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Hi @Elena , it’s very hard for me to say because we don’t have much of a schedule. She wakes up at 10 everyday and I try to keep her up for an hour and a half then put her down for a nap. But she sleeps in such short bursts she’s basically napping on and off multiple times a day. The only thing that stays consistent is her waking at 10am and going down for the night at 10pm.
Then you have your answer, the solution is creating a correct schedule according to her age. If not, the problems will continue.... If you try to put her to sleep for 1 hour means she does not have enough sleeping pressure, does not matter how much you will insist she will not sleep.
Going to sleep at 22:00 is extreme late. At 6 months a schedule could look something like this Wake up 7 Nap 1 9:00-10:00 Nap 2 12:30-14:00 Nap 3: 16:30-17:00 Bedtime-20:00 This is just an example. There is a lot to cover but I hope this will just give you an idea of routine.
Thanks @Elena we did initially have a schedule similar to this but we fell off because she cannot sleep on her own. If she’s not contact napping she won’t sleep properly during nap time and will be overtired and needs to sleep outside of the nap time..how do I tackle this? For example she wakes up at 7 and at 9:00 I put her to sleep but she wakes again at 9:05 and we go back and forth this way until 10:00. Then 11:30 comes and she’s rubbing eyes and needs to sleep. Do I let her get overtired and keep her up til her next nap time at 14:00 or do I let her sleep early? Then I’m sure with that second nap she will keep waking everytime she realises she’s in her bed. Right now she’s overtired and I really struggled to get her down. She’s finally sleeping but I know it won’t be long until she wakes up again, what then?
That is another issue you should address. Schedule does not have anything to do with sleeping independently, that is due to the associations she created. She is not sleeping well anyway, worrying about being overtired would be the last problem you should think of. Whatever schedule you choose to implement you have to give 5 days to assess if is working ir not. Giving up too early would never teach her how to sleep. The first days are the hardest but uf you stick to the rules she would learn. Yes, she would wake up multiple times but ones that you apply the correct methods it is impossible for her not to learn, specially at her age.
The night is the best indicator, but first you would need to correct the schedule and then to address to the associations. Is not easy but not impossible. I am a sleep consultant so all the advice I give is based on my education. There is a lot to work on, you can check my website www.babydaretosleep.com
I would utilise contact naps to break the overtired cycle. Get her onto a consistent routine then tackle cot naps as a separate thing.
Hi Natalie, there are different methods to do this depending on the age.
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Yeah I would imagine there is. I was just giving suggestions based on what I would do. My daughter is almost 3 now and we have a good routine that works.
@Elena thanks I’ll check it out!
@Natalie that’s a great idea I thought of this but was worried it would make her more attached but I’ll take it one step at a time
@Natalie that is amazing! Sorry I miss understood 🙃
The more you comfort them the more secure and safe they feel.
Hi, Which is her schedule? Wake up time, naps, and bedtime.