NW finally gone, but EW still there! OT or UT? I cant fingre it out!

[s_dhroliya]

hi,
so i have a 17.5 month old at home and #2 due in two weeks and my daughter who recently went from 2 naps to 1 has been sleeping really well until last week!  im hoping we can rectify this before #2 arrives.  Pls help (like you always do)!

So this has been her routine the past week or so.

bedtime: 7:30pm
EW: 5:00 ish (i try to put her back to sleep, but she refuses)
sleep: 10:30-12:30 (it used to be 11:30 when there werent any EW's). 

Is she OT or UT?  Im not sure.
Thanks in advance!

[<Catherine>]

Hi there

What was her wake up time before the EWs started? How long ago did she go from 2 naps to 1?

If BT has always been 7.30pm (even before the EWs) then I would suggest she's OT and needs BT bought forward. With the EW and earlier nap she's got a long day.

[s_dhroliya]

thanks catherine,
her wake up time before the EW was about 7pm.
what time would you suggest i put her to bed at night?
Should i move her nap a little earlier? (ie 9:30)?

[<Catherine>]

Is she going down ok for her nap at 10.30am? If she is, and she doesn't seem too OT before it, then I'd say leave it as it is.

Perhaps aim for an early BT of 6.30pm. When my DS is OT an early BT really helps and often leads to a later wake up time too. This isn't always the case though, with some LO's it never works, but is worth a try.

[s_dhroliya]

ok, going to try to put her down at 6:30 tomorrow.  fingers crossed she doesnt wake up at 4am, instead of 5!  will keep you posted.  thanks again!

[s_dhroliya]

oh, and forgot to answer your question about 2:1 nap.  she dropped her second nap about 1.5 months ago.  so perhaps OT is kicking in?

[<Catherine>]

so perhaps OT is kicking in?

Yes, definitely possible. Hope the early night helps

[bettybubs]

interested to see how you get on with this. We are having fun with BT at the moment, although it is getting better, but he has started waking v early again too around 5!!!

[s_dhroliya]

i ended up putting her to bed at 6:40 last night, as opposed to 7:30ish and instead of waking up at 5am, she woke up at 6!  woohoo.  lets home for the same tonight

[<Catherine>]

Wonderful! So glad it worked for you

[s_dhroliya]

argh, the past few days have been pretty bad, again!  not sure what happened?

the past few days have looked like this:

wake-up: 5:30am
nap: 10:30 - 1:30pm
sleep: 6:45pm
NW: 3 & 4am
EW: 5:45.

please help (like you always do!)  thanks!!!

[clairebear79]

Hi there.  IIWM I would try & push out that nap a little.  Maybe put down 15mins later at 10.45am & keep it like that for a week & see how she fares.  Then maybe push out to 11am.  I think if the nap starts a bit later you might find she stops EWing & things settle down.  Just a thought.HTH.x

[s_dhroliya]

thank you!
she napped from 11 - 1:50 today
what time should i put her down...because she started her day early (5:45), should  i put her down at 6:30ish or 7:30?