Sleep schedule help 😴
So we have recently transitioned to 1 nap but are now having very early wake ups Today was 5:40 and yesterday was 4:15. Have been trying to run by wake windows and putting her to bed earlier but she just isn’t a 12 hours sleep kind of baby, so she’s waking up at all hours.
Typical day used to be:
7:15 - Wake
Nap 1 - 11-12
Nap 2 - 4-4:30
Sleep - 8:30
Needed to change to 1 nap as the second was getting later and later causing 9 o’clock bedtimes.
She averages 10hrs 45 at night, so was looking at doing 7, 12:30-2:30, 8 but how do we get back to that now. Do i let her have a few longer wake windows to get her back to 8PM bedtime or will this cause her nap to be short and affect bedtime/sleep.
Any help would be much appreciated. She used to wake like clockwork 🫣 So feel like this has just completely thrown her off and causing more problems than good x
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This is what we do as my son does 10h overnight, and 2 hour nap time. Just gradually day by day push the routine by about 10 mins to get her back into that schedule you want. It doesnt guarantee that she will be like clockwork but you will gradually find a sweet spot. Sometimes we have no wake ups, sometimes 2, and sometimes 5am starts, sometimes 6. The routine always stays the same, predictability and consistency is important for them though xx
When is she going to bed now, with the early rises?
Maybe she’s not ready for the drop yet and you could just wake her earlier to move bedtime early again.
Alternatively, on the two nap schedule she was napping for 1.5 hours, whereas one nap you’ve said she does 2 hours. So you could maybe wake her earlier from the nap.
It seems like you’ll need to experiment a bit. Maybe try two naps again and see how far you can push the first wake window, my LO went to one nap when she could do about 4.5 hours for her first wake window.
We’ve recently transitioned too and my girl is the same! Has been waking up earlier. Her normal is about 10 and a half hours overnight but now she’s doing 9 and a half- 10 hours. We’ve been putting her to bed a little earlier while she gets used to the longer wake windows but means she’s up earlier!
I’ve tried giving some 2 nap days so she can catch up a bit on sleep but she happily has a morning nap then refuses her afternoon one so it doesn’t help at all!
Sorry not much help but going through the same thing. Hoping is gets easier as she gets used to staying awake longer
Just replying to your comment... I stick to the same timings as he can manage it, but if he couldn't then I would adjust. I think moving things 10 mins or so each day can help. Its a tricky time going to one nap also at a tkme of peak separation anxiety so can be a bit of a messy couple of months but it does level out and you will likely find the night hours increase over time. Its one of those, roll with it situations and trust the process in my opinion. If my son wakes at 5, ive stopped fighting trying to get him back in bed as it exhausts me more and just annoys me tbh so I bring him in bed with me cuddle or bf and try not get up till 6am earliest. Then normal day, lunch 11/11.30. Nap by 12.15/12.30. Upstairs bed by 7.30pm, asleep by 8pm. Cuddled/rocked to sleep & put in bed asleep. I do not fight him or put the pressure on myself to get him to do anything on his own because I know 1day it will be the last time i need to cuddle or rock him to sleep & I won't even know it! I think 10hrs overnight is common
It will get easier but I just find it a bit of a "messy middle" in my experience. It was the same with my first and he had a dummy and my second doesnt. They are all different of course but many experience similar and by the comments you can tell you aren't alone. Keep responding to your baby, it will level out. You're doing a great job and it can be super super hard (telling myself this too after a veryyyyyy messy night!!! 🙃)
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