15mo EW 5am everyday whatever I do.... *update now 4.30am* help pls!!

[*Kara*]

Fingers crossed!!!!  I would worry about a touch of UT at BT though

[stardust599]

Oh no I disagree ;-)  Looks great to me especially if he was showing tired signs.  I always think it's the overall A and S throughout 24hours of more that matter, not the exact A before bedtime!

Let's see what tomorrow brings!!!  Remember consistency consistency consistency if he does EW - don't get him up before 6am!

[j.and.e]

sttn to 5.30. Managd to keep him in cot til 6.30 but didnt sleep even thou he seemd tired... Will keep going! Xx

[Khalam's Mama]

At least he sttn. 10.5hrs isn't so bad. Hope it progresses.

[stardust599]

Hey how's it going? x

[j.and.e]

tks 4msg! Realisd that Ebt=Ew and early nap dificult with DS1 plus often short, so have been doing 'baby bootcamp'. Refuse to get him up till 6am never mind if i am doing wi.wo for an hr! Then aim for nap 12 earliest, or 12.30. Then fix BT at 7pm whatever nap. This is day 6. Things are improving, we have had mostly sttn, 5naps of 1.5hr plus, only 1morning when he has been up early and not gone back to sleep! Prior to this wk i was starting the day at pre 5am! The last two mornings he has woken at 5.45, but quickly resettld till after 6. We are going to stick with this for 2wks then see if we can tweak to get a gd nap and wu. I think he is on the low side of sleep, so we may be stuck with 11hr nite and 1.5hr nap. (which sounds great considering what we'v been through-9hr nites and 1hr naps!) Xx

[*Kara*]

Sounds like things are coming right!

[j.and.e]

Tks kara, there's light at the end of the tunnel! Also i think i will have to accept he's in a dificult phase (and has been 4the last 16months!) I keep thinking if i 'get it right' he will sttn 12hrs and take a gd 12hr nap, like my ds1 did at this age. However he just doesnt seem to need the sleep! Xx

[*Kara*]

LOL!  They are all different hun

[j.and.e]

yes! Thankfully he is less spirited and more independant than Ds1 so is easier to deal with for a long day! ;-) anyway have done 1wk of refusing to start day before 6am, nap around 12/12.30 and bt fixd at 7pm. Will stick another wk then tweak! Last few days has needed a resettle at 5.30/45 but has then laid quietly/slept till 6. May push bt later after this wk and see how wu and nap go! Xx

[*Kara*]

Sounds like a fantastic plan to me!

[j.and.e]

Tks! Yday pd at 6.45pm expecting him to be asleep by 7, bt he went strait to sleep and sttn to 6am! Today nap 12.20-1.55 and pd 6.45pm asleep at 6.55! Lets see what 2mz brings! Tks again 4ur support! XX

[*Kara*]

WOOT WOOT!!!

If he starts waking later in the morning and sleeping so long at night, you may have to start to bump that nap a touch later

[j.and.e]

Wu 5.55, so 11hr sttn. Methinks we have a new routine. Will keep as we are to the end of the wk then try to add 30min to wu. Do u think i shud move nap and bt, or leave nap and add 30min to bt? Eg yday was wu 6am nap 12.20-2.55 bt 6.55, so nearly 6.5A then 5hrA at bt. I cud try bt 7.30pm and hp for 6.30am wu, then put nap back to 12.30 or 1? What do u suggest? Xx

[stardust599]

Yay!  Excellent work.

Leave nap at 12 - 12.30.  Move BT back to 7.30pm if he is having a good 2.5hour sleep.  Aiming for a 6.30am WU that still gives plenty of A to naptime and a decent A to bedtime too.  His nap length will regulate itself in time - it may shorten anyway once his nights sort themselfs x