16 month old and sleep

[Olive]

thanks iberru, how old is your DD??

were going to the park in the morning so hopfully that will wear her out, maybe i'll try putting her down at 11am after a snack and some milk but before lunch

[deesalie]

maybe she's just dropping a sleep... if she's not grouchy about it then go with the flow.

i think everyone grizzles when they dump a sleep... it's less time for you, but before you know it you've got a new routine and everyone's happy again

[Olive]

thanks nic!!

danielle, she's currently dropping one sleep to just have to one, to be honest she's not grumpy at all after only having 30 mins!! thats me!

[shellbell3]

Hmmm, maybe she's decided thats all she needs.
If she is having 12- 12.5 overnight then her day sleep (altho short) the amount in 24 hours still add up to an average amount sleep for her age. If she is waking up happy then I'd have to assume that thats all she wants.
But that sucks for you cause I know what you mean, I so need that time when DD is asleep and hate the days she decides to have just a short sleep.

[Visitor7]

It does sound like she's ready to drop that 2nd sleep. My DD did that at 10 months, and at first her day sleep was short, but over time it extended, and is now between 2-3 hours. And she'll sleep roughly 13 hours overnight.

[Olive]

thanks shell! and jodi thats what im hoping for, the sleeps will extend over time to be longer!

[iberru]

My DD is almost 16 months old... I thought she was ready to drop to one sleep a few months ago however she was only doing 30 mins - we probably tried it for about 2 weeks or so (nightmare!!!)

I found once I put her down a little earlier it all seemed to "work out" again..

Curently our day goes:
* wake about 8am (lucky I know) breakfast, outside play with this fantastic little water table thing she received for christmas - she plays with it almost daily (I have seen something similar at ToysRUs for about $30) she will then walk inside herself, we watch the end of playschool together (sometimes she will have a light snack, depending how breakfast went) then milk and bed at 10am - 10.30am.
* lunch at 12 then an outing to the shops or a play at home, milk and bed at about 2.30pm
* snack, more play, dinner at 5.45pm big play with Dad when he gets home, bath at 6.30pm, milk (perhaps 10mins of a fave taped episode of playschool which she watches cuddled up to Dad - she loves the songs which DH and I sing along to and/or reading some books) and bed just before 7.30pm

I know lots of bubs have dropped that second nap by now, but at the moment this is working for me especially as baby number 2 is due in a weeks time (eeekk!!!!)