Please help…
My daughter is 16 months old nearly. She’s always been a bad sleeper! I managed to get her into a routine off tea, bath, book, bottle, bed for 8pm most nights.
In the day at nursery she has 1 nap being 12:25-2:15 making bedtime around 7:45-8pm. Which worked for so long.
She’s now having 2 maybe 3 naps ( yes I know she shouldn’t be / doesn’t need to be but sometimes I’m too tired to even fight keeping her up)
Yesterday she napped 3 times being 8:45-9:30, 11:10-12:50, then 4:30-5:25 yes late I know. As she was up at 4:25 yesterday morning!
I kept to the same routine, put her to bed at 9. She didn’t fall asleep until 9:42, took all that time to settle her as now she doesn’t have a bottle at bedtime as she never drinks them!
But again this morning woke up at 4:25.
What can I do to keep her to stay asleep past 6-6:30 each morning?
As she used to wake up between 6:45-7:30 every morning sleeping 9-10.5 hours each night but it’s suddenly dropped to around 6-6.5 hours so she’s exhausted quicker in the day!
Please help! One exhausted mumma 🥱
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Hey babes, you sound like me a few months ago, exhausted! I know it’s hard but you’ve GOT to cap the naps. Like you have to. It’s honestly the only way. Take her outside, get some fresh air. Put the TV on, even if you don’t do screens, just to keep her awake. Whatever you need to do, do not let her sleep. It’ll be three days of exhaustion for you but eventually she will sleep longer, I promise. The reason why she’s napping so much is because she’s so tired from broken sleep at night. I’ve got more tips so message if you like x
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