Sleep

I have the same problem, both with the napping and the overnight 😢

My daughter has been trying to skip naps and so now whats been working is laying down with her either in silence or some animal documentary playing quietly in the back and that usually knocks her out.

Can you elaborate on how long her naps are and what her typical nap/bedtime is?

@Jenny her naps (if she has them) I have tried to cap at an hour and I’ve also tried to cap at 2 hours. Both don’t seem to make any difference and she just is mad I woke her. Then if she naps her bed time is usually 7:30 and if she doesn’t nap her bed time is usually 6:30-7. Wake up is usually 7-7:30 am every day.

@Lauren when does she nap? Noon?

My daughter's schedule is similar for wakeup (7ish) but she goes down for bed usually between 8 and 9, down for nap between 12-2:30, no more than 3 hours for nap and I don't let her sleep past 3:00. When she wakes up in the night, does she also wake you guys up? Is she disruptive? Is she extra tired in the morning?

Yeah it’s usually around 12/12:30 when she does nap. Most of the time I end up just doing quiet time for an hour because she won’t end up actually napping. But if she does it’s usually the same where it’s 12/12:30-2 or so. I don’t let her sleep past 3. When she wakes at night it’s not too disruptive. It’s usually just her semi crying or talking. It wakes me up though since I have her monitor on. Sometimes if she is too loud with her cries I will go in there and rub her back to settle her but most of the time she settles herself after a few hours.

She is extra tired in the morning and is usually rubbing her eyes all day acting tired but then won’t nap or if she does she gets mad when I wake her and then the whole cycle starts over the next night. She needs more sleep over night but idk how else to get her to do it.

@Lauren ugh sorry. My daughter does this too, not every night. For us it's usually just in phases; she'll have a few weeks or even a month of interrupted sleep, then it evens back out. Her naps and bedtime are very routine since she goes to daycare. Unfortunate the only thing I think you *can* do is stick to your routine. Does she get any gross motor opportunities before bed, to really help tire her out?

@Lauren also, this may sound counterproductive, but have you ever tried *not* waking her from a nap? My daughter accidentally had a very long nap the other day (like 1-4:30; I fell asleep with her 😬) and I was SURE she wouldn't fall asleep until 10, or that her sleep would be interrupted, but she went to bed around 8:30 and slept all night long, I guess she needed it.

She does get some gross motor opportunities. I usually do park time/walk with her after dinner and then she will usually play with her toys for another 30 minutes or so and then we do bath, read a book with the lights dim, rock her and try and put her down for bed. She goes to sleep fast. She is usually out within 10 minutes of putting her in her crib. But it’s clockwork every night, always around 1 am is the wake up time for her no matter what. I have tried not waking her but she will usually take hours to go to sleep if she sleeps that long. I’ve had it where I didn’t wake her and she slept for 3 hours and didn’t go to sleep until 10:30 pm. I appreciate all the thoughts though! It is helpful to get some insight. I am ready for this phase to be over. I’m also pregnant with our 2nd so I am hoping it evens out before I have to be up with a newborn too 😂

When my daughter isnovertired she sleeps really poorly overnight. Can you either lie down with her or just have some quiet relaxing time midday?

Yeah I’ve done quiet time with her every day for the most part. But it doesn’t seem to matter since she isn’t getting actual sleep. She is still so overtired. She won’t lay down with me. I’ve tried to Co sleep and also try and lay on the ground with her and she will crawl all over me and think it’s play time. 😂

I’m going through something very similar with my little guy! He is sleep trained and has always been an excellent sleeper from a very young age. He’s been dropping naps (unless we go for a car ride) for a few months now, although I try to still do some quiet time during the day. He has been having periods of waking up in the night and staying up to the point that I have to go in - something I rarely ever had to do before. He’s also always just quietly gone to sleep, but has recently started crying when I put him down. I don’t have a whole lot of advice except that I’m just thinking this could be a sleep regression phase and am waiting for it to pass (and surviving as best I can lol).

My son typically wakes up between 7:30 & 8am. I feed and change him then have him play and run around. He typically doesn't nap anymore but when he does I don't let him sleep past 3pm and typically he sleeps about 1 hr. He has lunch between noon and 1pm and dinner around 5:30. I try to keep him active all day then around 6-6:30 I will go on a walk with him and watch Ms Rachel with him on my lap. At 7:30 we change him, turn his night light on with soft music and lay him down in bed. On occasions he will wake up fussy. Gently running your hands on their head and body as you hum or quietly sing can help.