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8mo's later..and we still don't have this one nap thing fixed:(
« on: September 25, 2006, 05:23:41 am »
Meg just turned 2 on friday:) When we transitioned to one nap at 16mo's her naps got so crappy. let me start by saying that she has been a great sleeper since about 7mo's old after some long torturous sleep training.
in the last 8mo's we have not got  a decent nap out of her consistently.the longest we got a 1hr 45min to 2hr nap was about 4-5 days. Now that she is in a toddler bed her nap is 45min...this is absolutely NOT long enough..tonight we had to put her to bed at 5:45pm b/c she was falling asleep in her highchair:(.(she wakes up crying and fussy which she does not do when she sleeps longer).
 I've tried most things i think. and when she wakes early from her nap, I tell her its still nap time and put her back, but not once has she ever fallen back asleep. she was like this a ababy too if she woke early. I tried W2S about 4-5mo's ago with no success.
any OTHER suggestions???mostly I NEED  the break....i'm just feeeling so frustrated. she just turned two and if her nap is 45min now soon she won't be napping at all. in the last week we've only gotten 1 2hr nap out of her. feeling helpless to help her get more sleep.
thanks for your help,
Nicole
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Re: 8mo's later..and we still don't have this one nap thing fixed:(
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2006, 05:54:11 am »
I think if I was dealing with a child in a chronically overtired state (and I'm assuming that she is overtired constantly?) - then before you can fix the length of the nap you will need to get her into a rested state imo&e. To do that (which is what I did when DS was switching from 2-1 nap - so a little younger I know) I would make sure he got a catnap later on in the afternoon (so I was able to maintain the normal bedtime to maintain the morning wakeup) even if it meant driving him in the car or walking him in the buggy. That way, once I realised he was well rested (after a week or two), then I could retackle the length of naps - and in fact they lengthened on their own.