No more day sleeps?
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Topic: No more day sleeps?
Posted By: aimeejoy
Subject: No more day sleeps?
Date Posted: 03 October 2007 at 1:45pm
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Since we ditched the dummy Hannah hasnt been sleeping as well as usual. She is 2 this month. She had been having a nap from about 1-3pm (pretty much straight to sleep), then bed about 7pm until 7ish the next day (maybe taking helf an hour before she went to sleep, just lying there not crying).
Now she isnt settling for her nap until almost 2pm and only sleeping an hour or so, but then she is still awake in bed at 8.30 at night! Am trying her without a nap today to see if she will sleep better tonight, but how do you manage not getting a break? She is currently lying on the couch watching a video, cos she wouldnt stay in her room for quiet time. Any ideas? ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 03 October 2007 at 3:01pm
| I have a friend whose 2.5yo doesn't sleep anymore during the day, unless she is sick or run down etc, and I think her tactics are pretty much the same - having 'quiet time' with a favorite DVD works quite well. Good luck though! |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 03 October 2007 at 3:25pm
| maybe you should go back to the dummy? i thought toby didnt need a day sleep but then i found him falling asleep in the pushchair when i take gabriel to kindy. or maybe you could replace the dummy with a drink.(i know they say its bad for them tho) toby always takes his sippy cup to bed with him. |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 03 October 2007 at 5:02pm
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Hannah went through something like that recently, although without the dummy part. I let her go straight through for a little while, but I made it clear to her at times that I was "having a break" and she could talk to me again in a minute (she can talk all day lol). Anyway, after a day or two she started crashing at all hours so what has ended up happening, is her having an afternoon nap a bit later - and a bit shorter. -------------  |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 03 October 2007 at 5:57pm
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Ermmmm... well I say this all the time, but hopefully it's just a phase.
Hannah has one every now and again where she doesn't sleep well for a few days and I think oh no! She's dropping her sleep!!! But without fail, she goes back to having super long sleeps a few days after that. In saying that, some babes do give up their sleeps early 
Maybe take her for a big walk or encourage some tiring out prior to sleep. Just not too close to sleep time or she'll end up super hyper! (Made that mistake before  )
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 03 October 2007 at 5:58pm
| Anything to do with daylight saving change? |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 03 October 2007 at 6:42pm
Or a stuffed animal.. or something like that. Once I took away the boobie at 13.5 months, Ella stopped sleeping properly during the day. I had to resort to alternate measures of getting her to sleep - pram. That's what we did until she dropped her sleep just over 2 years. She will still sleep occassionly, on long car trips etc.
I use a DVD to get Ella to have a rest. She thinks she is being punished if I try to get her to play quietly in her room (due to her having naps in the pram for a year or so). ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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GandT wrote:Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 03 October 2007 at 7:45pm
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She got a new dolly for bedtimes and I thought about giving the dummy back, but it was a pretty rough week that I dont want to do again!
I will try no sleep for a few days and see how she goes. Hopefully it will come back soon. Although today went really well. This morning we went for a swim then visited my nanny, lunch, quiet time, played outside for a while, played all arvo, then off to bed happy as at 6.30. Thanks for your advice everyone.  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |