^^^ Yes, I think saving my sanity is where I'm at, Clare, thanks! Sometimes I feel like it's going against everything I 'know' about sleep begets sleep, etc. But, I keep trying to get him more sleep and it's just not working!
With the big two, I felt like I had a trick up my sleeve, so when they EW I used it and they were back to a decent wake-up within the next couple days. So, I've been doing the same with C, but he's obviously not falling for it. Old habits die hard, I guess.
Helen - Thanks for sharing your insights. It seems he is LSN and yes, and I can't seem to break the early morning we've gotten into, so there are definite similarities. I guess what scares me off is that he's not the best of nappers either, so holding out for it will likely cause an OT, short nap, but clearly the other option doesn't seem to work either!
Did your DS nap his regular, long nap even after the early start?
I got him til 7+am today by feeding at 4:20 and then APing the heck out of him til he was asleep. I put him in the swing near 5:30? and didn't hear from him til 7. Nap at noon for 1hr+ and settling for bed at 6ish. Probably shooting myself in the foot with that, but he's falling over tired, so I went with it.
That's the thing that will be so hard for me with a set time, as every voice in my head is telling me to get him to bed, and even if he wakes early he will have had more sleep (but I won't be able to resettle him!
). Oh well... I also keep telling myself to just accept it. I mean even if he wakes at 5:30, I can get up and do a workout before the others wake. But, then the rest of his day doesn't really line up with theirs, so it ends up getting messy.
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Ok, will stop writing a diary now, just thinking out loud. Sorry to those of you who were just cheering me on to get rid of the NFs... bet you weren't expecting a super lengthy thread!
Will give the set times a go, thinking I'll aim for 12 nap and 6:30 BT to start.