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Offline hana1978

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« Reply #30 on: September 20, 2005, 08:27:21 am »
Not so good (see above post)  :roll:  :cry:  :roll:
Not only will he not go past 45mins but go down altogether!
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« Reply #31 on: September 21, 2005, 19:47:17 pm »
We're doing better the last day or two.  Yesterday I tried going in around 35-40min and staying with her over the 45minute transition, but I was in there for 45 minutes and she would scream for a couple minutes, sort of calm down for maybe a minute, then scream again.  I finally couldn't handle it anymore after about 45min and left (she woke up soon after). 

Her last nap yesterday and then this morning I just left her and she would cry for a minute or two a couple of times, and then she kept sleeping.  Much easier on me and a better result in the end too.  I don't know if maybe me being there was more stimulating than helpful?

We've been working on extending the awake times as well, she initally starts getting fussy around 45min to an hour of wake time, I've been taking her to change her diaper at that point, seems to distract her and put her in a good mood for a little bit.  Then as it gets closer to nap time I've been holding her and walking around the house or reading to my older one.  Doing this we've been going 1hr10min - 1hr 30min in the last couple days, which has seemed to help her naps too. 

Happy to be making a little bit of progress!
Dawn mommy to Gavin (5/2/02), Abby (7/8/05), and Rachel (5/28/07)

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« Reply #32 on: September 21, 2005, 21:56:14 pm »
I needed a sleep today and was able to watch Noah attempt to resettle himslef without interveneing or disturbing him. it reassured me that he is fine when i don't go back in. He did resettle for a while but had had a really disturbed day for one reson and another and so eventually i had to giev in, but it showed me that in fact he can do it, and i am not harming him.
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« Reply #33 on: September 23, 2005, 13:29:15 pm »
My DS also takes 45min naps & wakes up crabby so I know he needs more sleep.
How many of your LO's are sleeping thru the night?  I've heard that babies sort out their night sleep before their naps so maybe that's the problem??
Of course Tracy also says in her book that good, long naps lead to a more relaxed baby who will sleep better at night!   :lol:

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« Reply #34 on: September 26, 2005, 14:37:17 pm »
Hi Mstormin,

My dd is now sleeping straight through the night from 7:30PM to 6:30AM (with no dream feed-she never took to it so we have never done it).  I strated her on cereal at 4 mos. but she is also 17 pounds so my ped. told me to do what i thought was best so here we are and she is doing great.

You are right that babies sort out night sleep first.  My dd has always been great at night, only 1 night waking since she was 4 weeks old, but a horrible napper.  Once i really decided to sort her out for her naps it was mainly teaching her to fall asleep independently, which took only a week or so, then it was a matter of tweeking her awake and nap times to best suit her.  She still now has a few snags with 45 minute naps but I can usually get her back to sleep with a few butt pats!

I also think that a very structured day has helped.   I needed to get back to work and I needed a schedule for the nanny, she is always at home for her naps, in her crib with the same wind down routine, even her activity time for the most part is very consistent day to day-not very exciting for mommy but it has payed off.  We do of course have a family fun day once a week and we go out in between her naps ect...which is easier now with 4 hour EASY!

Anyway-I have gone on and on...sorry!  Hope that helps!

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« Reply #35 on: September 26, 2005, 21:31:00 pm »
I thought that the re-settling would come naturally too with all the independent sleep training. My ds falls asleep every time on his own and was taking beautiful naps. He is 14 weeks old and transitioned great to the 4-hr easy about three weeks ago. He was staying awake about 1.5-2 hours and sleeping 1.5-2 hours. After the 45 m. mark I would watch him wake up put his legs in the air, make a bunch of noises but then eventually fall back asleep. Well no more. For the past week he has not been able to re-settle himself and getting him back to sleep is just not working. It seems he has regressed in the amount of awake time, I can't seem to push him at all. He just seems bored and fussy all the time. Maybe I am overstimulating him? After about an hour of awake time, no matter what I do, he seems to just cry and act tired. Maybe if I used less of the gym and chair and other things, he would last longer. I feel I give him plenty of quiet play, I've begun to turn off the t.v. and just interact with him. I suppose I should try an even lower stimulating time so we can get longer naps. I am just not sure what has changed in him.

What about doing the wake to sleep method for the nap? Has anyone had any luck with this? Do you actually wake him or just wait for him to first stir and then hold down his shoulders?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
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« Reply #36 on: September 26, 2005, 21:35:33 pm »
I just noticed there are more pages to this thread! Silly me, I am sure I will find more answers if I just read on....

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« Reply #37 on: September 27, 2005, 00:19:36 am »
jennifer - my DD is likes your LO. I find it hard to push her past 1 hour of awake time.

She can go to sleep brilliantly but sometimes needs help transitioning, the first sleep of the day is usually the best. So why can she transition in the first sleep of the day and at night but not the other sleeps.

I have started trying to extend her awake time to 1.5 hours but don't know if this is causing the issue with naps. I am so sick of naps and having to resettle, which only works sometimes and doesn't seem to be getting any quicker - still takes 20-30 minutes.