Starting to have some sleep issues with 8.5 month old.

[ezymay]

My DD dropped a sleep at around your DDs age. Its hard so big hugs!!! At this age they are going through major develpmental changes and it really disrupts their sleep.

If Em is showing signs of needing an extra sleep in the arvo I'll put her down and like Ruf will give her half an hour and get her up and just deal with the whinging!!!

If she is sleeping well at night she might not need the extra sleep during the day.

[[M]umma[M]ia]

thanks so much girls.

She is STILL awake in there so im gonna go get her up in a tick.

Its sad really, i love the day sleep coz i get time to do things.

Im abit confused at when to put her down now.... any ideas??

ezymay - yeah she sleeps atleast 12 hours straight every night. Mayb 1-2 wake ups 2 days a week.

[ezymay]

This is how our day goes...

Emily wakes up anywhere between 6 and 730 am She has a bottle and if its still early I bring her into bed with me and we sleep for a little while longer, but more often than not we get up and start our day. We go out nearly every morning so she goes to bed when we get home which is normally around 11.30-12 she then will sleep 1 1/2 to 2 hours if I'm lucky its longer!!! Bed time is around 7 and she is super ready for bed by then.

[rufalina]

When DS has one sleep he can go down anywhere from 12 - 1pm, and will generally give me 2-3 hrs at that time. It is hard without that 9.30 morning sleep... I miss that one. It was my shower, and breakfast and cleaning time.

[[M]umma[M]ia]

thank you so much girls! tried to give u rep point Ruf but it wouldnt let me.

Today has been all over the place. She didnt go to sleep earlier, not even a wink. I got her up and she had a play while i got her some lunch. Im going to give her a bottle in about 30 mins or so and see if she will go down then. I will look into just one sleep tomorrow and play it by ear. I have got nothing done today *sigh*.