14mo sleeps.....

[crumpet]

So DD is confusing me atm.....

she has always been a great sleeper (sorry to those who have suffered ) we put her down she goes to sleep....

we have been on 2 sleeps for a while now, one in the morning and one in the arvo.... both are usually a hour each.

recently, say the last 2 or so weeks, ive had to fight her to have her arvo sleep. i dont mind letting her cry for a while, but while it usually works, its not now.

she generally gets up at 730am, has a hours sleep at 1030-11am, lunch at 12, then her arvo sleep around the 230 mark, bed between 7-730pm.

i know she can go with one sleep becasue she does that sunday-wendesdays for various reasons and its usually no problems, but the days we have nothing on (thurs-sat) she struggles to stay up after that 3hr mark in the morning but then fights the arvo sleep.

so do i make the change and cut to one sleep everyday or keep going the way we are??

we do like to have a vague routine, it helps us both so if anyone has any suggestions id grately appreciate it

[FabFiona]

I'd move to one sleep. Makes my day so much easier.

My son moved to one sleep at the same age. Our routine (roughly) was:
7 am - wake breakfast
9 am - morning tea
11 am - lunch (but usually knackered so more of a second snack)
11.30 am - bottle then bed
Wake up (usually 2-3 hours later) - offer rest of lunch
3.30 pm - arvo tea
6 pm - dinner followed bath book bed etc
Bed around 7 pm sleep by 7.30 pm

At the start keeping him up until 11.30 was hard but as he got older it's easier. He's now 2 yrs 3 months and sleep is normally around 12.30 to 1 pm.

Good luck.

[bubno.3]

My suggestion is still go with her and tired signs etc etc
As my little one is 16 months and still has a morning and afternoon sleep BUT sometimes like yours screams blue murder and i have to give in occassionally to the afternoon sleep.... I think sometimes it is just a day by day thing and sometimes like us they just dont want to sleep lol

[*EJ*]

Crumpet DD is doing similar at the moment, i have an appt with the MCHN on Monday to discuss this very thing.

I kind of still feel she should have two sleeps a day, i know my boys did but her sleeping habits have always been so opposite to them that i thought i'd disucss it and see what we came up with. She too can do one sleep a day if need be.

I agree with FabFiona that one sleep a day is so much easier but i'm thinking for this year 2 would be easier for me because we have kinder and her sleeps fit in quite well with kinder drop off/pick ups, one in the middle would be quite tricky.

So i don't really have any answers other than the girls are both doing very similar things by the sounds of it. I can let you know my MCHN says on Monday

[hj1981]

i would prob cut it too, we just went through that and now she has one sleep in the arvo. DD2 would happily go down around 1130ish but i keep her up until 1300 so she can go down for a nap with her sister so i can have a hot coffee and study time

Our routine is like this for DD2

Wakes - 0630-0700
Breakfast - 0730ish
Morning Tea - 0930ish
Lunch 1130-1200
Nap 1300ish and she will sleep for 2-3hrs
Afternoon tea (when she wakes if it's not too close to dinner)
Dinner - 1730
Bath
Bed - 1830-1900

But in saying that, there are some days she does want a morning nap, though i try to avoid that!