So we've just finished our marathon adventure across the country and we're trying to establish routines again. 'Try' being the operative word.
I can't seem to find E's rhythm. For the past month it's been an early morning nap and then sometimes a pm one (while driving) and then bed whenever in the evening. She's been on one 2 hour nap since 12 months. Sometimes if it was a rough night, she'd happily get woken at 3 hrs.
But now I can't figure where she's at. Anyone have a sample for an 18 month? Nights are ok with one NW or an EW or both and I'm throwing in a transition to a BGB also
. Sorry. I know that's a lot but after almost a month there was no getting her back into her crib. She's been 100% cuddled to sleep and working on weaning that too.
But the EASY is where I'm struggling. She's up usually 8am and that's the only consistent thing. Today I tried a 1pm nap and she bounced and chatted for half an hour before finally showing tired cues. I capped it at an hour as I wanted enough A time to get her to bed but I think that was a mistake. She was pretty grumpy for the first half hour or so after waking. And she's just not a grumpy kid so pretty easy to see.
Bedtime was 45 mins of farting around and no way was she ready to sleep. Finally cuddled to sleep and asleep at 830.
Today looked like:
W 8am
S 130-230
Bed 830pm
Surely this isn't enough? I know there's a lot of adjustment going on and that's why I haven't posted until now but I'd like to get an idea of what her day should look like. She's always been a great napper and I DO want to get back to independent sleep but there's a lot going on with everything that I don't want to bite off more than I can chew right now. Typically for her AP'd sleep still gives a STTN and it's really not causing a lot of problems that I can tell.
We're working on the AP'd bit with the twins and that's going great. Some nightmare nights but for the most part sleeping through for 10 hrs or so in their own rooms so a work in progress for them.
Thoughts on this?
TIA
Vicki
