1 or 2 day sleeps?

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kebakat Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 01 January 1900 Location: Palmy North Points: 10980	Post Options Post Reply Quote kebakat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: 1 or 2 day sleeps? Posted: 22 May 2008 at 3:10pm
	How do I solve this problem... Daniel currently has 2 day sleeps, usually at 10:30am and then again at 2:30-3pm. He use to sleep for over an hour for both of these.. Lately though hes sat around talking in his cot for a good half hour or more and then gets bitchy. Going by that you would think that maybe he only needs 1 day sleep now. Since hes not going to sleep when I pop him down. BUT.. If I only give him 1 day sleep hes irritable and a right grumpy ass. Rubbing his eyes like crazy and yawning. And nearly always when he goes down he will wake himself up by pooping his nappy and then refuses to go to sleep after a nappy change. Should I stick with 1 or 2 day sleeps? If 2 I'll just keep doing his bedtime routine and just hope he figures out again to go to sleep TIA

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FionaS Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 17 April 2007 Location: Auckland Points: 5117	Post Options Post Reply Quote FionaS Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 May 2008 at 3:16pm
	Hmmm, not sure. We went to 1 at 14 months but heaps of kids go to 1 at around 11 months. Maybe try pushing the morning nap back gradually and just offer a shorter afternoon nap if he needs it. If he is resisting his morning nap, it probably means he needs more awake time. I think some degree of grumpiness is inevitable with the 2 to 1 naps switch. It is very common for kids to just to one 40min nap at the start of the switch but it eventually lengthens out in most cases. Also, be aware that it often takes a while for them to settle into 1 so you may have 1 some days and 2 other days...possibly for a couple of months. :)
	Mummy to Gabrielle and Ashley

Kazzle Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 01 January 1900 Location: Porirua Points: 3830	Post Options Post Reply Quote Kazzle Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 May 2008 at 3:25pm
	Rhiannon went down to 1 nap about that age...and i just held her out till about 11.30ish and she slept till about 1.30ish -2pm and was good to go for the rest of the day...its just a matter of trial and error to see what works....


peanut butter Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 20 February 2007 Points: 8044	Post Options Post Reply Quote peanut butter Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 May 2008 at 3:28pm
	how about just letting him chill out in his cot for one of the sleeps. Not quite a sleep but more a rest.

mummy_becks Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 01 January 1900 Points: 14931	Post Options Post Reply Quote mummy_becks Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 May 2008 at 3:32pm
	Josh still has 2 sleeps every now and then. If he only has his morning sleep then it is an early bed time for him.
	I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!

kebakat Members Profile Find Members Posts Senior Member Joined: 01 January 1900 Location: Palmy North Points: 10980	Post Options Post Reply Quote kebakat Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 May 2008 at 3:58pm
	Tomorrow I might try putting him down at 11 and see if he goes down without all the talking. I'd like him to keep to 2 day sleeps because he seems to need it. He's a much happier child when he gets those 2 sleeps.

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