2-1 Transition - how much APOP'ing ok? Napping on us a lot... nervous!

[chauncycay]

Ok whew, yea DF she always woke up for so I'll just wait until the second NW after midnight to give her meds if needed.
Whatever makes her comfy with those big new teeth!

The 11:15a nap apparently she went down immediately but only slept for 35 minutes
She's only a tiny fussy now. We had a good little living room dance party at lunch :-)
We'll see how 4 p nap goes...
I'll try the w2s on the a.m. nap tomorrow -super scared!!! But anything is worth a shot.

(And my spell check is crazy, night weaned, not might weaned :-)

[Kellyjs]

Ha ha don't worry, my autocorrect is awful too. For some reason it doesn't correct lomg into long either 

I would definitely try the w2s hun, it was my saviour. The A time is good, so provided she's not waking from discomfort or hunger this should work. Remember it does take some time to get it right, it's really hard to know if you've roused them enough sometimes, it can be so subtle. Good luck though and keep me posted. Hope you get some of your husbands cooking tonight  xx

[chauncycay]

Awesome thank you! I think they're headed to the market now, mmm :-)
I swear he likes to go with her because she looks exactly like him and all the ladies coo over her :-) tee hee

[Kellyjs]

Lol, love it!  xx

[chauncycay]

Hmm, so I brought the bottle down and little miss is happily sleeping. She was super fussy so dh put her to bed at 3:10. He'll wake her at 4 if she's still down.
So if he's done 11:15a & 3p that's not as far apart as the proposed 11:30a & 4p.
I'll try that tomorrow. If she gets crazy cranky it's raining so our go to calm tactic is a walk which doesn't work in the rain. Eek. She won't car nap typically.
I'll do w2s and pray for a longer am nap tomorrow! Looks like the early BT attempt will happen again today... :-)

[chauncycay]

So yesterday she was
6:45a WU, held in crib to 7a
11:15a 35m nap
3:05p 45 min nap
6:15p bath
6:30p bottle
6:45p lights out after reading
7:40p down (the new usual of almost an hour of crawling/talking up and down in crib, crazy antics...)
And....
Slept through the night!!!!!!
6:20a WU, held in crib until 7a
Woo hoo!!!!!

She's for sine reason super fussy this am. Didn't eat enough so I nursed her again but moved from her room to the living room so she wouldn't fall asleep on me in the nursery and think that was her nap.
9:45a nurse, she cn'd on me maybe 10 minutes on the couch, mostly eating and just relaxed.
Fed her more chicken.
Holding off with distractions/light activity until 11:15 @ least...

[chauncycay]

11:25a nap, down (went in with super sleepy LO at 11:15a)
11:45a w2s, barely breathing change, worked, snuck out ok
11:55a up like clockwork at the 30 minute mark

So we'll cn at 4 (try to make it that long) & early bt
What do I try for w2s timing tomorrow? Earlier or later? I know takes a few days and timing.

[Kellyjs]

Argh that's annoying hun, I would try again tomorrow at the same time and see how it goes xx

[chauncycay]

Well the STTN was a one night deal
Not too bad though.
Yesterday
6:20a up, held in crib pd till 7a
11:25a nap (w2s @ 20 minutes) 30 min
3:40p apop super cranky nurse/nap 30 min
6:15p bath
6:30p bottle
6:45p lights out
7:25p down
11p-1am up and down several times but not too bad. Finally gave her meds and she settled and slept until
6:17a wu, pd once and she slept until 7:05 when I woke her :-)
We'll try for the 11:30a nap with w2s at the 20 minute mark again... xx

[chauncycay]

Hmm so today.
6:17a wu, pd, wake at 7:05a
Super cranky by 10:30a
Waited until 11:20a to go into the room
I thought I had her down but same nighttime antics
11:50a down
w2s at 20 minutes
12:30p up, so at least a 40 minute nap
Ugh.
We'll keep trying! :-)

[chauncycay]

And 4p, 40 minutes.
6:30p bath
6:45p bottle
7:25p down (easier for dh, she didn't crawl around in the crib)

[Kellyjs]

Hmm, we've still only been at this a few days haven't we hun? Wu is getting later though isn't it?

I might try for another coupl of days then maybe look at pushing that first A out again considering she's waking closer to 6.30am now rather than 5.30/45. Wdyt? Xx

[chauncycay]

Well we almost had a perfect night... Up at 1a, but super easy to settle her in ~10 minutes.
Then at 5:15a, super wet diaper, through the pjs, sleep sack, sheets ((((
Took me an hour to get her resettled but she was sleepy babbling. Then I hit a metal piece on the bed when I had her down, trying to lay down in the room near her and woke her up again. She was angry!
So today we're keeping the sane schedule since she's been up since 5:15 basically.
She fell asleep nursing and woke up again crying hard. So tired. But at least she got lots of consecutive hours last night.
We'll definitely push the nap again, should we wait for two more days of consistency?

I'm off to do some more diaper research. We're cloth, no chemicals, to keep her immune system awesome. I know I know, but hey, she's super healthy (minus being woken up by a wet diaper).

[Kellyjs]

Go you and the cloth nappies! I'm sure someone will have used them too, perhaps post on the 'product recommendations' board? You'll be amazed what people know around here 

Yes, I'd keep the same routine for a couple more days then. It was a good night really, except for that blip. I think it is showing she's ready to get closer to one nap really considering these good nights are happening after less day sleep  . Hmm interesting, we'll get there, keep me posted xx

[chauncycay]

Ok whew!
Yes very discouraged about the diaper but I'm researching, there are a crazy amount of cloth nappy folks out there! :-)

So the morning nap was 11:15a in the room, 11:30a down and dh did w2s at 20 minutes & she slept for 45 minutes! :-)
She's increasing in tiny increments :-)
It's amazing she's so active and reasonably happy with these short naps. She's amazing!