6 mth advice

[momofclaire]

Good luck Lisa let us know how it goes.

[Layla]

Shimzy - I feel for you as Jasmine was the same. Totally inconsistent and we had nightwakings of up to every 3 hrs at 6 months. Hers were more to do with hunger, i believe cause she was only taking a small amount during the day and making up for it at night.

I know you say she will not have a catnap but do you think maybe you should try to re-introduce it. Even though at 6 months some babies are ok with 2 naps, Isabella had hers until she was 9 months and Jasmine still takes hers. Maybe you should try to take a step back and give her less A time. So if she wakes, put her down for nap 1 at 9am (A time in the morning is usually shorter than other A times during the day). An hour nap is still a good nap, it doesn't have to go for 1.5-2 hrs. In fact, Isabella was always taking a short nap in the morning and was fine with that. Then try to bring her pm nap to 12.30pm & then a catnap around 4ish (no later than 5pm) and a bedtime around 7ish. Is this what her day used to look like before?

Just a thought
Layla

[shimzy]

Yes her day USED to be
7am wake up
9am nap
10:30 wake up
12:45pm nap
2:15ish wake up
4:50ish cat nap until 5:20-5:30 and then bed at 7

Then I changed things because she was having short naps for up to 2 wks. It helped for awhile and then went array

[Layla]

Honestly, I think maybe you should try to get back to that schedule. What's a short nap? Was it an hour short or shorter. Jasmines naps went funny at 7 months, she was taking a long am nap but her afternoon nap all of a sudden went short to 45 mins. She'd wake up cranky so I knew she needed a longer nap. It was suggested to me to drop the catnap, which I attempted BUT s**t hit the fan and she was an even worse sleeper (at night especially). I then attempted w2s for her afternoon nap, kept the catnap and she went back to sleeping better at night. I don't think its always about having a certain amount of A time, I think some can handle it and some can't. Jasmine's A times are surprisingly 3hrs in the morning and only 2.5 in the afternoon and before the catnap its back to 3 again. Even with the catnap ending at 5:45, she'll go down for the night at 6.30pm and will wake anywhere from 6-6.30pm. Her morning and afternoon nap can range anywhere from 1hr-1.5hrs.

Layla

[shimzy]

Regularly her naps last 1.5 hours. Sometimes they will be 1.75 to 2 hours but that is just sometimes.

So it wasn't a huge decrease in nap time from 1.5 hours to just 1 hour but in the course of the day thats 1 hour of lost sleep (.5 times two).

I tried to offer her a cat nap last night but she would have nothing to do with it. She slept from 6:30 - 2am. I went off to make her a bottle and came back and she was sleeping again (I obviously misread that cue) and she woke again at 6am and wouldnt go back to sleep. So I brought her into bed with us becuase she was getting upset and she just laid there and stared at the ceiling until 645am.

Today I am going to try this routine as I know she can handle a longer A time in the morning so something like this; Let me know what you think:

7am - Bottle
8am - solids
9.30am - Sleep (aiming for 1.5 hrs)
1pm - Bottle
2pm - Sleep aiming for 1.5hrs
6pm - Bath
6.30pm - Bottle
7pm – Sleep

She does really well with 3 hours to 3.5 hours awake time before bed. Anything other than that and she wakes continually until 10pm (starting at about 8pm). She is usually in bed by 6:30pm these days and if cat napped starts waking at about 8pm. When I dropped the cat nap there was no wake ups and continues to be no wake ups until around 2 or 3 am which is when things went haywire. Except last night...

 

[Layla]

Maybe her body is adgusting then to the longer A times & her new routine. Sounds like she did really well last night!!!

Your routine sounds great! See how today goes & let me know.

Good luck! 

[shimzy]

Well today was just a gem of a day.

She woke at 6:45 ( a little earlier than usually but oh well!).  I put her down for a nap at 9:15 (so at the 2.5 hr mark) and she napped until 11:05am.

I then laid her down for her second nap at 1:45pm as she was yawning profusely. She napped until 3:30 

That is two naps of 1hr 45 mins! Yay Madison!! lol.

She comes and goes with days like these. I am guessing now that 6 months is coming and going that she will get used to this routine and things wont change up much until closer to 8 months. Am I wishing on a star? lol... my son did this too and things worked out. Here's hoping she got some of those genes!

[Layla]

How did today go?

[shimzy]

Well feb 1st was very much the same great day. I laid her down about 9:20 for her morning nap. She slept until 11am. Again for the afternoon I laid her down at 1:35ish and she napped until 3:10. Was in bed for the night by 6:45 and she slept until 2:30 where i heard her chatting. I didn't respond though and she went back to bed until 7:10am. IT was a good day/night.

But as usual things don't always stay the same  Her brother woke in the middle of the night last night puking everywhere. I'm hoping she doesn't get it but... I'm not getting my hopes up. 

[Colin Macs Mom]

Ew    I'm sorry! It really is always something isn't it?

[shimzy]

Yah poor boy is crashed out in bed right now. Its noon and he doesn't want to eat. Thats ok though, I know he can eat when he wants 

Madison and I caught up from the lost sleep taking care of pukey boy last night. I laid her down at 9:30 and we both slept until 11:30 lol...I forgot to set my alarm. I hope she naps this afternoon 

[Colin Macs Mom]

Sometimes you just have to do what you have to do! 

[shimzy]

That's right...she's such a muffin... She's been sneezing and rubbing her nose all morning so maybe she's getting a cold... *sigh* can't wait for spring to get here lol...

[Colin Macs Mom]

Well the groundhog didn't see his shadow this morning so you might get your wish!