What the heck is a 25 minute nap!! Think we are in an OT hole..:(

[nevinsmama]

OK. A 2hr2 A got us a 40 minute nap resettled for another 10 or so minutes. So up at 5:15 and thinking 7 BT? That gives her nearly a 12 hour day. So, fingers and toes crossed for no 3 Hour Madness!!!

[ZacsMumme]

Sounds like a Good plan Hun. Is hard at this age to know what they need

[nevinsmama]

So true!! My biggest goal is to avoid the 3 Hour Madness, hopefully as the day balances out with good sleep and enough wake time this will be completely eliminated! Thanks so much....

[ZacsMumme]

Good luck for tonight x

[nevinsmama]

An interesting start to the night but not too bad really, 1hr45 was my plan for BT.  Nursed her and she went all heavy headed and floppy on my shoulder afterwords so I went ahead and laid her down.  I should have learned by now but I guess I haven't because she started to wiggle and then fuss so I went to settle her. I knew I shouldn't pick her up and start all that jiggling and patting and trying to get her back to sleep, it just doesn't seem to help her and I end up just an emotional wreck. So I just sat beside her with my hand on her and sang to her for 2 hours. She did go  to sleep and I never got all snappy and panicky and wrung out. She was asleep at 9:15. Fed her at 11, then she woke up at 1. I tried to resettle but she was having none of it. I thought oh wow, this will be an awful night but after this she went to sleep until 4:50 and then up for the day at 8. She is out now after a 2hrA. Hoping to get a good enough nap to go for a 2hr10 next a, maybe get more than a 1hr 2nd nap. Or that's the plan! I am so relieved to have found a calm solution ( if you can call it that) for when things blow up in the evening. Guess we will see how it goes!!

[ZacsMumme]

Wonderful Hun, things WILL get easier too they just take time
Hope you get a good nap, your plan sounds great x

[nevinsmama]

So today we had something like this
A:2:02 ( oops)
S 38 minutes, then resettle breifly, then again, all told was out 1hr36. Maybe take just a dab off of this A?
A2:10
S1hr10 then resettle, got another 10 minutes, turned out her diaper had leaked and her little thigh was cool. Maybe that was it. Don't think we are ready for 2hr15, maybe stick with this a few days?
A 2hr10
S 35 minutes for CN, she woke after 35.
A 2hr5, totally did not mean for this to be this long. In fact I was hoping 1hr45 as 35 is no kind of big nap!! After she nursed she was just kind of wiggley as I was doing our little slow dance. Then she did a big toot, maybe that was it...laid her down asleep and she was out for 1hr5 ( smacks of OT, I would not be surprised!!) I went in put my hand on her chest and patted. Sang quietly to her as she got a bit worked up. After 40 minutes I fed her and she was calm enough still that this got her sleepy. Laid her down and patted maybe another 5 mintues and she was out!!! Only 1 hour to settle!!!! I was very happy with this. FIngers crossed for a good night, again!!! THanks for sticking with me Mamas!!! I'll get this girl figured out one day!!!

[Papaya]

A:2:02 ( oops)
S 38 minutes, then resettle breifly, then again, all told was out 1hr36. Maybe take just a dab off of this A?

Yes, I think it sounds like just under 2 hours is about right. And I would stick with the 2hr10 for the next A for a few more days to see how you go...but if you're still getting 1hr-1hr20 naps then, I'd increase by 10 mins

Glad the evening went much better - she probably was a bit OT there still, so hopefully as the naps lengthen your evenings will sort themselves out too!

[nevinsmama]

Bleah. Today blew up. Still not over but it has not been great. So a 1hr55A got us a 1hr10 first nap. Followed that with a 2hr10A an got a 30 minute nap. Tried an tried to extend an it was a no go. I was unravelling so got her up. Kept her up another hour and then after some resistance got a 38 minute nap. trie to extend for 10 minutes an then got her up. Might make it 1hr40 for Cn, maybe not. THen 1hr 30 to be I am thinking. I am exhauste. She ate every 2.5 hours last night. All. Night. Sigh.....

[nevinsmama]

Oh wow. very rough evening. just have a second but catnap failed and so was silly long time to bed as it was just me an DS here. Been very up and down since then. SHe is so so tired and so am I. Can someone help us get out of this rut? Just want to lie down and cry and sleep for a week.

[nevinsmama]

Awful night. Think we were up every hour. Got her to rest a bit more on my lap towards morning.

[Papaya]

Oh hun, big hugs. Hope today is a much better day for you.

She ate every 2.5 hours last night. All. Night. Sigh.....

Was she hungry, do you think? Or wanting comfort? You said she did this a few days ago too, so could be a growth spurt perhaps...I do still think this could be partly developmental too, ie a mental growth spurt, as this leap can last a few weeks.

If she's really tired after the disrupted night, I think I would keep A times nice and short today and AP naps as much as you need to. Perhaps get out of the house (does she nap in the stroller?) so you get some fresh air?

xx

[nevinsmama]

Thanks Papaya... 1st nap she woke at 25 minutes and I cooped her up an rocked her back down. Held her on my lap an every time burbled I woul rock her a little. Got her a 2hr AP nap. Next nap came after 1hr55 ( took longer than i thought to get her asleep) she woke after 38 minutes and would not extend or AP. SO I am thinking no more than 1hr40 before I try again and then maybe a carirer nap an 1hr30ish to BT? Hoping so very hard for a better night for the sweet girl!!!

She doesnt seem ravenous today, I was pretty liberal with the BF back to sleep policy last night.... maybe she got a bunch of calories then. Maybe just over the top OT???

[nevinsmama]

So, I decided to ditch the last nap and do an EBT of 6:45. She was out at 6:53 and woke up at 7:25. Went back to sleep aroun 10. Brutal. DH was sweet enough to stay downstairs an settle her all the times it "couln't" be hunger while I rested. THen he would come get me to feed her. So. I disturbed 10 hour night. Just going to AP alot today and try to catch her up. Maybe if I go in atfirst burble in the evening an rock her things won't get so out of hand. I forgot just how tough this job can be! DS was really no test at all!! Any thoughts on this plan Mamas??

[nevinsmama]

So, we had a horrid evening. 3 hours of chaos. FINALLY she went back to sleep around, up at 8. WIth some short chaos in between and several feedings. 1hr55 got us a 1.5 hour napYAY!! 2hr5 got us a 1hr10 nap. But solid, that helps. id 1hr40 an did a 30 minute CN. THen 1hr35 before a 30 minute carrier nap. Thinking 1hr35 to bed. We will see. If she wakes up in the 3 hours before a feeding just going to AP her right back to sleep, or that's the plan, don't have screaming session in me!! Even though DH took a turn. FINgers crosse!!!!