for those with 18-24 month olds

[Curly]

OMG there are some lucky lucky mums out there.

DS (19 months) wakes up approx 6.30am.

Has nap at 10.30-11.00am for exactly 2 hours. Can set your watch by it.

Goes to bed at night about 9.30-9.45pm. Wakes up at 4.30am and comes into bed with me and DH for the rest of the night.

This routine is killing me and DH so we are currently trying to cut out DS' day sleep. When he doesn't have a nap he goes to bed beautifully at about 6.30pm. Sometimes he will need a 30 minute power nap to get him through till 6.30pm but if we do this he actually gets a bit MORE sleep in total and DH and I actually get some down time.

DS has always been one of those babies that needs less sleep than average.

[Bathsheba]

Oh yeah I forgot to add that DS often wakes up at 4am and comes into co-sleep with us... I didn't mention it because the nursery is just across our foyer (about 15 steps from bed to cot) and when I bring him into our bed he BFs for about 2 minutes then we both go straight back to sleep. I often wonder what people do who don't co-sleep. We've done this with all 3 of our children. We don't lose much sleep. DH often never even wakes.

[*EmJa*]

18 month old (as u know!)

-get up in the morning: 7 - 8am

-go down for a sleep and how long: goes down at 12 and usually wakes around 2 -2.30pm

-go to bed at night! most nights 8.30 but sometimes can be after 9 on monday nights after dinner at my parents

[Jac]

Oh yeah I forgot to add that DS often wakes up at 4am and comes into co-sleep with us... I didn't mention it because the nursery is just across our foyer (about 15 steps from bed to cot) and when I bring him into our bed he BFs for about 2 minutes then we both go straight back to sleep. I often wonder what people do who don't co-sleep. We've done this with all 3 of our children. We don't lose much sleep. DH often never even wakes.

Just to answer your "wondering" Bath - we have never co-slept, DS is 14mths old. If he wakes at night (rarely now) it's a quick visit, insert dummy and he goes back to sleep. Sometimes he may need a cuddle, but back in cot to bed after that. You can stop wondering now!

[~shazz~]

Ryan is 2
up at 5am
most days doesn't have a day sleep ( far to busy my boy is )
down for the night 10 pm at least sometimes later ( the kid just doesn't stop )
wakes occassionally at 3am then into bed with us
this behaviour is aslo killing us slowly but to tell the truth i don't have th energy to try and change his sleep patterns atm hoping when he goes into a big bed he'll be alright (wishful thinking )

[Janie]

Great thread, very interesting! Thanks Jols I'm really hoping that my DS follows one of those 'lots of sleep' patterns when he's 18-24 months LOL! I think that's wishful thinking though

[Rouge]

On the co-sleeping thing, my kids never wanted to, it wasn't for lack of trying because I honestly though it would be easier but it ended up being a nightmare for both kids. Cuddle plug and resettle also works best here. My kids love their bed and don't like being disturbed even if they have woken themselves LOL they just like a little bit of reassurance and thats it.

[Olive]

well she went down at 1pm today after some very obvious tired signs, woke........ 45 mins later
as much as i know i need to accept that she just wont sleep longer, i cant!!!!!! i get frustrated at the lack of me time!!
funny thing is that up until around 9 months she was still having 4 sleeps a day!!