Hi!
My DD will be 26 months next week. We have been having on going sleep issues for the last 4 months which have progressively been getting worse. Her EAS which we try to work around is this:
WU: 6-6:30
S 12:30 - 2:30 (capped)
BT 7 pm
However in reality it has not been like this since our problems began. So initially, when she was 22 months, she was taking about 1 and a half to 2 hrs to fall asleep at bedtime. I posted here and a thought was it could be developmental so I left it to just see what happens. At this time she was very settled whilst in her cot at BT and I could easily leave the room, she would then just take ages to drift off!!
I did try a little to move her nap to 1pm and then also cap it to an hr and a half but this did not make any difference so we went back to a 2 hr nap and just tried to wait it out We also tried black out blinds in her room as it is still light here at 7 pm but again this did not make any difference. She was mainly getting about a 9 -10 hr night and having a 2 hr nap.
In the last few weeks everything has gone severely wonky. She has still been taking about 2 hrs to fall asleep at bedtime but resisting it and trying to prolong her wind down routine. She goes to bed with two lovelies and will start throwing them out of the cot and then crying until we give them back to her. The more tired she gets the less she will do this and then eventually fall asleep independently. This on its own I haven't minded too much as generally she has been settled however now she is getting hysterical at both nap and bedtime and not wanting to go down for either myself or my husband.
We have been away for the last week or so and as we were staying with relatives we chose to take her out in the car for her nap. This was because about a week before going she was getting very resistant to nap time and would get very easily upset. After a car journey she would easily transfer to the cot and as BT was an issue we also decided to keep her up at BT so we didn't have two hrs of trying to settle her whilst in someone else house. We actually then noticed that she was much more receptive to going to bed with a later BT. However, yesterday was our first day back and BT was the worst it has been but this could have been made worse by OT. This was her EASY yesterday:
WU 6:50
S: 1:25 - 2:55 pm (capped, tried to put her in the cot but she was hysterical )
BT 8:30 (very upset screaming, had to do wi/wo and in the end cuddled her (as she was head banging) she then asked for her lovelies and laid down and went to sleep at 9:10).
Obviously her day is way too long and I feel yesterday at BT she was actually way OT, but now I feel really lost as to know what to do. She has been pushing her day to about a 15 hr one for about 4 months now and I'm beginning to wonder if this is the start of the 1-0. She has been on one nap since about 13 months but generally I've thought her sleep needs have been average. Teeth are definitely not in the mix. Can this all really still be developmental?
This morning after falling asleep at 9:10 last night she didn't wake until 7:30 am. So I really don't know where to start to get back on track. She is napping now and fell asleep after a car ride at 1:30 and I plan to get her up at 3 pm. We are thinking about then trying an 8 pm bedtime tonight after an hr and a half nap and see how that goes.
Does anyone have any thoughts about all of this?
