28 month old sleep issues

[Jsands1984]

Today he napped from 2-2:45. I guess the later naptime may work. We left his room at 7:35 tonight. I sat in the hall outside his door. He did open the door 5 or 6 times and I did talk to him (oops , but he was silent by 8.

Things are starting to look up which is great because I have a gut feeling his baby brother may arrive before my due date.

[*Ali*]

Both my kids actually preferred a longer first A time and shorter PM A time once they were fully on one nap. Which is strange because they always did shorter first A times when younger and having 2 or more naps.

Glad things are going well. How exciting to think your new baby will soon be here.

[Jsands1984]

He slept until 6 yesterday morning. I put him down for a nap at 1:30 thinking he wouldn't go to sleep until 2 and we would do a 2-2:45 nap. However, he was out by 1:40, and instead of waking him at the 45 minute mark I still let him sleep until 2:45. We put him down for bed at 7:30 and he was asleep between 8 and 8:15.

I think I may be paying for the longer nap. He woke up at 5 this morning.  DH put him back in bed, but he never went to sleep. He got up for good at 5:50. Hopefully this was just a one time thing and not a start to early wakings. Guess I will keep the nap at 45 minutes.

[*Ali*]

Yes I expect he was just UT with the longer nap and earlier BT.

[Jsands1984]

We're still doing pretty good. I have varied his nap time between 1 and 2 depending on how early he gets up and how tired he acts, but I am still waking him after 45 minutes.

Nights are going okay. We are still putting him down at 7:30. He was falling asleep between 8 and 8:15, but last night and tonight he didn't. Last night we went out to eat for dinner and by the time we got home it was 7:10 and we didn't have time for his usual bath so we just put him to bed. I don't know if he was wound up from being out later than normal or what, but he didn't fall asleep until 8:50. He woke up coughing at 5:45 this morning (he's been having seasonal allergy problems). He napped from 1:15-2. We put him down at 7:30 like usual, but it was still almost 8:30 before he fell asleep. He is also still getting out of bed 5-10 times at bedtime.

I just keep telling myself we've made a lot of improvement in the last month and we will get there eventually.

[*Ali*]

Yeah mine don't do well when we skip the bath. I think they feel hard done by LOL.

Things are definitely improving I'd say.

[Jsands1984]

He was out in less than 30 minutes last night and did not get out of bed at all! Of course this was probably because we spent 6 hours at the zoo yesterday and he only napped about 15 minutes in the car on the way home. Too bad every night can't be that easy.

[*Ali*]

If only eh?

[Jsands1984]

Still doing good, aside from the fact that he woke up at 5:45 this morning. Plus he's still pretty cranky in the afternoon since we've cut back to 45 minute naps.

[*Ali*]

I actually found my DS1 was happier after a 30 minute nap than he was after a longer one. Apparently it is because they never get into a deep sleep.

[Jsands1984]

I don't want to hear that. This mom needs her naps.  Especially since I've been up until 2am twice this week with false labor.

[*Ali*]

Oh sorry

[Jsands1984]

Poor little man's allergies are getting to him. He was asleep after only 25 minutes and only opened the door once. Unfortunately he was up at 5:45 again this morning. I think he is getting woke up by his coughing and will go back to sleeping better when it's gone. Or at least I hope that's what is causing the EWUs. I feel bad that he doesn't feel good and want to let him nap longer but worry that will cause him to wake up earlier in the morning.

[*Ali*]

Do you think he is OT?
Do you have a Groclock? Are you getting him up at 5.45 or enforcing him waiting for the sun/your wake up time?

[Jsands1984]

I suppose he could be OT. He's been wanting to nap earlier than the usual 1:30 PD. I don't think he's getting good sleep at night with his coughing fits. Would you recommend giving him a slightly longer nap until he feels better?

We don't have a Groclock or anything like that. We had thought about putting a timer on his light when he was waking between 5:30 and 6, but then he started sleeping until 6:30-7.