Support for dropping the nap part 11

[Aishi]

I pd at 5.50 to be asleep for 6 but she didn't fall asleep till 6.15 so an 11.5h day. She seemed happy enough so I'm hoping she's not ot. Fxd for a good night!

[rachsk8]

We got an 11.5hr night so I'm happy with that!! :-D One NW but not at 11.20... Did w2s so let's see if a few nights of that can help eliminate that habitual wake. :-D

[Aishi]

That's great news each! If you do w2s 7 days in a row hopefully that should.do the trick!

[bongabees]

Hang in there! I wanted to just let you know that I *think* (FX I am not jinxing it) we are almost at the end of the transition and there is light at the end of the tunnel... We did W2S for 5 mornings at 4am and it seems to have worked. At the moment we are doing BT 12 hours after WU and he is doing about 12 hour nights FINALLY! After about 6 months of EWs, short nights, capping naps, NWs, BT messing around! etc etc! We still have a very OT whiny boy most afternoons, but he seems to be a lot happier. Now when he has a nap, even 15 mins, it wrecks his BT and we get a short night again, so there is no looking back.

Just wanted to say, when your child is ready, it will get easier, you will find your routine again.  Good luck!

[rachsk8]

Yippee!!!! :-D Geeat news Bongabees!! I think we are just behind you... Last nap really messed us up for the next few days after, and finally we seem to be getting some ok ONS and a few nights of ebt seems to help him catch up on lost sleep. Yep still get a tired kid but he's handling it better.

What a marathon this transition is!!!!

[Aishi]

Yay bongabees! That's great news! Hope it lasts for you x

[PineapplePrincess]

Hello ladies! I haven't posted in a while. I see that some of you took the plunge and your kids are at the tail end of the 1-0. We seemed to have taken a step back. Since school started for my lo, he has been napping daily. We don't get high sleep totals,,but he seems much happier with a very short nap and later bedtime for now. He has been sleeping 9-7:15 with a 45 min nap. Even if he wakes early, I still try and keep the nap no longer than a hour or he will muck till 10 pm. One day he had a short night and I gave a 1.5 hour nap. He didn't go to bed till 10 and still woke up at 7 am.

We do skip naps for special times like parties or all day outings. We took him to the county fair on Thursday. He was fine till close to bed time. Then he got super cranky and whiny. I put him to bed at 8 and he slept till 7:15. 11-11.5 total sleep seems to be pretty common at this age, so don't worry if you get an 11 hour night sometimes. Our pediatrician mentioned that at 2 sleep averages 12 hours and closer to 3 it's more like 11/11.5.

[rachsk8]

That's reassuring PineapplePrincess... We were getting 11hrs and still no nap (some days have been fairly quiet/indoors as it's winter here), but still no nap, so it seems like DS has made the decision that he's done! :-/

That's great if you are still getting a nap and good ONS!

[haribo89]

pineapple princess post got me wondering, how much total sleep are your LOs having and how old? Has there sleep increased or decreased along the 1-0?
My DD turned 2 Saturday and has only been sleeping 10.5-11.5hrs in 24hrs for the last 6 months. Shes now refusing naps 2-4 days in a row.

[jessmum46]

2 and a half today, averages 12-12.5h in 24h, not napping now.  Total sleep probably stayed relatively stable over past few months of 1-0, though some days was as short as 11h total then others would do 13h+ to catch up.

[rachsk8]

2yrs 8mnths, sleeps anything from 10.5hrs (on a bad night) to 12.5hrs on an exceptionally good night.  Averages around 11-11.5hrs in 24hrs at a guess.  Quite up & down however.  Hasn't napped in almost 2wks now...

When he was napping regularly (he stopped napping every day right about his 2nd birthday) he was doing 10hrs ONS + 1.5-2hrs nap, so still in the 11.5-12hr range back then.  I guess he has decreased a little in the last 6 months or so?

[Aishi]

2.5 on the 17th but in early stages of 1-0. Before nap dropping was averaging 13-13.5h. Now it's 11.5-12.5h on nnds and 13h on nap days. Still varying a bit.

[*Becky*]

M is 3 years 1 month and needs 12-12.5 in a 24 hour period. She averages around 12 I think with usually 1 hour in the day and 11 at night.

[Aishi]

Ugh dd woke at 5.15 this am we've been doing one nap day followed by nnd. It was working well. Yesterday was wu 6, nap 12.45-2 capped (had to be somewhere), BT 7.30.

Wwyd today?

[rachsk8]

What time have you been doing BT on NND's Aishi?  I'd still offer a nap on an EW, but capped still, and if no cigar then an EBT.  I use my LO's moods as a guide also.   ((Hugs))  I hear you on the EW's... they are sucky!!

My own news is that DS STTN last night!!!!  (Excuse my excitement, but this is a rarity in this household, lol).  He did 11hrs, 7pm-6am so I was actually really thrilled with that.  And he's been good all day today, went for another 6.30pm BT, but seems after a low-activity day (weather here is rubbish at the moment) he tends to do 11hr ONS.  So, I have my FX for another good night tonight!!!