9 month old routine? HELP!

[amelaugh]

Hi ladies,

I am desperate for some advice from you   

My almost 9 month old will not sleep past 6am. It never happens. My OH works abroad a lot and I am on my own, so an extra hour in bed would be like gold to me 

Below is her routine. The things I have tried are, black out blinds and curtains, bedding, different nappies, bringing her bed time forward by 15 and 30 mins, everything really! 

6am - Wake
7am - Bottle
8am - Solids
8.30am - Nap. This nap is usually 40 mins but can be 90 mins at times.

9.20am - Awake.
11.30am - Start lunch - solids
12.30 - Bottle
1pm - Nap. Usually for around 1.5 hours, but can be 40 mins also.

3pm - Sippy cup with a couple of oz in.

4.30/5pm -  Dinner solids
6pm - Bath
6.30pm - Bottle
7pm -  Bed

Any advice would be greatly appreciated 

PS - Just as a side note - she was a serious catnapper and having 3 x 40 mins naps per day. So I increased her awake time in the morning and afternoon to eliminate one of them.

[Buttonbobs]

Hi there.

Have you seen this thread about A times?

What are A times and how do they fit into the EASY plan?

For a 9 month old those A times are still quite short - many LOs are managing 3-4hrs by this age. I would suggest you push that first A a little longer and you should get a more consistently long first nap. When you get that, push out the second A too.

You also have quite a long gap between the second nap and BT - stretching the A times should help even things out a bit through the day. What do you think?

[amelaugh]

Thanks Buttonbobs 

I am going to try pushing the morning nap out to 3 hours this morning 

I suppose I am worried I keep her up too long, then she is OT and only sleeps 30 mins or so, so is exhausted for the rest of the day. It's all trial and error though!

Interestingly, yesterday she woke at 6.15am, and due to her teeth bothering her she didn't have her first nap till 9.15am and she woke at 6.45am this morning!

[amelaugh]

I kept her up for 3 hours this morning. She woke at bang on 40 mins, let out a few baba's, then slept again for a grand total of 1hr and 45 mins!

Yaaaaay!

Now how long do I keep her up for the next nap?
3 hours again? She woke at 11.30am, so 2.30pm would be about right seeing she goes to bed at 7pm.

[Buttonbobs]

Fantastic, it sounds like a plan to me

[amelaugh]

2nd nap 1 hour and 15 mins!

[Buttonbobs]

Not bad, I would stick with the same A times for a few days and perhaps shift a little bit more when you see how that goes. Keep me posted 

[amelaugh]

Will do. Thanks. I'll stick with the 3 hourly till the weekend and see how it pans out. 

[brummum]

Hi both, just claiming my spot so I get notified of any updates. Good luck amelaugh!

[amelaugh]

She still woke at 6am.

These 6 o'clock starts are driving me mental. Nothing I do helps her sleep longer.

[anna*]

Honestly though hun of bedtime is 7pm, shea getting 11 hrs overnight and that's a full nights sleep. Some babies just don't do 12 hrs at night.

[amelaugh]

True. I need to relax that she's getting enough.

[Buttonbobs]

Agreed I think if you're generally getting good naps, undisturbed nights, and a happy baby then the LOs sleep needs are probably being met.

[amelaugh]

I kept her up the 3 hours this morning and she had another 40 min nap. Arrrrrgh! 

[brummum]

Sounds like UT still hon, 3hrs is still on the low side for her age. If she is coping oky with the 3hrs I would increase that a time again if it were me.