Before I start, apologies for such a long post on top of my previous post today (was just hoping for some advice before I go to bed for the previous one).
Really appreciate your help and I hope this isn’t too much of a read. Not the easiest day today.
WU 6.45 (that’s when I heard him. Could have woken earlier)
E 6.55
AS 9.28 – 11.10 (put down at 9.20)
E 11.10
S 13.55 – 14.25 (put down at 13.45) woke calmly. Didn’t even attempt to flick head from side to side/stay asleep. Looked completely UT to me. Not sure should stick at this A. Still think he needs more
E 14.25
AE 16.30 Thought I’d drop in another just in case we are in GS. May help tonight.
So hard to settle though. Put in to bed at 16.50. Cried so much. Shushed him for about 25 minutes to no avail. Firework noises outside because bonfire night in UK. Worried that
a] they were disturbing him
b] because I gave him a bit of a feed it had made him want a full feed
c] because of the clock change it’s now dark when I put him down for the CN so maybe he thinks he’s going to bed for the night so wants a full feed
d] if I didn’t get him off to sleep soon he wouldn’t get the CN in before bed.
All in all, I ended up feeding him again for about ten minutes until he fell asleep, then work up once in cot and finally fell asleep after another ten minutes shushing. Not great and could only shush him because DS1 at Grandma’s today. Would be a nightmare normally because I’d need to be feeding/bathing DS1 at this time
S 17.50 – 18.30
AE 18.55
S 19.30
Feeling quite stressed. Have had pretty much two weeks to try and sort his naps up between DS1 being ill and DS1 being on school holiday but he’s back on Monday. I still haven’t cracked it and I’m now going to have to jiggle around the school runs again.
On the plus side we’re at the stage where his first nap will be after the school drop off, and of course our nights have been so much better
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but it’s the other end of the day that’s a nightmare
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. The only way I can get two good naps and avoid having to get him down for a CN so late is to be able to push the afternoon nap to 3.30 – 5.00/5.30. To do that I need to be getting a really good nap for the first nap and need LO to be waking a little later as standard. Still think maybe I need to be extending that first A
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Something like –
WU and E 7.00
…probably have to have another E in here before S??
S 9.50/10.00 – 12.30
E 12.30
A
S 15.30 – 17.00/17.30 (15.30 is the very earliest I would be able to get him in to bed after pick-up so tricky)
E
A
E
S 19.00
What do you think? If it doesn’t work though I’ll tend to get a silly little nap before pick-up and then problems with the CN after. Feeling a bit freaked out.