Sleep issues (again)

[Mother Goose]

we also found more sleep didn't = more sleep. Very annoying! We began cutting her sleeps down around 10 months. At first it was limiting how long she slept for. I found that worked. She didn't sleep more than an hour. Then when she started staying up later again, we cut out a sleep. By the time she was around 18 months she wasn't having a day sleep at home at all. Even now she only has a sleep at creche and that's because all the other kids are... At hme she only has a day sleep if she's unwell or been swimming. She WILL sleep in the car at any given chance... even if it's first thing in the morning!

SO, have you tried cutting down the length of the sleep?

[HotI]

Oh noooooooo - the more they sleep, the more they sleep. I'd be encouraging more day sleeps first off.

I have read this heaps but it has never worked for my little one. I can count on one hand when she has had more than 2 day sleeps since she she was 4 weeks old. Most of the time she is also a happy little monkey who seems to survive without it.

I kinda think the day sleep is working for her at the moment. Would be nice if she could go to sleep before 10 or so so i could get a little break before having her all night again.

we also found more sleep didn't = more sleep. Very annoying! We began cutting her sleeps down around 10 months. At first it was limiting how long she slept for. I found that worked. She didn't sleep more than an hour. Then when she started staying up later again, we cut out a sleep. By the time she was around 18 months she wasn't having a day sleep at home at all. Even now she only has a sleep at creche and that's because all the other kids are... At hme she only has a day sleep if she's unwell or been swimming. She WILL sleep in the car at any given chance... even if it's first thing in the morning!

SO, have you tried cutting down the length of the sleep?

She only sleeps for an hour at the moment. would you cut this down?

DH is on leave and so she is staying in bed longer in the morning. Would getting her up earlier help rotate her sleep time abit?

[MummaSue]

Would getting her up earlier help rotate her sleep time abit?

What time does she get up?

My little one has been a relatively good napper but not the best night sleeper (waking very frequently). Since reducing her sleeps in the day (which happened totally by accident) she is now going down to sleep at 7pm and waking at around 6.30am in the mornings. If she goes to bed at 8pm she wakes at 5.30am - the earlier she goes the longer she sleeps. She'll have a 1 hour nap in the morning and a half hour in the afternoon which I make sure she is awake from by 3pm. If she naps later than I know that there is no way she will be in bed at 7pm.

And looking back, when we were in the UK, because we were so busy in the day, there were days when she didn't get a nap at all and would sleep 13 hours that night - with minimal waking for feeds. I didn't really think that was ok for her but looking back she was fine.

How is she in the day time if she doesn't sleep? Not too cranky?

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Hey gorgeous, personally i wouldn't stop the day sleeps BUT in saying that maybe if you get her up when you get up (instead of leaving her in bed with DH ) and start her day from there, she might have a bit of an earlier nap.

As you know my girls are early risers but this works for us so maybe if you start your day by 7:30 and see how you go.

As an example Z currently wakes b/w 5:30 - 6:30 goes down for a nap b/w say 9 - 10 and will sleep from 30min to 2hrs IF she is still tired later she might go down fro a sleep at some time around 2 or 3pm then is normally in bed by say 8.
It's not always the same and she doesn't always want a nap and some days we go for a walk with this awesome chick.. not sure if you knew her and she wont sleep AT ALL in the morning but sleeps from say 12 til 2 when we get home.
Other days as you would know she falls asleep in the pram and has a 30min nap while we walk

Go with what works hun and you know your more than welcome to drop her off here one day for a play with the kids while you and DH go and have some alone time.. or a nap
Actually you should do that while DP is off, bring her over here for 2hrs to play on the swings and then go home and have a rest of go to a movie while DH has time off work