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The Holidays have seemed to throw my 3yr old for a loop
« on: January 06, 2012, 21:45:18 pm »
DD will be 3 in 2 weeks and we returned home 4 days ago after being at my parents house for a week and half.  While there DD developed a serious fear of monsters that I'm attributing her lack of sleep to.  She insisted that the windows be bare and therefore light may have been a factor in her early rising.  Saturday night she slept 7 hours, and Sunday night she slept 9 hours.  She did have naps those days of about 1.5 -2 hours but since we've been home things have not gotten back to normal.  She has been waking around 7am when she normally will wake about 8:30am.  She took 2 hours last night to fall asleep and I'm pretty sure I fell asleep before she did.  So at 11pm she finally feel asleep to wake at 7:30 this morning.  She had a 1.5 hour nap yesterday.  Do you think she is still over tired?  I put her down for a nap today and she was in there for 1.5hours just as happy as can be?  no nap? How on earth can I combat this OT? Or is it OT?  I'm just not sure.   I kind of feel like if I let her nap too long she will take it off her night?  but I'm not sure?  I actually thought she wasn't affected by OT anymore :-\
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Re: The Holidays have seemed to throw my 3yr old for a loop
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2012, 00:54:26 am »
F is more affected by OT now than he was as an infant.  How is her behaviour?  It could just be a weird developmental blip.  But if there are any behavioral effects then I think she's wildly OT.  I know Finn would be on those short nights.

What routine are you aiming for? ie wake and bedtime
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Re: The Holidays have seemed to throw my 3yr old for a loop
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2012, 03:47:23 am »
Strangely enough behavior has been horrid for the last 5 days but today on so little sleep she was an angel until she had a super big breakdown at dinner because she couldn't stab her kiwi with her fork.  She is usually soooo good and making up sleep at night when she misses a nap or has a short night, but this has gone a little farther than we have before.  We usually aim for wake at 8 or 8:30am and bedtime at 8 or 8:30pm.  Sometimes she has a nap in the afternoon but I never let it go more than 1.5 hours.  She was very sporadic with naps before the holidays taking naps every day one week to non the next.
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