Hello ladies.
Im back here for the same reason as the last time. Nothing changed since then, nothing! I'm at loss. DD is still having 9/9.5 hrs nights and is really OT. I've tried 1hr nap, 1hr10m, 1hr15m but at the very first day it seems to work and give us a 10hr night but the next day her OT accumulates and her night becomes 9.5hrs then 9hrs. Then I give her either a 1.5hr long nap(which would previously just help her catch up a bit but few days ago it resulted in 2hr long chatty NWU) or a nap of as long as she wants to sleep.
Also this past Sunday we had Daylight Savings time and her day became something like this:
WU 5:50am instead of 4:50
Crib at 1:30 and asleep at 1:45/1:55
WU around 3:00 ish or a bit earlier depending on a nap length I'm trying.
Crib 7:15/7:30
BT 8:00 ish 8:15
Today she woke up at 4:55am (back to her old WU) Her BT yesterday was 7:55 and she napped for 1hr10m
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She is so tired when I try to wake her from her nap that I'm just not able to do it. After opening the door to her room I turn off her white noise and play music in the hole way to help her come to her senses but she just turns around and goes back to sleep which would never happen before.
I don't know what else to do. Nothing
is working. The nights are short, she is miserable, I need sleep too. HELP
I end up leaving her in the crib in the morning for 1hr at least and poor thing is so bored there. She calls me sometimes and when I tell her that it's not time to get up she gets so upset and I don't blame her. I've been very consistent at keeping her in the crib when she has an EWU but she never ever resettled back to sleep. If she is up she is up.
What else can I do? How is it possible that nothing works. I can't believe it .
P.S. I just read 1-0 Transition post on here and it seems that we've tried everything but 1 thing:
"* If LO is sleeping a short night due to the 1-0 try shifting the nap earlier in order to make A time to BT longer. This can work well for LOs who can't deal with a shorter nap."
I don't completely understand how this might help though. This still keeps her day the same length right? So BT is at the same time and I let her nap for as long as she wants? Plus I thought that if the nap is too early it will reinforce the EWU(although she wake early even with a later nap). We've tried giving her a long nap and moving the BT later but she can't quiet handle it and still has either a NWU or EWU. Also I've given her an earlier nap( by 10/15m) but does the above advice mean giving a much earlier nap?
Thanks