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OK ladies I have a problem and I would really appreciate any advice I could get right now!! My daughter will be 2 this month and my husband and I recently moved her into a toddler bed because we're expecting our 2nd child in may. Well ever since I put her in her toddler bed, which was about a month ago, she has not taken a nap for me!! At first this really bothered me because I couldn't get any down time during the day for myself. I go to school at night and I use to do my homework or study when she napped. Well after she didn't nap for me for about 2 weeks I kind of had to change my routine so it all worked out fine. She was going to bed at 7pm and slept til 7:30-8. But she would get miserable around 4:30 every afternoon. Well on thurs, fri, sat, and sun of last week she took a nap for me. She never fell asleep until 1:30 and never woke up til around 3:30-4. So I decided I'd just put her to bed an hr later than normal since she slept so late. Well those 4 nights she never fell asleep til 11pm!!!! I laid her down for her normal bedtime and I'd go in and check on her and she was just constantly getting out of bed. I go to bed earlier than that! So yesterday I decided I was going to skip her nap since she was obviously sleeping better without it. She seemed to be getting up even early the later she was falling asleep. Well I had class last night and my husband put her to bed at 7 and she didnt fall asleep til 8:50. Which is much better than 11 BUT she woke up 3 seperate times during the night. The first time she woke up crying and the other 2 times it was like she just got out of bed and messed around in her room. So now I have NO clue what to do with her!!! I feel bad skipping the nap but everything went so well before. And also I can't be getting up a million times a night with a 2yr old when I have a baby coming in a couple months. Sorry to ramble ladies but I'm tired and desperate!!! HELP!!!
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| Posted by Heather on 02/05/2008 10:49 AM
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Hello Heather,
I remember those days with my son! I learned that you really have to keep them to their schedule no matter what. At that age they really need their naps. There bodies and minds require more sleep at younger ages and less as they get older. A friend of mine recommended this book to me and it really saved my sanity. I know that it will help you out very much. It also worked great for my daughter from newborn to now.
Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
by Marc Weissbluth, Marc Weisbluth
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| posted by Brandie on 02/05/2008 11:03 AM
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Hi Heather!
My daughter is almost 4 months old now, and we just got her on a schedule that has helped tremendously with her sleep habits. We were recommended a book called Baby Wise, and it's been great! However I notice that whenever we deviate from her schedule, she reacts very much the same way as you have described your daughter's behavior. So I"m wondering if perhaps it's the changes that you talked about. Maybe if you try to be SUPER consistent on whatever schedule you want her on for several days, and it will be rough for a few days, but I would bet she will settle in and get back into a routine. I don't know, it might be worth a try! I wish you luck tho. And congrats on your new baby! |
| posted by Jaclyn on 02/05/2008 11:34 AM
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| I suggest putting her back in a crib or getting a gate fence to put over her door and putting her to bed.Make her stay in there.There is no reason that she cant sleep in a crib til shes 3 r until she understands that nap and bedtime mean what they mean.If you only have 1 crib then go to a garage sale are ebay for another crib.Babies need their sleep time.It isnt healthy for them to not get a nap to recharge.My daughter's elementery school in Texas had pre-k and k. They made them take a nap.She went all day to school.Immune systems and all that,resting is very important they said.Hope this helps. |
| posted by Lexi on 02/05/2008 12:58 PM
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| I understand that the naps are very important. And we've had a very strict schedule that we stuck to consistently everyday until the toddler bed thing happened. She likes her bed and when she does sleep she sleeps well. I would hate to put her back into the crib because I think that'd be a major set back for her and she'd be very confused. It was a rough start to get her to sleep in it and I'd hate to put her thru that all over again. My dr said that toddlers her age should be getting between 12-13hrs of sleep a day. Which even sleeping once a day she was getting. Even since she started sleeping in her toddler bed I was still sticking to her same old routine. Laying her down eveyday at the same time. But after she hadn't napped for about a month i stopped even trying. Until recently when she seems very tired I tried laying her down at a later time. So yesterday and today I went back to laying her down at her normal nap time (12:30) Both days she has not slept at all. I lay outside her door and when I see her get out of bed I tell her to get back in. She does but she just sits up awake on her bed. I don't know of much more I can do to get her to go to sleep. I can't force her to take a nap if she doesn't want to. Hopefully it's just a phase? I don't know but I guess I will continue to stick to the same old schedule no matter what she does. Rest time at 12:30 and bedtime 7pm on the dot. Hoepfully she'll get back into some sort of groove. |
| posted by Heather on 02/05/2008 02:31 PM
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Heather,
You sound like a great mother. I know that when you start her back on her regular schedule and stick to it. It will all work out. My 1 year old is going through all this now, I have just started letting her cry. It took 2 nights and now she is not giving me anymore hassle. |
| posted by Brandie on 02/05/2008 02:55 PM
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| My daughter just turned 2 Jan. 11 and we are going thru something similar since we took her paci away in Dec. She didnt want to take a nap for about 2 weeks then she started taking a nap but it was a little later than normal , only an hour , so we changed her bedtime ffrom 8 until 9 and she has been waking up in the middle of the night at least once, around 5 or 6 and sometimes going back to sleep, and sometimes not. She is wanting to rock. We dont rock her to sleep at night, she is still in her baby bed , and I dont know what to do. I have been so tired, I take seizure med. that makes me tired at night, and I dont remember being this wore out when she was a baby I guess because I had the down time where now she is a ball of energy |
| posted by Natasha on 02/05/2008 05:36 PM
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| My son did the same thing when i was pregnant with our youngest What I did was made him lay down I didn't care if he slept or not but I made him lay down for a nap every day and eventually he finally would fall asleep I was always told to put them back in bed and tell them it is bed time no playing don't cuddle her don't talk to her nothing of the sort when you have to put her back to bed at night eventually she will get the idea that oh mommy is serious i guess i should stay in bed |
| posted by judi on 02/05/2008 09:24 PM
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