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grouchiegrrl) wrote2013-08-12 10:19 pm
grouchiegrrl) wrote2013-08-12 10:19 pm
Hmmm
So now we have had a couple of sleeps through the night. As in, 8 hours sleep, wake for a quick feed, go back to sleep for another two hours or so.
The catch? Each time he has gone to bed at about 9 or 9.30pm. As opposed to 6.30, his bedtime. And all the sleep stuff I read says he needs to go to bed early.
On top of the straight sleeping, his naps are better after the all night sleep. He did a one hour nap this morning, and a two hour nap this afternoon. Catch there - the two hour nap was from 3-5, guaranteeing another late night bedtime tonight.
I am going to talk to various people about this - so feel free to tell me what you think in the comments. I am tossing up what to do about this - push him through afternoons to get him back on the early bedtime track, or let this become the pattern. I lose my reading time each night if he sleeps later, but it means the wookie gets to spend more time with him each night (and actual playing with him time, not just jollying him through for a half hour til bath-book-boob-bed. We could start sitting down to dinner like a family, and the earlier we start doing that the better for Atti's eating I believe. We get a full nights sleep, and you know, can't knock that.
The way the sleeps are shaking out, it doesn't look like they will interfere with our schedule too much, and it would mean I could stop trying to keep him awake in the car of an afternoon. It was looking like our whole weekly routine would be shot if I had to keep him awake - plus it would be a bit crappy on the other people who look after him in the afternoons.
I am leaning to just accepting that he has a late bedtime. Ngala regardless. Is there any reason anyone knows of to not go with the flow? Given that he seems to do better? Mind you, that is assuming that 10 hours solid, pretty much continuous sleep is better than 12 hours of regularly interrupted sleep. Especially if it means 3 hours of daytime naps, over the 1.5 we were getting.
The catch? Each time he has gone to bed at about 9 or 9.30pm. As opposed to 6.30, his bedtime. And all the sleep stuff I read says he needs to go to bed early.
On top of the straight sleeping, his naps are better after the all night sleep. He did a one hour nap this morning, and a two hour nap this afternoon. Catch there - the two hour nap was from 3-5, guaranteeing another late night bedtime tonight.
I am going to talk to various people about this - so feel free to tell me what you think in the comments. I am tossing up what to do about this - push him through afternoons to get him back on the early bedtime track, or let this become the pattern. I lose my reading time each night if he sleeps later, but it means the wookie gets to spend more time with him each night (and actual playing with him time, not just jollying him through for a half hour til bath-book-boob-bed. We could start sitting down to dinner like a family, and the earlier we start doing that the better for Atti's eating I believe. We get a full nights sleep, and you know, can't knock that.
The way the sleeps are shaking out, it doesn't look like they will interfere with our schedule too much, and it would mean I could stop trying to keep him awake in the car of an afternoon. It was looking like our whole weekly routine would be shot if I had to keep him awake - plus it would be a bit crappy on the other people who look after him in the afternoons.
I am leaning to just accepting that he has a late bedtime. Ngala regardless. Is there any reason anyone knows of to not go with the flow? Given that he seems to do better? Mind you, that is assuming that 10 hours solid, pretty much continuous sleep is better than 12 hours of regularly interrupted sleep. Especially if it means 3 hours of daytime naps, over the 1.5 we were getting.
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I have the same dilemma re late nap/bedtime except that my kid is about to turn 3!
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However, he has suddenly started taking his big nap at midday, and so he wakes up by 2.30 at the latest. Which puts bedtime at about 6.30/7. Boo. And there is no pushing him, he just utterly melts down.
I was driving home today at 4.30 and he gets sleepy in the car and I thought, 'if he fell asleep, I could leave him til 5 and then wake him up... and hey presto, late night bedtime'! Which I just might try next week.
We gave giving him water when he woke last night a try. I figured one feed in the middle of the night was all he would really need, and maybe water would (over time) encourage him to sleep better instead. However he threw a fit after the first time, each time I tried to give him his straw style sippy cup. I realised this morning that the tube had detatched. We were trying to give him air in place of a feed! Whoops. Have to wait a few nights to try that again I think!
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