Ok. so at 13 months it's not really EASY anymore, but we did have a good routine going. Then Isabella got sick and although it is similar before it now need tweaking....
Pre illness:
7.00 Wake (used to be 8, but was creeping forward), wouldn't want milk for at least 1/2 hr
10.30 hrs awake then nap for 1hr
2.30 - 2.45 nap for 1.5 hrs
7.00 bath and bed
Now:
6.00 - Wake starving - down 7-8oz straw cup of milk
6.30 / 7.00 - Acts very tired and wants to go back to bed for 1.00 - 1.5 hrs
Breakfast when she wakes
Nap 2.5 - 3hrs after she wakes for 1-1.5hrs
Lunch
Nap 2.5 - 3 hrs after she wakes for 1.5 hrs
Dinner
Bath / Milk / Bed 2.5 - 3hrs after she wakes
Now the problem is that since being poorly (teething and ear infection) her solids and milk intake is down quite a lot. Also being a typical toddler, there are better things to do now than sit in her high chair.
She has also been refusing her bedtime milk (although last night she did actually take a couple of oz) which adds to the hunger in the morning.
I try all I can to offer solids and fluids all day, but I can't force her.
My question is - will the milk and back to bed in the morning fix itself when she start to eat / drink more milk during the day and when she is completely recovered or should I try all I can to keep her awake for 2.5 - 3hrs from that first wake up?? She gets very very grumpy if I don't let her go back to bed. It's like she wasn't really ready to get up - just hungry.
Her A times are still shorter than they were. Before she got ill they were 3.5 - 4hrs somedays, but up until a couple of days ago they were only 1.5 hrs!
The waking for milk thing has been happening for just over a week now.
Thanks in advance
Lila xx
