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

[jessmum46]

Hugs, the 3-2 was a mess with both of mine but it does come right in the end, I promise!  Takes some pushing through OT to get there but worth it x

[newkidontheblock]

^^ Exactly what Katherine said. OT wakings after bed started at that point. But it was just a week or 2 of disturbance and then only 2 naps to worry about! Yay!

[Amcivor]

Tbh it feels like we'll never get through it and I'm losing the will to live! Nothing I try helps and I just feel so sorry for her that I can't get it right. Mummy guilt is the worst! Wish I could be more like my DH and not stress about it so much :-(

[newkidontheblock]

Hugs, hun. It really isn't easy. I have one of those super easy going, naturally BWing husbands too, so completely know where you're coming from

[Frankiefrankiefrankie]

My hubby is very relaxed about it all too....... It drives me crazy.....
I am in the middle of battling the 3-2 transition monster.... I am thinking it might not be the right decision.. Missy moo is a cat napper so her 3rd nap ends up being at 5 or 5.30.. This is way  to late...
I am working on her morning awake time at the moment... If I can extend both awake times I think it will work.....today was day 1 and it was a huge disaster... Let's see what tomorrow will bring..... I hope everyone gas gad a nice day or is having a nice day.. 

[newkidontheblock]

I don't know about your baby but with E at that point, the catnap was constantly happening later than usual- even 5.45 on some days. But I just went with it and moved straight to BT routine when she woke and she would also off without a problem. Sigh.. The good old days when BT was never an issue:p again, not sure how yours would handle it but worth a try maybe?

[trimbler]

Ours has CN around 5.30 or later on good nap days, that's on a 6.40 WU. Do you say her CN I'd too late because it's causing problems? One piece of advice I heard is that if everything else is kind of ok then keep offering the CN until it's refused for about a week, that's what happened with DS.

[lauraims]

We are too!! It's horrible ! My dh is stuck in an UT/OT loop I think. Naps are down to 35 mins and takes up to 45 mins to resettle her!!!! Early wake ups and up for an hour then back to sleep. Occasionally she sleeps 6-6.15.. Ahhh I just want to go for 3hr WTs and resettle at each nap if I need to and hope she gets used to it ? Is this approach risky ??!! I've tried heaps of WTs and at one stage 2.40 was working. But all of a sudden it's not and increasing it to 2.50 isn't either...were in this together !!!! 

[trimbler]

Hugs Laura how old is she? Could she be going through 8mo SR or ww? Have you posted your EASY already somewhere? Or you could post it here, I'm personally going to be away from these forums for a while but I can see you have good company here already

[lauraims]

Heya!! I've been chatting to Katie about it in my own thread for the last couple of weeks. But don't want to take up too much of her time so thought this would be a good place to converse back and forth with other mums going through it !! Imogen is 6.5 months old. Will be 7months at the end of the month she's sleep trained and EBF..just started solids, and no teeth yet, but teething (we think) no rolling over yet, just onto her side. Sitting up on her own and leaping forward to grab things from sitting position. So not a lot of development stuff going on... She always seems so tired during the day so I get nervous pushing her a time to 3 hours!!! Eekkkk well get there I'm sure

[lauraims]

How is everyone going this week? DD has been staying awake for over 3 hours the last two days it happend by mistake yesterday first WT as she got the hiccups!!!! She only did a 35 min nap though and I had to resettle. Next nap was on 3 hr WT and got a 35 min nap, woke and whinges for 5/10 mins then back to sleep for another 50? What's up with these lengths !!!! Today she had 3.5 hr first WT, put her down at 2hrs50 but took her that long to fall asleep!! And got a 35 min nap and couldn't resettle even though she still seemed tired!! Then second nap after 3.15 and got 35 mins awake for 10 then she resettled for another 40!!!! No idea WHY she wakes completely between each cycle but it's a bit of a mystery ! She had a great night last night after those long WTs...6.15-6am!!!! We'll see how tonight goes. Share your stories girls!! Oh yeah, so total naps today were only 2 hours !!!! But she had a straight 12 hour night. So who knows ! Can't wait till she's more settled.

[arabesque]

May I join? I'm in worlds of pain here.

I'm Bec, mum of 3. Dd will be 6 months in a week. I know she's ready for two naps. My biggest problem is that school pickup gets in the way of nap 2. Yesterday I timed her second nap for in the car, hoping she'd sleep to and from School. She slept for 20 mind in the car and woke up.

I can't cope with this. She's waking and partying in the middle of the night and I'm just falling apart with tiredness which affects my anxiety, and there's nothing I can do to make this second nap happen in any decent way.

Will catch up on all your posts when I'm on the computer xx

[Melworldwide]

Hello all

I can't believe I didn't come to this board sooner. I am having a very grizzly time with the transition, and am a broken mama!! I feel like I am trying endless combinations of WTs, no naps are consistent and each one is now 30m (has been for 2 months). All different combinations / attempts end with horrible nights - LO loves a cot party and did one from 1.30am-5am the other night!! 

I am getting advice on the sleeps thread but will be great to share support on this thread too. Suddenly feeling a little relieved this is (hopefully) a phase!!

Look forward to hearing how you all get through this one. x

[my_tribe]

Hi everyone we're right in the middle of the 3/2 transition and really need your input and help!  LO will be 7 months on Thursday. We really need your input on how to tweak our schedule to find something that works. We're so exhausted and feel a bit lost on what to try to change next.

LO was doing amazing sleeping through the night. Her easy looked something like this....

7 wake, nurse solids
9 nap
11 wake, nurse, solids
1 nap
3 wake, nurse
Around 5 or 5:30 cat nap for 30 mins
6 solids
6:30 bath and bed time routine
7 nurse
Bed by 7:30, 8 at the latest

The problems started happening when she wouldn't fall asleep for her cat nap. She would sometimes want to cat nap around 6 but if we put her down then she wouldn't be ready for bed until at least 8:30. We thought she was ready to be done with the cat nap but when she stays up from 3  - 7 she wakes up frequently in the evenings and/or 2 - 4 times a night.  Normally between 2 and 6am.

Around the same time LO starting waking up at the 45 min mark from her afternoon nap. So I extended the wake time to 2.5 hours which seemed to help the nap but the night waking were still happening. Shortly after that LO started waking early from her morning nap so I've tried extending the wake time from anyway around 2.5 - 3hours and it's been hit or miss and the night waking are still happening. sometimes she will be awake for a couple hours at a time in the middle of the night. She knows how to self sooth but now she will only sometimes settle if we go in and hold her.

Our easy has been changing everyday because we've had to readjust  because of short naps and/or early mornings but we extend awake times to 3 hours over the last two days. Naps are better but the LO is still waking a couple times in the evening and early morning between 5-6am. This morning when she woke at 6 she didn't fall back to sleep.

Yesterday this was our easy
7:15 wake, nurse
8 solids
10:15 nap
11:45 wake nurse
12 solids
2:30 nap
4 wake, nurse
6 solids
7 nurse, bed
(Needed to resettle 2x before 9pm)
10:30 dreamfeed

We would so appreciate any help we can get. Does anyone have a EASY they would suggest trying? With extending awake times to 3 hours how do I get all the feedings in before bed? Thank you!
 

[Melworldwide]

Hi there @my_tribe
We are so in the same boat as you, with an identical routine! We are on 3h A time and still getting NWs and he's not always hungry so I'm sure its routine too. DS is 6.5mo.
Just so you know you aren't alone, I am probably going to push A times again a little bit and see if this resolves it - please let me know if you get an answer too!