I finally have my 18 month old DD on a predictable schedule which at the moment is:
5:30-7:15 wake up (who knows when)
11-11:30 nap (usually until 2:00)
7:15 in crib for bedtime
The problem is that she is up half the night playing and talking in her crib. I never go in there to get her back to sleep as she's not crying, just talking her head off....she usually will do this for about 3 hours a night total ... and while we don't keep our monitors on, she is so loud, it is impossible not to hear her so my husband and I are up too....
Last night we put her in at 7:30 and she was half asleep and half crying until 10:30!!!!!!! Then she woke up a few times to talk and woke up at 5:30 a.m.
I am at wits end here....no matter what we do she just refuses to sleep through. This has been going on for two weeks now and we are all exhausted. Any advice? Should I try putting her in later (I hate to do that as we love our early evenings), cut off her nap at 2 hours??? what should I do?
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Thanks
Jackie