thread: Afternoon nap - should I ditch it?

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  1. #1

    Oct 2008
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    Will try it today and see how we go. Instead of her 4.30pm nap I might take her out in either her pram or sling. She loves getting out and about - and tends not to go over to sleep if she has lots to see and do.

  2. #2

    Oct 2008
    2,880

    Ok, so we cut out the nap. And she coped really well. Had half an hour in the sling before her bath at 5.15pm, took her through to bed, had some boobie and is now asleep (6pm).

    Lets just see if she stays there, I hope she doesn't treat this as a nap!!!

    I'll keep you posted.
    Sue x

  3. #3
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    Feb 2008
    Near the Snowies!
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    hope she sleeps tonight for you! I know DD went through a period of treating her bedtime like a nap and she would be wide awake an hour or so later.. had me doing this for quite a while..thankfully she finally got over it!

  4. #4
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    Oct 2008
    Victoria
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    I remember when DS went from 3 to 2 naps. He dropped the last nap of the day, due to his awake times there wasn't enough day left for another arvo sleep, if that makes sense?
    He copped really well with his bedtime brought forward for a little while.
    Hope she sleeps well for you tonight!

  5. #5

    Oct 2008
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    Haha, well she woke at 6.15pm raring to go again!! AARRGGHHH! Just got her back to sleep now, we watched Ice Age while she was in her sling, fell asleep pretty quickly after her first yawn.

    I'm not going to stress about this, I'm sure it's just a phase. We're almost at another wonder week (26) so I'm pretty sure it's that or some developmental thing!! WHO KNOWS???!!!! LOL

    Thanks guys
    S X

  6. #6
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    Oct 2008
    Victoria
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    Oh no! I'm glad she's asleep now.
    Was just wondering, are you feeding her at 5:30am? If so, have you tried putting her back to bed after this and seeing if she'll just go back to sleep? This is something I tried when DS was little and was rising really early. I thought he was wide awake for the day but someone suggested I try resettling after the BF and lo and behold he started going back to sleep!

  7. #7

    Oct 2008
    2,880

    I might try that actually. The thing is, that is when DH goes to work so when she sees daddy up and about - well that's it, she wants to play and get some daddy cuddles before he heads off.
    And DH usually gets home too late to see her, so we kind of don't mind that she wakes then. And she usually goes back to sleep after around 45mins to an hour.

    Might see if it works tomorrow though, being a sunday and all.

    Thanks