I always thought my 16 mos old DS was a good sleeper. He seemed to sleep about 11.5 hrs at night, and we finally got to about 2 hrs during the day (or so I thought). But he still seemed to be EXHAUSTED by about 9 am, and again by about 5 pm. I could not understand why his transition to one nap was so rocky (took about three months).
Well, then I got a video monitor. I have discovered that Nathan wakes about 5 - 6 am, and just sits there! Not talking, no crying, just sits up, holding his blanket and facing the door, waiting! I don't get him from his crib until 7, so he sometimes waits an hour or two. Again, for his nap, he is only sleeping a bit over an hour before he wakes and waits.
So I figure that he is only sleeping about 11 hours total. No wonder he is so tired. I would try wake-to-sleep, but he is SUCH a light sleeper that even moving the door handle to his room wakes him completely. I would like to get a white noise machine, but to be honest, I have no clue what it is. Is it an actual machine, or a CD? Also, anyone know of a wake-to-sleep machine? I just need a robot device to tap his back so that I don't have to enter the room and chance waking him up. LOL
Thanks for letting me vent. I know that I am so lucky that he doesn't wake crying, but things are not working the way they are...