Struggling sleep schedule 16 month old advice
I just only recently had been trying to stick to a routine of getting up at 10 am. getting her up for breakfast.
Then, getting her done and dressed after breakfast and letting her play til it is naptime around 12 pm til 2pm but she at most only sleeps for about an hour at most or at times half an hour nap.
Then it her lunch at that point then trying to keep her entertained all day but if she sometimes becomes difficult or showing signs she is tired I would try to squeeze in a 30 minute nap around 4pm and then get her tea ready about that point onwards.
After the 30 minute nap I get her up and try to get her playing a bit more which is absolutely fine as she is awake and about 6pm she has tea. After that around 7:30pm she gets ready for bed and is usually ok takes her usually about 30 - 40 minutes to fall asleep.
But recently for the past 2 days she been refusing to have the 12 pm nap and started acting hyper and wanting to play longer by the looks of things. So I keep trying to get her to nap but until it is lunch time but afterwards u did originally try to get her a 30 minute nap around 4pm and that backfired because she was awake two hours after I put her down for bed.
She was like this today refusing the nap at 12pm amd I gave up to give her 4pm nap in worry that this would course the same thing to happen again amd took her out around 5pm to get tea. At 6pm I gave her dinner and she was shattered so I thought after her tea it was straight to bed and got her sorted but now she started to become hyper and refusing the dummy and I'm really trying to keep to the schedule that I thought might of worked out but ...I guess I need more ideas or suggestions that would be great as it hasn't been that long since introducing it (probably about a week - 2 weeks now??)
Do I keep doing up at it or do I need to slightly try a different approach again and try a different schedule??
Ladies tell me how you do it because I'm.lodong my mind over this routine crap ! 😆
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I follow the routine that my son has at nursery and it seems to work well.
Nursery routine:
8:30-9 am - breakfast
10am - snack
11:15 - lunch
11:45 - 2:30.- sleep time
3:30 a tea time
I will feed him an extra meal at around 6:30pm. His bedtime routine starts at 7:30pm and he's sleeping by 8:30pm the latest. He will then wakes up around 7:30am
I hope that helps
@Natasha heyy thank you for sharing that with me I might look into it x
Hi so your little one wakes at 10am then nap at 12?
Deffo waking at 10 would need a later nap
Our is wakes 7/7:30
Bottle on wake
Breakfast 8:30
Lunch 11:30
Nap 12:30-2:30
Snack
Dinner 5
Bottle 7:30
Bed 8
If waking at 10- nap prob needs to be like 5hrs later maybe? X
That first wake window seems very short, my LO wakes windows are about 6 hours long
I think the first nap is way too soon after waking up. If she is getting up at 10am and you want her to be asleep by 8pm, you could try just one longer nap at about 2. It doesn't seem like many daytime hours to me as she wakes up so late.
My son naturally wakes up around 5.45/6.30ish which seems to be earlier than he wants as he's still tired but he won't go back down. He often has a little catnap in the car around 9 for just 15 mins on our way out for the morning. He then has lunch anytime between 11.30/12.30 then naps afterwards for about 1.5 hours. He is normally asleep for bed at 8pm. If he doesn't catnap in the morning he would have his nap about 10.30 then lunch after, and probably a catnap in the afternoon instead.
Hey everyone thank you for sharing your routines. I think I'm nor that great with a routine I thought I was doing ok but if I didn't know that I'm not doing it right then I wouldn't know ever but gonna keep trying thank you girls really appreciate the support
2pm nap I shall try but I am embarrassed I can't even get a decent routine in place for my daughter and it just at the moment a mess
Oh bless you, don't feel embarrassed! Our 'routine' often doesn't work at all, it's just the ideal on days that go well which is probably only a couple of times a week. He goes to my mum's twice a week while I work and he has literally no routine there. He woke up at 4.30am today so he napped at 8 for 30 mins, then again 11-12 and he's gone to my in laws so he will nap in the car later at about 6pm 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️
Please don't worry too much, you're doing a great job ❤️ Just try different things and see if they work, but I do think keeping her awake for longer might be a good place to start
Omg don't feel embarrassed at all !! It's so hard to find their routine, with all the naps, feeding, playing, milestones, milk, illnesses etc etc! we have to do everything and the kids don't make it easy for us 🫣😂
You're doing great! ❤️
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