Anyone want to talk about the 3-2 Nap transition? Part 2

[Mummy23boys]

Another disaster here too! Planed to do W2S at 4am but he was already awake! He fell back to sleep 30 mins later and woke again at 5 and on:off till I got him up at 6.05! Maybe I should try decrease his A time today and see what happens? Things can't get any worse I suppose...

[ZacsMumme]

M2j how long is A to BT?

[Mummy23boys]

Morning Sara,

How are you hun?
About 3 hours 15/20 mins to BT. Do you think I should increase it? Thanks 

[ZacsMumme]

I good hope your ok

That's what we do too though some nights he is tired earlier.
What happens if you pd earlier ie 3 hrs? - EW usually UT am or OT by BT (or In our case we get them with constipation )

[Mummy23boys]

I haven't tried to put him to bed after 3 hours, but ill give it a shot tonight. Had another 1 hour nap there! Ugh! I was going to start again with 3 hour A time and work up from there..again! But the whole reason I increased his A time was because he was onl sleeping half an hour! 😔Once I increased it it moved to an hour so that's why I thought I should increase it more til I got a decent nap. And he's been on 3.20 A time for a while now.. I'm so confused and utterly exhausted. You know what it's with another child to look after too! At least I'm not alone. How are you ladies coping? Roll on the weekend...I need sone wine! Lol ❤

[Papaya]

I am not even sure upping her As is what I need to do. She was giddy and loopy by the end of the day she could barely see straight.

Stick with it hun - it will take her a few days to adjust. What A time were you going for, 3hrs? If you get a nap under 45 mins and really can't extend, I would shorten the next A slightly, say to 2hr45, no less. Fingers crossed for tomorrow!

[Mummy23boys]

Need advice ladies...he woke from his last nap of the day at 2.15pm!!! I don't really want to bring in the CN again! What time BT? My brain is gone to mush..5.30pm? Or 6pm? What do you think

[Eva's Mummy]

I'm lost we were up at 6:07 did a 3hrs 22min first A to get a 1hr 10 min nap the did another 3hrs 20 min A (not showing any sleepy cues) and got a 30min OT nap which finished at 14:42 i also don't know when to do BT and don't know why the same A gets such different naps?

[Mummy23boys]

Oh Eva I feel your pain! 😫 How bout we both do BT of 5.30? We can hold hands and hope for the best! And start afresh tomorrow

[Eva's Mummy]

deal, though : scares me 

Seems like we are always starting afresh x

[jcsmom]

I have done 5:30 BT twice now. 4:40 wake with first time, 5 am wake today. But I fed and put back down and she slept for another hour. A sleep consultant I spoke to said to make sure it doesn't happen too many days in a row or you will shift their clocks to 5:30-4:30/5. Also to make sure they have had 9.5-10 hrs awake time in the day so you don't get an EWU.

Went for 3 hrs A and got a 33 minute nap that was unextendable. She seems fussy now and not even 2 hrs A has passed. Just afraid if I do 2.75 I will get another OT nap.

[Papaya]

Stick with it hun! You're trying to reset her body clock to the longer A times - she may well be OT in the short term, but you need to give her the opportunity to adjust to the longer As so she can start to do some restorative naps and then she'll be able to catch up.

 

make sure it doesn't happen too many days in a row or you will shift their clocks to 5:30-4:30/5.

Agree with this - I am a HUGE fan of the EBT to rescue a disaster of a day, just make sure it doesn't become your new norm

[jcsmom]

I kept her up until 6:15 as ebt is tough for us and we had a super night. She woke for a quick feed at 3 and then up at 5:45. She chatted til 6:15 then slept until 7!

[Eva's Mummy]

Well ladies i have decide i am going to go for set naps so i will let you know how it goes. I'm feeling scared 

[jcsmom]

We tried today for set naps and big fail. One 38 minute nap and one 25 minute nap. How I am going to keep her up until 6:30 is beyond me. I hope you have better luck than us!