Post by Mummy Admin on Feb 1, 2014 21:29:13 GMT
Anyone else having trouble with the 2 to 1 nap transition?
CB has been such a pain this week. Sunday and Monday he only had one nap at around 12pm, and it was just an hour. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday he refused his afternoon nap completely so I just got him up. On Wednesday, he cried for about 40 minutes and then finally fell asleep, and today I had planned on not even attempting to give him a second nap but he was so grumpy I put him to bed after 4pm and he slept until I woke him at 5.40pm. I put him to bed by 8.30pm and he went to sleep after about 20 mins, but he is very unsettled.
How on earth do I handle this guys? Should I just go with the flow and put him down for a second nap if he seems like he needs it or will this just confuse him? Is it better to go cold turkey and enforce the one nap? The problem today was that he woke up at about 6.30am, so I put him down for his nap at about 10.30am which was pretty early and he woke up at about 11.50am. I left him for a while hoping he'd go back down but he didn't.
The only plan I really have is to try pushing his first nap later by 15 mins every few days and see how that goes.
Argh, I just don't know what to do! We had got into a really good and, more importantly to me, predictable routine so I'm totally stressed that we're all over the place again.
How did you handle your baby's 2 to 1 nap transition? Any good tips?
x x x
CB has been such a pain this week. Sunday and Monday he only had one nap at around 12pm, and it was just an hour. Tuesday, Thursday and Friday he refused his afternoon nap completely so I just got him up. On Wednesday, he cried for about 40 minutes and then finally fell asleep, and today I had planned on not even attempting to give him a second nap but he was so grumpy I put him to bed after 4pm and he slept until I woke him at 5.40pm. I put him to bed by 8.30pm and he went to sleep after about 20 mins, but he is very unsettled.
How on earth do I handle this guys? Should I just go with the flow and put him down for a second nap if he seems like he needs it or will this just confuse him? Is it better to go cold turkey and enforce the one nap? The problem today was that he woke up at about 6.30am, so I put him down for his nap at about 10.30am which was pretty early and he woke up at about 11.50am. I left him for a while hoping he'd go back down but he didn't.
The only plan I really have is to try pushing his first nap later by 15 mins every few days and see how that goes.
Argh, I just don't know what to do! We had got into a really good and, more importantly to me, predictable routine so I'm totally stressed that we're all over the place again.
How did you handle your baby's 2 to 1 nap transition? Any good tips?
x x x