Day sleeps for 16 month old... advice please???

[kiwimummy]

My DD has been on one day sleep since 10 months. DS was a bit better at about 14 months!

I found with both of them things were much easier once we settled down to one sleep. They slept better and it was actually easier to plan around going out etc. Sometimes during the transitiion it's helpful to do one sleep one day and two the next, then one and so on. I don't think that's inconsistent in terms of confusing them, it's just helping them transition more easily.

I think it sounds like you're reading her right. And I reckon a bit of grumping in the late afternoon is pretty normal! Earlier dinner might help on those days?

And - I didn't go out anywhere we'd be driving back late morning - or you get that fall asleep in the car like you described!

[MumtoA]

my DD is 13 months and i am in the same boat as you atm. Some days she is so tired by 9am and others she tends to be able to go all the way through till after lunch - we are still working out the kinks - other days she has 2 sleeps - i just kind of gauge it on how she is coping that day.

I agree with Kiwimummy - falling asleep in the car is the big killer. Today i visited a friend and DD missed her morning sleep. She then fell asleep in the car for the 45 min drive home and then wouldn't have a sleep in the arvo. I still leave her in her cot for about an hour though to 'rest'. She doesn't get upset just lays in there talking to her bears, so i figure it's better than nothing. On the days she doesn't have a proper sleep though, i do tend to give her dinner earlier and have her in bed by 6.30 otherwise she is a nightmare!

Soooo in saying all that! I am just tending to go with the flow for the time being as she is still in the transition mode and will work it out - i just sort of think that DD is just like me in the sense that some days she will just be more tired than others so she will sleep more on those days IYKWIM...

good luck! xo