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Re: "typical" A time
« Reply #105 on: April 28, 2006, 13:26:46 pm »
Katy - what time is it there?  Are you on your computer at, like, 6am?!
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Re: "typical" A time
« Reply #106 on: April 28, 2006, 13:37:11 pm »
ssh, yes! sad, i know. but DS is gurgling, and that durn bird is back at the bathroom window. in a flash of inspiration i put up a copy of one of my trashy mags, hoping that the pictures of angelina and brad would scare it away, but that worked for all of like three minutes. and now theron is squawking, which means no chance of going back to sleep.

this is going to be a day! and i stupidly didn't go to sleep till 11pm...



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Re: "typical" A time
« Reply #107 on: April 28, 2006, 13:55:19 pm »
Oh that's funny  ;D  Do you think Theron is trying to impersonate the bird?!
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Re: "typical" A time
« Reply #108 on: April 28, 2006, 15:50:31 pm »
 ;D

Well .... DH opened all the windows last night because he was hot (??!) so I woke up at 5am freezing and when I shut the window Zander stirred and then woke fully at 5.30am.  I tried in vain to get him back to sleep until 6.15am when I gave him a 10 minute bf and put him straight back down.  I've been giving him a little afternoon snack lately but yesterday I think I gave him too much too late so he didn't eat much dinner which is probably why he was hungry this morning.  I planned to get up at 7am but had accidentally turned the volume down on the alarm clock so we all slept in (DH was late for work!).  Next thing I know it's gone 8am and I can hear Zan chattering away.  He had 30 mins this morning and 1.5 hours this afternoon (with 5 mins in the middle getting him back to sleep).  So it's been a bit of a weird day which is annoying because I wanted to stick with the routine we used yesterday - we'll be back on track tomorrow!

I don't know what the deal is with his night wakings at the moment.  Last night he started screaming at around 10pm and nothing would calm him down.  He kept getting up on his arms and looking at me then trying to settle again and then repeating.  He started crying when I was leaving the room which he doesn't usually do so I spoke to him from the door and he seemed ok again.  He started crying again not long after and I stayed sat on the floor in his room for a while watching him and he couldn't sit still, like he was trying to crawl in his sleep.  I think he's just starting to think about crawling - a few moments ago he was led on the floor here in a crawling position but crying too!  I sat him up and now he's happily playing with a calculator.  A few times during the night he cried out but didn't really wake up which was good.  I think maybe we have teething, separation anxiety and learning to crawl all affecting his sleep.  What do you think?

Thanks for asking after us!

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Re: "typical" A time
« Reply #109 on: April 28, 2006, 16:05:48 pm »
I am going to get a fantastic sleep tonight and a long-lie tomorrow, I can feel it in my bones.......
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Re: "typical" A time
« Reply #110 on: April 28, 2006, 17:58:34 pm »
Do you considering crawling "sliding"? Just these past two days Ella is in locomotion, she will come across a whole room and go from kitchen to diniing room to family room by pulling herself and sliding along and is following me but getting frustrated when she can't go fast enough to catch up so she cries out. She isn't using her knees yet, but mostly scrunching up like an inchworm. So can I say she is crawling? ;D
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Re: "typical" A time
« Reply #111 on: April 28, 2006, 18:12:43 pm »
We're having strange night wakings as well.  We're getting a wakeup around 1am, one around 3am and we feed, and then around 5am again.  She'll shout out for us to come see her, but we ignore her.  Sometimes she gets fussy and we'll replug the paci.  Sometimes it helps, sometimes she just has to fuss herself back to sleep. 

Katie sleeps very little at daycare - like 2 naps lasting 30-45 minutes. So she might get 1-1.5 hours of naps when dad picks her up at 3pm (pickup time can be anywhere from 1pm to 4:30pm).  So when she gets home (or on the way home), she takes a "power nap"  and can sleep like 2 hours.  So her total daytime sleep is around 3hours (although very lopsided).  But, I think our problem is that she's getting such a long nap very late in the day.  She'll wake up from it anywhere from 4pm to 6pm.  I don't think she's getting tired enough for bedtime and a long nighttime sleep cuz the A time is short before bed.  (Shouldn't that be growing into the longest one?) 

So, would you smart mommies limit the daytime sleep, waking her from her nap so that she has a long 3hr A time before bed?  Even if this means that her daytime sleep would only be about 2hrs total?  Or is it more of an overtired thing and should I focus on getting her optimal daytime sleep and adjust bedtime accordingly?

On the weekends, she doesn't have trouble taking 1.5 hr nap in the am and the pm.  Sometimes she needs more (I think she's catching up from the lack of sleep during the week).
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Re: "typical" A time
« Reply #112 on: April 28, 2006, 18:33:51 pm »
So, would you smart mommies limit the daytime sleep, waking her from her nap so that she has a long 3hr A time before bed?  Even if this means that her daytime sleep would only be about 2hrs total?

Casey
That sounds like a plan, I personally wake Calum from his last nap if he is going to mess up bedtime by napping late. He also usually takes a short and long nap or recently 2 v.short and one power nap. You can only try it for 5 - 7days and see if it makes any difference - you may need to pull it back gradually maybe 15mins every day  :-\.

Yes, the last 'A' time should be the longest. If Calum where to wake from his last nap at 6pm, it would be 2130 before he would go to bed and sleep.
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Re: "typical" A time
« Reply #113 on: April 28, 2006, 19:39:27 pm »
I agree Casey, sleeping too late in the afternoon can have an adverse affect on night sleep.  It's just a shame Katie gets such little sleep in daycare  :(  Zander woke at 3pm today and went to bed at 7pm which is about his limit.  His other A times are around the 3 hour mark.

Let us know how it goes.

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Re: "typical" A time
« Reply #114 on: April 28, 2006, 19:41:38 pm »
Calum is away to MIL/FIL for the night, so DH & I can test-drive our new refurbished local pub  ;)
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Re: "typical" A time
« Reply #115 on: April 28, 2006, 19:57:19 pm »
That's great Lauren, have fun  ;D  I haven't left Zander overnight yet - might build up to it over the next couple of months!

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Re: "typical" A time
« Reply #116 on: April 28, 2006, 20:24:56 pm »
Oooo, Lauren!  How fun!  Have a pint for me!
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Re: "typical" A time
« Reply #117 on: April 28, 2006, 23:46:47 pm »
Casey & Kelly
I have had many pints for your both  ;)
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Re: "typical" A time
« Reply #118 on: April 28, 2006, 23:49:44 pm »
Yay!!!
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Re: "typical" A time
« Reply #119 on: April 29, 2006, 06:25:25 am »
I still woke up at 0701  :o :o :o :o :o
Lauren x