Your 9 month old - how many naps?

[HotI]

Thanks mate. I have finally got my LO to sleep and in bed just now. Hopefully she stays asleep for awhile.

Hope you guys have a good night.

Do you know our girls have now been out in the world for as long as they were in our tummies? crazyness!

[Miss.B]

MummaSue, big hugs hun. My wee man decided that he doesn't really need an afternoon nap anymore.......if I put him down any later than 4 pm, he won't go to bed until sometimes 9.30-10. So these days if he hasn't slept in the afternoon, I try and stretch him till bed time. It sometimes means going to bed earlier than his normal 8.30 pm bed time, except that he tends to wake up during the night and find it hard going back to sleep (over tiredness). He's always had sleep issues during the day. At best, he would sleep an hour from say 10.30-11.30 in the morning and then for 30-45 minutes around 2.30. That was a few months ago. Now we seem to have the new improved (not for me, for wee man - more play time, yaaaaaaay!!) sleeping times during the day. And, no teething here!!!!! GL hun, hope your wee princess catches that little sleep before 3 pm!!

[MummaSue]

Do you know our girls have now been out in the world for as long as they were in our tummies? crazyness!

I KNOW My mum was asking me yesterday what she should get for her 1st birthday. I told her not to because my baby isn't going to be turning one. EVER. She's my BABY!

Thanks for your responses guys. It would seem that 9 months is a difficult time from what you all say and I am certainly finding that to be the case, with sleep and a few other things.

Yesterday we stretched her out. DH took her for a walk after dinner and he came home with a sleeping baby in the ergo That was at 6.30pm and she is STILL ASLEEP! She woke in the night for feeds but has pretty much been asleep since then. When she wakes for feeds, it's a quick nom nom nom then back over (usually).

Hmmmm...... DH is thinking that a walk after dinner and bath might be the way to go - we'll see. The wee rascal changes things so frequently that this will work for a few days and then it won't.

[Miss.B]

It's very true MummaSue, what works one day is not guaranteed to work the next. I've taken my DS for a wee walk in the late afternoon before dinner a few times and sometimes he goes down a lot easier and sleeps longer when the time comes for bed. It might be the fresh air that does it I think. It might be worth trying it out. You could try a walk before dinner and bath or after dinner but before bath??

[westy]

Hey Sue,

Wow, cant believe our 'babies' are 9 months ...well Ryan isnt yet but he will be in 4 days.

Things are very much the same over here at the moment too.
Ryan has just cut a top tooth and i dare say in the next day or two the one beside will poke its head out too, he has been waking up very frequently every night for about a month now to be honest. Like you getting him to settle and into bed at night is taking a while - usually on the third attempt i succeed. He has never really been a huge day sleeper although that said he has been asleep on my lap now for about 2.5hrs i'm going to wake him at 3.30pm and see if we have an easier time tonight too.

Just want you to know your not alone, we will get through this it's just a phase that will pass soon

[HotI]

i took your advice and popped my monkey in the Ergo and went for a walk today. She had about 30 mins sleep and another 45 mins or so of rest. Hoping she will now stay awake until dinner and go to bed early.

[MummaSue]

Did she go to bed early Kate?

DD went over well tonight at 7.15pm

She loves to mix it up

[HotI]

My little poppet is still sitting on my knee now.