day sleep nightmares!
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Topic: day sleep nightmares!
Posted By: xLUCKYx
Subject: day sleep nightmares!
Date Posted: 09 August 2011 at 11:16am
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Just adding this in to see if anyone else shares my dilemma or has been through it...
G & T are just about old enough to go without their day sleeps, usually in the weekend if it's been a quiet day they don't have one and then sleep from 6-7pm. However when they do have an active day they get really tired and do need one, they will usually sleep for about 1.5-2 hours. The only thing is that after this sleep they are up until 9 or 10 at night! We still put them to bed at around 8:30 (latest) but they are awake for yonks! I went to bed before they were asleep last night... at 9:30! We have been in this stage for at least 6 months now... Is this normal? Is there something I can do?? |
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Posted By: buzylizy
Date Posted: 09 August 2011 at 12:04pm
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Perhaps don't let them sleep so long when they do..little 20 minute power nap and wake them up? Don't know but a suggestion..
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Posted By: maya22
Date Posted: 09 August 2011 at 12:56pm
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Flag the daysleep. Seriously, it is not worth it. Plan some quiet time, reading books, something low key at their usual nap time. ------------- DS1 July 2007 DS2 Nov 2010 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 09 August 2011 at 7:03pm
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yip I would drop the daysleep and have quiet time. While they get used to this you could always put them to bed earlier in the evening ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: Shelt
Date Posted: 09 August 2011 at 8:28pm
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I battled this for a few months before I finally gave in and dropped the day sleep. The first week or so I had to actively keep DD awake - I kept her busy with activities over the time when she would have otherwise been asleep. After that she just got into a rythm where she was having enough sleep at night (from falling asleep so much earlier) so didn't need sleep during the day. It was so much easier than what I had imagined and I wondered why I battled for so long to get DD to sleep at night instead of just cutting out the day sleep when she clearly didn't need it. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: pudgy
Date Posted: 09 August 2011 at 9:05pm
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Yep def drop the day sleep. Dd was exactly the same. I did the same as Shelt, kept her busy. Some nights she is in bed at 5.30 . ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 09 August 2011 at 10:21pm
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we are the same here - if eden has a day nap then she is up really late. It wont to have an earlier bed time if they are really tired. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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