19 MO Going off track - NW

[becj86]

Yep, sounds like he was probably undertired - catnaps can really mess things up. Definitely best to stay in his room - you can always get earplugs if necessary so you can sleep

Seems like a good BT, FX for a good night.

[tahiranisa]

The night was hard to call but I actually feel pretty good about it.

He had a very short NW at 130 but resettled himself in 5 minutes maybe less. So, it stinks there was a night waking but it was amazing to see him handle it alone.

330 NW milk, patting, gw. took 20 minutes tops. He almost resettled after i went in and left to get a bottle. He lastd four songs (8 min?) of silence where i thought he mght go down. i think it might happen soon. no hysteria so I feel good about this one too.
445 NW resettled himself until 510
we stuck to 530 in our bed 6 UP.

[becj86]

Yeah, getting there... Getting better rest into him at night will help - makes it easier for him to self-settle if he does stir.

[tahiranisa]

Yesterday was Thanksgiving so I have missed a couple of updates.  Things are definitely improving but when he doesn't get to bed on time everything is a wreck. (Should be easy to fix right?!?)

Yesterday (Thursday):
330 NW. took 20 minutes tops with props
445 NW resettled himself until 510
we stuck to 530 in our bed 6 UP.
1100-1230 naptime. had to pat him.
615pm - asleep, needed DH to go in and give a little more milk and patting but independently settled. Not bad considering there were 8 people staying at our house yesterday and today.

130am - nw resettled self in less than 5 minutes
330am - nw called for me for 5-10 minutes but not really crying, still lying down. rolled around for 10 minutes. settled independently
515am - WU Pretty Darn good! I never got out of bed all night!
Tried for 1115 nap but it got pushed to 1135ish because of the company and the nanny and all of the craziness in the house. 1135 he was just too tired. He was indenepdently playing in crib for probably 30 minutes with interspersed calls out to me. Then I went in when he started crying and he was hysterical for me to pick him up. I wouldn't and he wouldn't lie down, so I walked out to gather my thoughts. My dad rocked him to sleep at 1215. Only slept till 125 and wouldn't resettle because he wanted to see the family.
4pm - famliy left
615 asleep

Hoping for a night better than or equal to yesterday! Will take what I get and realize that it CAN get better.

[becj86]

Totally tough with visitors, especially when LO gets overstimulated and naptime runs late.

FX for you that a few days sticking to set times will get you a little further out of the quagmire.

[tahiranisa]

another night.in the.right direction.

NW 330 resettled himself
EW 445 resettled till 515. pooped  layed in our bed til 6
6 up and at em
1100 naptime easy peasy

[becj86]

Yay! Our nights are slowly getting better too. Good that naptimes are getting easier.

[tahiranisa]

What's a good night look like for you? I think its funny that  330 NW with a 445 EW is still in my book of "PRETTY GOOD.NIGHT"

[becj86]

Well, my good night looked like this
7:30 - asleep
11:30 - woke, cuddle, BF, back in bed awake,
1:30 - woke, pain meds, BF while they kicked in, back in bed awake
4:45 - woke, cuddle, BF, back in bed awake
6:45 - woke for the day

Our bad nights look more like this:
7:30 - asleep
10:30 - wake screaming, BF to calm, 20-30min cuddle, back in bed awake
12:30 - wake, another 20-30min cuddle, back in bed awake
3 - wake, 45min cuddle complete with arms round my neck to ensure I won't go anywhere (think he's having bad dreams), back in bed awake
4:45 - wake for the day (lies in bed happily til 6:30/7 when I get him up, provided no-one makes any noise or sounds like they're awake)

I find as our naps shrink a bit and the length of the first stretch gets longer, he's starting to self-regulate night vs day sleep better and tends to get close to STTN (and even has a few times) if we stick at the routine. Problem for us is that life has a habit of getting in the way at the moment and setting us back a lot

This from a kid who STTN reliably from 5.5/6 months til 11.5 months... he is an independent sleeper but the developmental stuff is just messing with sleep something chronic since he went through he first language explosion. I can tell the last day or two that he's just come out of a massive mental leap - socially, emotionally, language-wise, everything's gone forward a LOT.

I'm really reluctant to change too much because at least at the moment I'm not dealing with night terrors.

[tahiranisa]

oh, those bad nights sound awful. To wean at night, we actually sent the baby to my mom's house and went on vacation. She offered him a breast milk bottle at his NW but he didn't think it was worth it. It took 2 nights but he just stopped getting up and we came back after four nights! But he was 12 months or so. (We weaned BF entirely with a nine day vacation...ha.)

We've been bouncing back and forth between sleep events that make me so happy and are less than ideal.
Last night NW at 130 but he resettled, 420 small bottle and I walked out, BUT THEN HE SLEPT TILL 545! He didn't get the nap until noon though and that was pretty rough. (The neighborhood moms threw me a surprise brunch shower but it messed up our schedule). He woke after 45 minutes, nanny put him back down, and then only another 45 minutes.

Hes been doing better with resettling or falling asleep independently though we have had some 5 minute crying spells where i leave him be.

[Truly Blessed]

oh, those bad nights sound awful. To wean at night, we actually sent the baby to my mom's house and went on vacation. She offered him a breast milk bottle at his NW but he didn't think it was worth it. It took 2 nights but he just stopped getting up and we came back after four nights! But he was 12 months or so. (We weaned BF entirely with a nine day vacation...ha.)

Oh I like your style Lady! LOL 

(Hugs) Becs, the develpmental stuff was/is always disruptive in this house too, especially the talking, that was crazy. I agree I would stick while the NT aren't happening. Hope this passes soon 

x.