I haven't changed DD's routine from when she was born (except we've added teeth brushing now, for obvious reasons ). But that doesn't mean you shouldn't! Bedtime did get a little later, around 7:30pm (but not until after she was about 2). Whatever works for you, hun.
My general rule is if things are working, don't change them. If you've tried and tried and tried and they're not working, time for a change... (there's just only so many times you can bang your head against a wall)
When we've changed DS' routine at times, we've often found that we can revert back to the old routine once things settle again.
Thanks Marcellus I like the idea of trying to change up our routine a bit. Now I just have to figure out what to do. Usually I can get him to sleep straight after his bath, but he wakes up 20 minutes later and that's when our 3 hour battle begins.
DH took him for a short walk a couple of nights ago but that seemed to wake him even more. Just to be difficult, he doesn't sleep in slings, pram or his car seat! He rarely self settles and I'm not sure how to encourage him to do that without letting him cry (which I don't want to do).
I roughly worked out that over the last few nights, DS has been averaging 9 hours sleep in a 24 hour period. I have just spent 1.5 hours this morning trying to get him down for his morning nap and he's been asleep for 20 minutes. I just hope he stays there for another hour.
One thing I am thankful for is that in the middle of the night he goes straight back to sleep after a feed now that we have finally mastered the art of feeding while laying down.
I hope all of us struggling with sleep at the moment find a solution soon.
Sounds like he needs a little nap before bed - I take it he's not have good day sleeps either? DS used to do this too - for a while we just worked it into our bedtime routine...I'm trying to remember exactly what we did though.
Some ideas:
What time is the bath? Could you do it a bit earlier - work it into a late arvo nap, then an hour or so after that try for bedtime...? not ideal, but might be worth a try.
Or, take him for a walk right after the bath - since he's used to sleeping then, he might get used to falling asleep in the stroller...
When we took DS for a walks in teh evening, we left the seat upright and gave him a bicky to munch on - so as not to alert him to our intentions...he fell asleep slumped over sideways with bicky in hand.
That's good about going back to sleep so well during the night - thank heavens for small mercies, hey?
His bath is usually between 6-6.30. Straight after dinner. We're doing BLS, so he desperately needs one after that!
Day sleeps are a bit hit and miss. Some days he's really good, other days like yesterday are terrible. He will usually have a 30 min nap late afternoon and wake around 4-4.30. I give him a b/f then we have some nappy free/play time until about 5.30, then have dinner, bath, book, cuddles. I think tonight I will try dinner, bath and then a walk in the pram. We live in an area that has dirt roads, no footpaths and is very hilly so even that's not an easy task!
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). But that doesn't mean you shouldn't! Bedtime did get a little later, around 7:30pm (but not until after she was about 2). Whatever works for you, hun.
I like the idea of trying to change up our routine a bit. Now I just have to figure out what to do. Usually I can get him to sleep straight after his bath, but he wakes up 20 minutes later and that's when our 3 hour battle begins.
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