UPDATE 20mo - bedtime shenanigans & EW STILL - now nap time shenanigans too!!!

[Haribo2012]

  fingers crossed for a good night x

[Mackjack]

Not much progress here really.  More than anything what I need right now is any tips at all on how to stop him taking his nappy off at nap and bedtime.  It is driving me to total lunacy.  Today he took it off 5 or 6 times at nap and BT. I have to sit staring at the monitor then frantically run upstairs to get it back on.  I don't talk to him,  don't takehim out of the cot,  don't put the light on and still be keeps doing it.  There is no item of clothing I can put him in that he can't remove.

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

Sleeper on backwards? Sleepsack with side zip that has a snap cover (grobags are like this, so far have stopped DD3 from being able to remove them). Cloth diaper cover with snaps over top of regular diaper? Lol can you tell I have had 2 out of 3 kids who are clothing houdini's?

[Mackjack]

Thank you!  Have tried backwards sleep suit.  He's not been in a sleeping bag for months as he just would not keep it on. Could try the cloth nappy idea.  I'm glad you know my pain! !!

[Haribo2012]

Thanks for the suggestions Heidi...I was lucky with my DS didn't have this he's just an EW x

[Mackjack]

Ladies.....This is getting totally out of hand.  He is stripping completely at least 5 times every nap and BT - it can take up to an hour.  The last 2 nights he has not fallen asleep til 8pm and then woken at 6am.

DH is at home with him today and just called me in total exasperation saying he has put him down for a nap and he has stripped 7 times so far and just weed all over his cot. DH is giving up and has taken him out of his cot - he's going to give him no nap today. 

When he does nap he is reeally tired when we wake him and often tries to fall asleep again on the sofa. Haribo - is this the start of the 1-0 do you think?  Is he messing about because he doesnt want the nap then messing around at BT because the nap has made him UT but then not getting enough sleep at night because of all the messing...etc etc.  What do you think? ??

[Haribo2012]

Oh hun what a pain for you. How is he with no nap days have you had any yet?

Rather than no nap if you dont feel he is quite ready could you take a strategic drive around say 2.30pm and see if nods off and let him have just 20-30 mins?

If its a no nap day make BT early so you dont run into OT messing.

Have you looked at this thread, might be useful to join in if you feel you heading down the nap dropping route     

Support for dropping the nap part 12

[Mackjack]

No this will be the first no nap day. Yes we do the school run at 3.25 in the pram - do you think that's a bit late? DEFINITELY going to do early Bt tonight - I think he will either crash out straight away or go completely doolally with OT.
Does 20 months seem stupidly early for 0-1? Will definitely look at the thread. X

[Haribo2012]

If it was just a quick 20 min CN it should be fine...my DS sometimes nods off at that time and doesn't make much difference on the odd occasion.

It is early but some to drop early, Heidi who's commented on this thread has an early nap dropper in her DD3, sometimes it's just a developmental blip but you might need to apop naps for a while till you work out what's going on.

How's the day gone?

[Mackjack]

Terrible. He haD no nap and DH took him to bed for 6pm. 45 mins of repeatedly removing his nappy. I don't know what on earth to do.

[Haribo2012]

I don't know what to say with the nappy removing as we didn't have that...maybe just remain consistent and out back on saying no we leave on its night times.

Hopefully he will sleep well for you x

[Mackjack]

Thank you. I just don't know whether to try to give him a nap tomorrow or not.  I don't know what he wants/needs anymore.  I guess I just have to see how tonight goes - any NWs or an EW - and take it from there....

[Haribo2012]

I would see how your night goes, but I'd prob still offer a nap even if it's a quick CN to get him to BT.

If will get better Hun you might find the nappy thing is a phase he gets bored with soon x

[Mackjack]

Thank you. I hope so! He's been doing it on and off for about 5 months!

[Haribo2012]

Are you using pull ups or normal nappies?