30 minutes.  Tomorrow we will need 2 naps, since I am assuming we will get an OT EW and M has pre-school at 12:15.

So, to answer your question, I will have to offer 2 naps after this craziness.

[Mom to M&M]

Ugh sorry Kara, days like those are hard! Can she give him lunch on the school run? Would he eat a sandwich or the like in the car seat? That would keep him awake AND get him fed so he can go right in for a nap on those days...

[~Emma~]

Hey Kara,

 I jsut wanted to let you know that we have been through the mill the last couple of weeks but we seem to be consistantly on 1 nap now (touch wood, DH will kill me if he knows I'm even mentioning the good sleep going on here!) About once a week we cave and give a short CN and we pretty much always try to AP it (now that she's letting us!), we do a car nap of 20 mins in the AM. It seems she notices it less and wakes less grumpy from the car nap.

 Nights have been sitting at a whopping 12.5 hours. 

 In hindsight from having DS and DD I think the more consistant you can be the better. We are teething over here too but i am lucky enough for the moment as she seems to be tacking on. Dont get me wrong she's TIRED during the day but I am hoping that sleep is regulating.

 Just wanted to offer you hope! 


 

[mmom]

That is great Emma!

Karen, I suggested the same things.

He refused a nap after the CN today, so forge ahead with 1 nap it is!!

Emma, what does your day look like now?

[ZacsMumme]

Nights have been sitting at a whopping 12.5 hours.

Same here Emma - Great to see she is doing so well!

I agree with offering hope. It is hard, but once you there things kind of come right IYKWIM and near the end I think I started to almost make it worse trying to get Z to take that CN. We now get the longest nights we have ever had and a consistently long nap (sometimes 3hours...this boy has never slept this much). Its the getting there that is a big messy PITA!

[~Emma~]

Usually like so....

 WU-7.10ish
 nap - 12.20-2.30/3
 BT - 6.30

 What is happening is waking eeks earlier and earlier (today was 6.45, tmorrow will prob be a touch earlier) and when it gets back to 11.5 hours nightsleep I offer a morning nap to keep BT later thus wakings later.  It will most likely blow up in my face but its working right now so I'll stick with it for the moment!

 Like I said she's knackered during the day, she can give me cues as early as 10am some days but I am trying to power on through. With B it was just so protracted and it took months but I am finding doing it quickly is helping ofr the time being. I am hoping once the teething has a break she'll be less tired during the day.

 

[Khalam's Mama]

What is happening is waking eeks earlier and earlier (today was 6.45, tmorrow will prob be a touch earlier) and when it gets back to 11.5 hours nightsleep I offer a morning nap to keep BT later thus wakings later.  It will most likely blow up in my face but its working right now so I'll stick with it for the moment!

This is what I found and hence did with K in the 2-1. I just found the mini naps a PITA. It is also working for the 1-0 for us.

How is it going Kara?