Irregular naps
We dropped our LO nap and her sleep became worse so have gone back to a short day nap but bedtime is looking around 8:45
Is this normal?
When she doesn’t nap she is asleep by 7 but seems really overtired.
Does anyone have a routine where they nap only at nursery or on certain days??
Dependant on bad night etc ….?
Chat GPT told me to avoid irregular naps but would hear advice from actual mummies xx
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We have a 1hr nap between the hours of 11.30 and 2pm. Typically he takes his nap at about 1-2pm! If he takes his nap then, he is asleep by 7.30pm. If he takes the nap any earlier, we move the time back accordingly😄 we actually just had a sleep therapist in and this has helped us massively!
If he doesnt nap at nursery or at home, we bring bedtime forward to 6.15 (no earlier than 6pm) xx
Thank you. This is helpful.
I’m at a total loss with my daughter right now. She is wiped out and overtired with no nap and when she does nap she refuses bed before 8:30-8:45
She rarely sleeps through. I feel like I’ve broken her with trialing the nap vs no nap over the last month
You have not broken her❤️ it's a very difficult age in terms of they are learning and absorbing so much!
What does her wake ups typically look like? And does she sleep in her own bed/co-sleep etc?
I really appreciate you coming back to me. I have no mum friends yet so never know who to ask.
She is usually up at 7. Goes down in her cot and if she wakes she ends up with us. This happened at 4:20 this morning I managed to transfer her back after she fell asleep.
She is in a grumpy mood this morning. She went to bed at 8:45 last night and had a 45 min nap at nursery at 12:30. Woke up at 7:30
Not sure how to play today. Whether to give her a nap or not.
When I’m tired I just don’t know what the answer is 🤔
That's okay, that's the beauty of this app! We were in a vicious cycle where we were all just exhausted so put up with whatever was easiest to get us through.
Took about a solid week of consistency of the sleep specialists advice and it was all good!
If she woke at 7.30, try giving her a nap for 30 minutes 12.30-1 or 1-1.30 ish (or in between) then bedtime 6.30/6.45 and see how that goes.
Rough rule of thumb, 5-5.5hr wake windows for her and see how she gets on🤞🏼, it may not show results today or tomorrow but stay consistent where you can!
Thank you so much! I’ll give the above ago and hope for the best! 🤞🏼🤞🏼
Please feel free to message me if it's easier❤️ good luck and you got this xx
You are so kind! Honestly appreciate it so much! I had sleep last night and feel back to myself. Xx
Aww i am so glad ❤️ xx
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