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Perfect naps but not sleeping at night 8mo
« on: October 09, 2013, 11:25:09 am »
My dear son is 8 months old and is a pro at EASY. We started it as soon as he came home from the hospital.
He is following the day time routine perfectly and takes 2 naps 1.5-2hrs long each. He is a really happy boy and can self soothe... During the day. We put him down awake at naps and bedtime so he gets use to falling asleep on his own. Night rolls around though and pupd doesn't work, shush pat, even letting him try to self soothe a few minutes doesn't work. He won't even calm down when I pick him up unless I nurse him. Any suggestions????

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Re: Perfect naps but not sleeping at night 8mo
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2013, 12:18:31 pm »
Sorry to hear you're having drama! We did at around that age too. How many times does he wake a night and how long before bedtimes does he wake up from his day sleep. Is he feeding/eating lots during the day?

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« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2013, 13:17:53 pm »
Thanks for the response. He is waking up anywhere from 3 times a night to every hour!  His last nap ends no later than 3 or 4 and he goes to bed around 7:30.  He is still bfing so I nurse him after each nap and before bed. He eats solids for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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Re: Perfect naps but not sleeping at night 8mo
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2013, 09:28:21 am »
Hi there,

Can you pls post your routine? Anything new/developmental he may be working on? I wonder if he's possibly having too much daytime sleep, which may be affecting his night sleep .....

Will wait for your reply  :)



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Re: Perfect naps but not sleeping at night 8mo
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2013, 10:45:50 am »
We have been doing the same routine for a while now and regardless of a 1 or 2 nap day, he still won't sleep at night. This is his routine...


6 Months & Beyond Schedule

Wake & Feed 6:30-7
Activity 7:30
Nap 9-9:30
Breast/Bottle (snack) 10:30-11
Activity 11:30
Lunch (solids) 12:30
Activity 1-1:30
Nap 2:30-3
Breast/Bottle (snack) 4-4:30
Activity 5:00
Dinner (solids) 6:00
Bath/Bedtime ritual 6:30-7
Bedtime 7-7:30

Then he wakes for the first time no later than 10pm, then proceeds to wake every 1-2 hours the rest of the night.  Pick up put down doesn't work since he won't even calm down when I pick him up. Shh pat doesn't work either, he's too alert for that.  The only thing that calms him down is nursing! Please help, I am so exhausted and starting to feel the physical reprocussions of not getting sleep!  :)











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Re: Perfect naps but not sleeping at night 8mo
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2013, 11:58:10 am »
I wonder if you push his nap back a little while to increase awake/activity time? Maybe just in short increments to start with? It might be the ot/ut thing??

Sorry I'm not much of an expert it took me a while to work Islas routine out to.

Other things to think about could be teething/temperature??

Stay strong it'll get easier xx

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Re: Perfect naps but not sleeping at night 8mo
« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2013, 23:43:04 pm »
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We have been doing the same routine for a while now and regardless of a 1 or 2 nap day, he still won't sleep at night.
Just wondering.. is he taking 1 nap some days?

At 8 months, we were doing
6am - wake
9-10am - morning nap
1-2.30/3pm - afternoon nap
6/6.30pm - bedtime

Can you think back to when have the frequent night wakings started occurring? You could try the Gentle Removal Plan to wean some of those night feeds.



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