10 month old troubles

[babyrose]

I thought we would walk up to school today hoping these guys would have a nap and they did, phew!  Both slept for 30 mins

Lewis 8:50-920
Leo 09:00-9:25

Thought maybe 1:30 til 3 and 7:00 WDYT?

[becj86]

Yep, I'd give that a go.

You may find that they're not quite ready but they're close - they can handle plenty of one nap days in a row but just accumulate that little bit of OT so maybe a two-nap day once or twice a week could stave that off for the next month or so.

[babyrose]

Great will go with that and see how things go, hopefully things will settle down.

[babyrose]

Excellent night, not heard a sound from either of them. Leo still sleeping at 6:45 this morning but lewis on the other hand wide awake at 6. I'm just wondering if 11hr nights is his Max and putting him to bed at 6:30/6:45 is giving us ew's to me but not to him. Maybe move Lewis's day forward but unsure where to go with times etc.

I think carry on with what I'm doing with Leo, I'm hoping the

7wu
11:45 sleep 2hrs
6:15 b/time

Will stick as it seems he enjoys his sleep.

[becj86]

Glad you've found something that works for Leo

How's Lewis' day looking now?

[babyrose]

I'm hoping it sticks with Leo, he slept well today too and hoping for another good night.

Wu can vary its either 5:20 get him back to sleep for another 30 mins or 6am.

11:45 sleep 2hrs
B/t 6:30 tried a couple of times a little later but he just cried as if he wasn't ready.


After me just saying that about Leo, I was a few minutes late putting Leo to bed for 6:15 and he woke 2hrs later really upset. These guys really are keeping me busy!

[becj86]

I wonder if wake to sleep would be worth trying with Lewis?

B/t 6:30 tried a couple of times a little later but he just cried as if he wasn't ready.

Was he perhaps catching a second wind? I guess my concern is that he would be really low sleep needs if he really wanted a later BT than that, IMO, and he hasn't shown that so far. How is he with the 6:30?

[babyrose]

Its always worth a try.
Lewis's day yesterday:
6wu
11:45 sleep 2 hrs
6:17 b/t
Never heard anything from lewis after I left the room, I knew he was exhausted as he always lies on the living room floor as if he's just going to fall asleep right their ( which he hasn't done for a while)
One nw 4:10 for dummy still sleeping just now going to get them both up at 7.both woke up at 6:55

Leo
7:00 wu
11:45 2hrs
6:17 b/time ( woke 2 hrs after being put to bed and 4:30ish upset but managed to settle him until his wake up at 6:55.

[becj86]

6:17 b/time ( woke 2 hrs after being put to bed

See, apart from the inconvenience, this waking is an issue of short-term OT, ie. BT could have been a little earlier, but providing he's having a good night otherwise, its not really an issue and should go as he settles into the routine. The 4:30 waking was possibly triggered by Lewis' 4:10 waking, no?

Those are much better nights, as you get more into one nap, they will need longer nights then the nights will shrink again slowly, so you're doing a great job rolling with their needs

[babyrose]

Thanks, it's so hard trying to remember who woke when and how long for who needs this but overall they both have been great sleepers ( not like the their big bro🙄)

Yes it's definitely possible Leo woke as a result from Lewis waking at that time. So far I've not heard anything from Leo (it's been about 3.5hrs)

When I took Lewis upstairs for bed he cried as soon as I entered the room but went to sleep fine and this was 6:25.

[becj86]

Yes, this is a tricky age, really, anyway. Fingers crossed this one nap routine works for them for a while

[babyrose]

I hope so, last night went well anyway both STTN and woke up 6am. What do you think is best to do on these early wu's an alternate 2 day nap or stick with their set nap at 11:45?

[becj86]

Are you able to do any earlier BT? If not, I'd take that opportunity to throw in a 2 nap day to shift WU later again. Sometimes with the move to one nap, you end up with a 23hr day and need a 2 nap day here and there to get back in synch with the sun, yk?

If you are able to be flexible with BT, you could try for the normal nap time and see how they cope, knowing its a longer A than they're used to so there may be a 30min waking to resettle but that they also may nap for 3hr (delicious when it happens). They may well take a longer nap and still be ready for bed at the normal time.

[babyrose]

I think whenever the wu is 6am and we do just go with the normal nap time Leo seems more unsettled at night where as lewis seems to still have a reasonable night ( 11.5-12hrs) but if I don't get him straight away in the morning he gets more and more upset. Maybe slightly OT with the long day. If u agree maybe as u say a 2nap day may help.

I think Leo would definitely benefit from a longer nap and it may help with the OT nights.would this be enough for the majority of the time for Leo and maybe once or twice a WK have a 2 day nap for both of them. So Lewis would just be doing his normal routine 2hr nap and then couple of two day naps?

I hope I've made sense, I think just rambled!

[becj86]

Yes, so it would probably work fine to have two two nap days in a week so log as they are separated from each other.