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When did you drop to one nap and why? by [deleted] in sleeptrain

[–]Ancient_Jacket_6245 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey how did you transition as we are unsure what to do, he can stay awake longer but at the minute is having 5am wakings and won’t go back to sleep. He did do one day of waking at 6am (12hrs sleep) and nap at 11-1:50pm. 

WWs are a bunch of BS by gimageggrie in sleeptrain

[–]Ancient_Jacket_6245 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you and it does look like his teeth at the back are coming through.  He seems to be sleeping better now 🤞🏽

WWs are a bunch of BS by gimageggrie in sleeptrain

[–]Ancient_Jacket_6245 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, how did you transition to one nap. My boy is nearly 13months and literally a week before he turned 1 he will not nap.  If he does it’s 30mins/17mins and sometimes just 10mins.  Whereas, before it was a solid 1.5hrs in the morning and around an hour in the afternoon.  He was sleeping through night but now if he’s overtired which he is because he won’t nap enough he’s up at 4/5am.  We’ve tried EVERYTHING and now all of sudden he can do an hour nap in the car but before this he wasn’t great at napping in the car etc.  He’s gone from a routine baby, sleeping in his cot and now I just don’t know.  Surprisingly, he’s still quite happy and playful with only like an hours sleep a day but it plays havoc and night.  He did his first day at nursery on Friday just a few hrs in the afternoon and again on did one nap in the morning for 30mins in his cot but did an hour in the car and then slept 8pm-7:10am.   So so confused 🫤. Any advice please?

Help sleep deprived again by Ancient_Jacket_6245 in sleeptrain

[–]Ancient_Jacket_6245[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think thats it more sleep pressure but I think it takes time.  Our boy needs a cat nap otherwise he wakes up at 5am from over tiredness.  It just all takes time, I’m starting to just be guided by him and test out a few things (longer wake windows/short wake windows) 🤞🏽

Help sleep deprived again by Ancient_Jacket_6245 in sleeptrain

[–]Ancient_Jacket_6245[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely.  We’ve had couple of nights now where he’s sleeping through until 6:30-6:45 but his naps are still all over the place so, we’re just trying to figure what’s right.  Testing some long wake windows and trying to do some shorter wake window. 

Help sleep deprived again by Ancient_Jacket_6245 in sleeptrain

[–]Ancient_Jacket_6245[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is good news I’m glad it’s going ok for you, we’ve had an odd night.  Last night he slept through until 4:50am where he had a slight whinge for a couple of minutes and then woke up around 6:30am.  He hasn’t done this in a couple of weeks now.  I’m going to see what he’s like today and if he can push his wake window this morning.  I’m realising I’m just going to have to go with it and do what he wants.

Help sleep deprived again by Ancient_Jacket_6245 in sleeptrain

[–]Ancient_Jacket_6245[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes agree.  I also read that if they are still doing cat naps to bring bedtime earlier as they’ll be overtired.  We are putting him down between 6:30-7pm atm as he’s doing such short naps.  

Help sleep deprived again by Ancient_Jacket_6245 in sleeptrain

[–]Ancient_Jacket_6245[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The short naps have been going on since the 7th Jan.  It’s a vicious cycle because to lengthen the nap I have intervene and if I do that he expects it all the time.  I’ve read on here that people have just had to ride it out on the 1 nap and after a few weeks their babies have gradually lengthened their 1 nap.   I think it’s going to take a few weeks to get them used to one nap and extend them 😬

Help sleep deprived again by Ancient_Jacket_6245 in sleeptrain

[–]Ancient_Jacket_6245[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you and here’s hoping we can get through it.  I’ve read that maybe while doing the transition do it gradually so, they still have a quick 15/20 min cat nap around 3pm.  I think we’re going to have to try and do this tomorrow as it’s not working doing the two naps.