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No naps for 2 days - super EBT @4.45pm
« on: January 24, 2013, 07:32:57 am »
12 month LO has got so overtired on the 2 to 1 that he hasn't been able to take naps now for two days. Nothing will settle him.

So, with some wonderful guidance from one of the BW ladies, I decided to put him down for the night at 5pm - but he was asleep by 4.45.

I am deeply anxious about what will happen overnight and especially in the morning. We really need him to sleep for 13 hours or more. I know this is possible but that there are never any guarantees.

I would very much appreciate hearing positive results from anyone else who has used a super EBT in these circumstances. It will help me sleep tonight.

Also, if you have experiences of SEBT where you had to re-settle an LO who woke early and was ready for the day in the MOTN - how did you do this if your normal APOP or self-settling didn't work?

Thank you, please reply if you can as soon as you can :)
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Re: No naps for 2 days - super EBT @4.45pm
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2013, 09:27:16 am »
Couple of weeks ago Audrey had a no nap day when she just wouldn't sleep at her childminders, and I picked her up and tried to give her a catnap, and then we had to go out as her big brother had swim class. She was asleep for the night at 5.30pm (I would have liked earlier but we didn't get home in time). We had a few NWs in the early part of the night - as expected - but nothing too difficult to resettle her and she slept right through til 7.15 next day. Next day she was fine, just as if nothing had happened.
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Re: No naps for 2 days - super EBT @4.45pm
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2013, 11:40:14 am »
Just dropping off (((hugs))) Straffles.  I haven't gone that early but have done 5.30pm and had a 13.5h night after one 35 min nap all day.  Really hope it pays off xx
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Re: No naps for 2 days - super EBT @4.45pm
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2013, 12:24:52 pm »
We've done that early and it has always helped us and we've got a normal or later wake up.   Better to get an EW after a long night anyway, than an EW after a short night!
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Re: No naps for 2 days - super EBT @4.45pm
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2013, 12:59:18 pm »
we are going through the same atm...we don't get super long nights with EBT but we do get a good 12-12.5 usually which is great :)
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Re: No naps for 2 days - super EBT @4.45pm
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2013, 00:26:55 am »
Thank you everyone. Your comments really helped me.

Benji slept from 5.45pm til 7am :)

Three night wakings including an EW at 3.45am but all re-settled within half an hour or so.

And he has just settled for his am catnap at 10am. His first nap in 3 days.

The advice I had was that you have to go SUPER i.e. stupidly early if you're going to get these kinds of results. In this case, he hadn't napped for two days, so he was so overtired I had no other option.
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Re: No naps for 2 days - super EBT @4.45pm
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2013, 06:40:31 am »
Yey  :D! I love sebts!!

My ds is often called benji too  :)
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Re: No naps for 2 days - super EBT @4.45pm
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2013, 07:14:54 am »
Fabulous news Straffles - that's a whopper night!
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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2013, 10:18:43 am »
I meant from 4.45pm to 7am! Yep!

Thanks Jessmum. I was amazed. And relieved.

Claire - nice to see other Benjis about! In fact my first pet was a cat called Benji...

Benji settled for BOTH his naps today. He was crying at BT though, so not sure what went wrong there. I don't think he likes going to bed past 7.30 - a long day :(

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Re: No naps for 2 days - super EBT @4.45pm
« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2013, 12:03:01 pm »
Hooray for two naps!  You're both doing so well :)

(((Hugs))) for the tears at BT though - I hate it when that happens too. 
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Re: No naps for 2 days - super EBT @4.45pm
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2013, 12:08:37 pm »
Well done straffles for giving SEBT a go, with fantastic results!
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Re: No naps for 2 days - super EBT @4.45pm
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2013, 12:34:06 pm »
So happy for you!
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Re: No naps for 2 days - super EBT @4.45pm
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2013, 20:20:05 pm »
Yay, great to hear it worked well for you! I'm a fan of the SEBT when needed - and yes, I find that it does have to be SUPER early to really help!
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Re: No naps for 2 days - super EBT @4.45pm
« Reply #13 on: January 26, 2013, 10:07:59 am »
Thanks ladies.

It's all gone a bit messy again unfortunately. He's still in recovery. He was obviously OT at BT the other night and did his shortest night yet with 3 long NWs and night feeds and an unsettlable EW at 5.20. Managed to keep him quiet until after six.

Then, today, he had a fall onto the tiled kitchen floor. Had the paramedics round and he was fine bar the big lumpy bruise. Can't believe this happened. And it was all just before nap time. I had to lie with him on the breast for 1HR 40 mins...

Then again he was crying well before BT so I brought it forward from 4HRS to BT to 3HRS 40 and he was asleep at 6.20pm. I don't think I can manage another 3NWs and EW and am hoping that this 6.20pm allows him a longer sleep not a shorter one??
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Re: No naps for 2 days - super EBT @4.45pm
« Reply #14 on: January 26, 2013, 12:02:21 pm »
(((Hugs))) for the fall - must have been really scary for you :(. Fingers crossed for a better night x
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