Our biggest fear was that Ian wasn't waking up
from naps and bedtime dry so we were a little skeptical about parts of your method.
Not exact matches
Her current schedule is feedings at 6 am, 9:30, 1:00, 4:30,
and 7 pm
and she sleeps /
naps from 6 to 7 am, 10:30 to 12:30, 3:00 to 4:00,
and 5:00 to 5:30 when I pick her up
from daycare, then
bedtime is 8 pm.
Mark the time he gets up in the morning
and from naps with the letter «U.» Use a «D» to show when you put him down for a
nap or at
bedtime.
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Rowan's room was already thoroughly baby - proofed
from our floor bed adventures, but I also posted a list of additional things to do / check before every
nap and bedtime so we wouldn't forget: lock the trashcan, make sure the blind cords are up
and the closet doors are completely closed.
8 month old boy (who's in transition
from nursing to formula & solids) 8 am - wake, diaper, nurse for 5 - ish minutes 8:30 am - breakfast in high chair (4 oz bottle + solids) 9:00 - 9:45 ish - play time (independent play then reading books & getting ready for
nap) 10am - 11:30 am - morning
nap 11:30 - 12 pm - wake up
from nap, diaper, get dressed for day, etc ** if we go out to run errands this is the time we leave,
and and we will stop to eat lunch while out 12 pm - lunch (8oz bottle + solids) 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm - play time 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm - afternoon
nap 3:30 - 4 pm - play time 4 pm - eat (8oz bottle + snack such as cheerios) 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm - play time (if he woke up early
from afternoon
nap, then sometimes he still takes a short cat
nap during this timeframe 6:30 pm - dinner with family (solids in high chair) 7:00 pm - outdoor play time (baby swing, take a walk, etc) 8:00 pm - start of an 8oz bottle 8:30 pm - bath time, read books, finish rest of bottle 9:00 pm -
bedtime.
And bedtime starts roughly four hours after the baby wakes
from the second
nap.
I think a big part of it is that I simply don't feel like I need a «break»
from him (although I do love
naps and bedtime!)
While we use only two diapers a day for
nap and bedtime, I need the mental
and physical break
from washing them.
These travel bed rails
from The Shrunks make
naps and bedtime much easier for kids when away
from home.
I am in a situation of wether to try this or not my 5 month old girl is just starting to sleep through the night but her
naps in the day
and when I lay her down fur
bedtime has gone
from pleasant to screaming the house down!
One of the best things about being a parent to a young child is that, although they are demanding
and at times exhausting, you are never that far away
from a
nap or
bedtime.
For instance, when toddlers are lonely, overstimulated, worried about scary dreams or thoughts, or simply so excited by the world they can't stand to separate
from it, getting to sleep at
bedtime and nap time can become a lot more difficult.
I had them in a routine, feeding them first thing in the morning, again when they woke
from their afternoon
nap,
and then again before
bedtime.
It's extra hard because I know she wants to go to sleep, but she's all wired
from the changes in her cognition, so super-short
nap... which means frustration
and overtired baby at
bedtime.
Focus on gradually getting
bedtime back to an acceptable hour
and be flexible during the day to prevent him
from getting overtired
and skipping
naps outright.
I will say that by the time he got to around 3 months old things got a pretty difficult with the daytime
nap situation; he just wouldn't sleep enough during the day,
and it caused him to be very cranky
from the late afternoon until
bedtime.
And then you basically plan on your baby staying awake until
bedtime, which will be four hours after whenever she woke up
from the afternoon
nap (so 7:30 / 8:30, in our hypothetical dream schedule above).
This is because all of the stolen moments that hubby
and I count on to get us through the day (
nap time, computer time while boys are at school
and baby plays quietly in baby - proofed area, early
bedtime for kids, hot bath
and wine after kids go to bed) never happen because there is a flurry of fun activities that keep us
from sticking to our schedule.
They never had any problems going to sleep — in fact, my older son weaned himself in one day at 13 months old (I was pregnant again,
and he had a cold),
and went
from being nursed to sleep for
nap and bedtime to me just laying him down in his crib
and him falling asleep.
And by 6 months, you can wake your baby
from a long
nap to keep her on schedule so that she goes down more easily at
bedtime.
I have tons of questions, but for now I'll just start with one: When my baby has her last Eat / Awake / Sleep cycle of the day, this means she is basically waking up
from her last
nap and then being changed
and fed
and put down for
bedtime.
Her daytime sleep windows are approximately 1.5 - 2 hours
from wake up in the morning to morning
nap and then 2 to 3 hours between morning
nap and afternoon
nap (assuming she has had a decent morning
nap, at least 45 minutes long)
and then the third
nap is not an exact science in terms of the number of hours but you don't want our baby to be awake more than 4 hours between afternoon
nap and bedtime, okay?
I will discuss everything
from when (
and how) to drop the
nap to
bedtime stalling
and night wakings to transitioning to a big big.
Follow the clock for
naps and bedtime from here forward.
From that moment on, shift your child's
nap and bedtimes to about 45 minutes earlier than his / her regular schedule.
Second
nap 3 hours after waking
from the first
nap and bedtime about 3 hours to 3 hours
and 15 minutes after waking
from the second
nap.
Bedtime is at 7,
and he wakes
from his last
nap around 6.
Bedtime should roll right into this schedule
and be about 90 minutes after she wakes up
from her third
nap.
Make sure that he is going down for his
nap as close to 1 pm as possible (which I am sure he still needs —
and I would not drop at this point while resolving this issue)
and make sure
bedtime is very early until this is fixed — as close to within four hours of him waking
from his last
nap as possible.
Plus the kiddos will be up
from their
naps soon (thank you Lord for blessing me with 2 hour nappers)
and I'm going to enjoy some QT until I break out the computer again post
bedtime stories.
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At the very least, you should take your very young puppy outside first thing in the morning, after playing, after spending time in a crate, after waking
from a
nap, after chewing a toy or bone, after eating
and drinking,
and at
bedtime.