The 2-1 journey continues....

[Shiv52]

Poor baby boy x

I'd go for 7pm bedtime as he likely needs the sleep if he's ill. Hope he's better soon x

[Joy-filled]

Thanks Shiv. Would you do earlier if he's really tired?

[ZacsMumme]

Let him sleep Hun...and (I know I shouldn't say this) but enjoy the Y time
Hugs to you both poor boy x

[Joy-filled]

Thanks for the input. It is too bad to see A struggle , but I think DH and I will take you up on your encouragement to enjoy the "Y" time. A home movie date night it will be and maybe we'll get another night of uninterrupted sleep .

[Shiv52]

Hugs xx

[ZacsMumme]

Hugs.

[Joy-filled]

A is over the fever but is still quite stuffed up and clingy.  Nights have ranged from getting 6:30-7:30 to 6:50-6:30 and he's gotten from 10.25 hrs night sleep to 12 hrs depending on how much sleep he lost due to difficulty breathing and possibly OTness?  I've stuck with nap at 12:30.  Nap has consistently been broken due to difficulty breathing (and OTness  ) but I've woken him from sleep at 2:30 for fear of too much day sleep affecting his nights.  But I'm wondering if I should let him sleep until 3:00 for his nap while he's getting over his sickness.  Thoughts?

[Shiv52]

If you are happy to do a slightly later bedtime I'd let him sleep on. I hated waking mine though!

[Joy-filled]

Alright - daylight savings question.  Daylight savings is in 2 weeks here and we are setting the clocks back 1 hr. I've read all the stickies on different options but I just wanted your input on what method you think would be best for Aaron.  Part of me thinks he's so inconsistent with his WU anyway and gives a poor nap with poor nights and NWs anyway, what difference will it make to him if his nap and BT suddenly move forward 1 hr.  But perhaps his body clock really is adjusting and it would be a rude interruption to suddenly jump everything 1 hr .   It's hard to tell since he's been sick and so he is getting more night and day sleep (most days/nights) than ever before.  Final WU for the past 2 days has been around 7:00 with a 1.5ish hr nap and BT at 7:00 (frequency and duration of NWs varies). 

At this point, I'm thinking the best plan is to shift things gradually.  So, shift his set nap and BT forward 15 min for a week (12:45 nap, 7:15 BT), then 15 min again the next week (1:00 nap, 7:30 BT).  Then we will move the clocks back 1 hr so his set nap will move forward 15 min but set times will be nap 12:15, 7:45 BT for 1 week and then the following week push forward another 15 min and then we'll be back on track to 12:30 nap and 7:00 BT. 

What do you think?  Gradual or just go with the leap when DST comes and hope it doesn't worsen OT issues?

[ZacsMumme]

Re DLS I always just did it on the day, and if it took a week to adjust after that was ok too YK? Rather than pre-empt it.

How is he Hun? Still sick?

[Joy-filled]

He doesn't have a fever anymore, finally is eating food and drinking and wasn't clingy today so he's almost totally better.  It sure took awhile, though.  His nose is still snotty but at least it isn't a constant thick waterfall flowing down his face .

The difference between A and T/Z is that he never seems to adjust to OTness.  Nothing I do leads to solid sleep.  Even with his sickness he still had broken naps and NWs .  I know it was more due to difficulty breathing than OTness but I am discouraged that 3 weeks on 11:30 set nap didn't improve things and 2+ weeks on 12:30 set nap hasn't seemed to make a difference either.  This boy is just not a good sleeper.  Love him like crazy as he is pure delight otherwise.  But maybe once he's totally better things will take a turn for good?  I keep hoping .  As for DST, maybe I should just do it on the day - it sure would be simpler.

[Joy-filled]

If anyone happens to read this in time, I'm wondering if I should let A sleep past 7:30 this am?  Last night he went to bed at 7 crying, woke 10 min after he fell asleep and until 12:15 spent a good part of the evening/early night until 12:15 awake and crying.  I tried giving him something for his teeth in case it's his molars which still haven't come in, tried nursing him in case he was hungry/thirsty since he's still refusing a lot of milk and food as he's recovering from illness, then I tried rocking him eventually but not even that worked.  He lost about 3.5 hrs of sleep but fortunately once he fell asleep after midnight he has slept pretty solidly until this am.  Should I still wake him at 7:30 for consistency's sake or let him sleep a bit longer since it was not a great night?

Oh....never mind.  Just woke up crying at 7 so he answered the question for me.  Hopefully today goes okay  .

[jessmum46]

Personally I would leave him and get him up at 8am if he hasn't woken by then.  That's what I tend to do with J. 

So with set nap 12.30 and set BT 7pm what length naps are you getting, is he waking/resettling mid-nap and what is happening with your nights currently in terms of NWs?

[Joy-filled]

With 12:30 set nap and 7:00 BT we were getting 1 hr 10 min-ish naps, often broken in the middle until he got sick.  He's been sick for the past week so nap was up to 2 hrs but still broken and we still got multiple EMWs at night. The past 2 days his nap was 1 hr 25 (not broken   ). On one night he slepy until 4:20 then on and off until 6:30, one night he slept straight until 6:45 , one night had multiple NWs from 5:30-7:15 and last night was awful from 7:15-12:15 .

[Joy-filled]

Well, he fell asleep in the car at 11:30 (4.5 hr A) despite me singing at the top of my lungs trying to keep him awake for the literally 7 min drive home from errands.  Clearly tired from 9.5 hr night sleep.  But I woke him up and stuck with 12:30 set nap. He woke as per usual at 1 hr 15 min.  But he fell back asleep  .  It's past 2:30 but I'm going to let him sleep until 3:00.  I know the plan was to not let him nap for more than 2 hrs but since last night was so poor I'm hoping it's okay that I'm letting him sleep 2.5 hrs until 3:00.  I think I should still stick with 7:00 BT too as I'm guessing that even with a 2.5 hr nap since his night was so short he'll still be tired at 7:00?  What do you think?