Cold turkey to 1 nap - OT disaster - & now resisting 2 naps aarrrgggghhhh!!!

[clairebear79]

I think you could push on a bit more tomorrow if you get another good nap.

Do you mean do a slightly later BT or push the nap a touch later - so 10.30am rather than 10.20?

[Kay Dee]

Sorry! I meant push the nap on a bit more if you get another good night.

[clairebear79]

Yea I will do.  If he woke substantially later tomorrow say 5.45 or 6am would I still do more than 5hrs A or do I stay with it, b/c nap would be at 10.45-11 instead of 10.15 like today. 

This is where I get a bit confused - esp when you are doing set nap times, b/c if I keep to a set time & start nudging it forward, if one day I get a later WU then do I stick with the usual naptime (meaning a shorter A to naptime, or do I need to go later so the nap is not UT???

[Kay Dee]

I think keep nudging the nap out at this stage, especially if he wakes later (FX he does!). So 5hrs 15mins tomorrow?

[clairebear79]

We'll see what his WU time is first!  I think if its same as today (5.15) then yes, I'll do 5h 15min & a 10.30am nap.  If WU is earlier then I'll keep to today's nap time - does that sound fair?

BT today was 6.05pm so 5.75hrs A time to BT.  Am hoping for a decent night's sleep.

[Kay Dee]

Sounds like a plan. Best of luck for tonight!

[clairebear79]

Well, he woke a few times 1-3hrs after BT, then woke at 3.40am (though I didn't wake up for that one!) & then up for the day at wait for it.......................6.10am.  12h 5mins sleep!!!!!!  YAY!!!!!!!!

He's actually looking more tired today than he has all week, despite having had a longer nap & longer night yesterday, so I have considered it a lot but am going to stay with the 5hrs A time.  Its only day 3 & I think if I push too much too soon I could end up sending him into an OT spiral.  Grandma is at our house this morning while I'm at work & will be doing nap at 11.15am.  Lets hope this is the start of things falling into place.

[Kay Dee]

Great! That's a decent nap time. Well done!

[clairebear79]

Ladies, Grandma put O down a touch early for his nap (4h 55) as she thought he seemed a bit out of sorts & tired this morning.  He napped 11.05-1.05 with a WU at the 1hr mark.  When I got home from work he was whiny & very flushed - I took his temperature as he felt hot & it was 38.6 degrees.  Siigh I think he's getting poorly again.  Stripped him down, dosed him up with calpol & he seems to be a lot better now though temp is still raised at 37.9.

We were thinking about a 6.30pm BT which would be 5h 20mins A after a 2hr PM nap.  Does that sound OK or am I pushing it too much.  Just thought it might be a good idea to nudge BT a touch since we had a later WU & a much later nap.

[Shiv52]

Poor O.

Yes I'd do 6.30pm.  I think you have to push when you get the opportunity.  Fab night last night and great nap today. 

[Truly Blessed]

Aaaaw Oliver Sweetiepie!  I'd be tempted to check out a childminder Hon, poor little mite.

However, great nap  despite the half way WU. I agree to push BT as long as he isn't feeling/looking too poorly. If he is it may take him a while to settle and you'll end up with a longer A time than planned. Also possible NW so I'd keep an eye and decide using your instincts and your thermometer. Claire Hon, do you have Oliver on a multivitamin?  Sam has been on Abidec since he was getting ear infections and since (please God it's continues) he's been able toward off even things we've had. I know it's the nursery germs that are affecting Oliver but it can't do any harm to try and boost his immune system. You don't need to worry about vitamin overdose, it's extremely hard to overdose on any vitamin as the body gets rid of what it doesn't need. I have this on good authority from a health professional.

Hope it's a short poorly blip Darling.x.

[Kay Dee]

Oh poor O! But yes, great chance to push on bedtime after the later WU and excellent nap. Hope he sleeps well and gets better soon x

[clairebear79]

Hi ladies.

O was rubbing eyes at 4pm so we actually took him for a car ride.  Of course he didn't sleep, but we felt we had to offer him the opportunity, especially if he's feeling off colour.  He was clearly very tired so we decided not to go all the way to 6.30pm so PD at 6.15pm, he was asleep by 6.20pm, 5h 15mins A after a 2hr nap.  Bit earlier than I'd have liked but I think even that might have been a touch too much b/c he has already woken 20mins after BT.  Lets hope we don't have a rough night.

Vicki - no we don't give him a multivitamin but I am beginning to think it might be a good idea!  How do you administer it - is it a chewy tablet/drink/syrup/powder

I am so torn re: nursery/childminder.  He is really enjoying nursery b/c of all the fun activities he gets to do there, but boy am I sick of him being ill.  He's had a streaming nose for the last 5 weeks solid, a chesty cough for 4 weeks & antibiotics haven't shifted it, hand foot & mouth & now something else brewing!  It really does make me want to send him to a childminder, but then wouldn't he get these illnesses at some point anyway???  So are we just better getting them out of the way now rather than when he starts school IYSWIM?!

[ZacsMumme]

I'm glad you PD early. I think though he slept well, if he is sick he needs the shorter A. Hope your night goes well

[Truly Blessed]

Hey Claire,

Abidec is a multivitamin with Omega 3. It comes in syrup form which I used to give Sam..5mls in a dropper syringe IYKWIM  but now as it doesn't taste that great I give him it in drops form which is 10mls in a dropper which goes on the back of the tongue.

I hope he sleeps well tonight Hon and is all better when he wakes.

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