If Rebecca had her way, her schedule would look like this (heck, who am I kidding? It kind of does look like this....I just don't want it to!):
5:15 AM Wake Up
10:30 AM Nap
6:00 PM Bedtime
But who goes to bed at 6 pm and wakes up at 5:15??? Not us!
She can't seem to sleep later than that, and then she's tired and ready for a nap at 10:30 or 11. If we're in the car at that time (which we often seem to be, on the way home from somewhere), she falls asleep. The last few days she's even fallen asleep just downstairs in our house. Yesterday she was in my lap and fell asleep and today she fell asleep on the floor! She sleep for about 20 minutes, then something wakes her up, and she's ready to go again. I put her to bed for her nap at her normal naptime (around 12:30 or 1:00), and she talks for an hour, then cries. No nap. Then she's ready to go to bed for the night at 6 pm because she's exhausted. I don't put her to bed until 7, but she's fussy and rubbing her eyes, and clearly ready for bed at 6.
Help! I don't know what to do to break this cycle. I will definitely do whatever I can to keep her awake at 10:30 in the mornings so she doesn't miss her afternoon nap, but otherwise, I don't know what to do. How do I get her to sleep past 5:15 in the mornings???? I really don't want to start my mornings at that time.
I don't know what to do. Any and all advice accepted.
2 comments:
Argh! I wish I had some good advice! That REAALLLLYYY stinks. I think I would just do what you are doing - try to keep her up until 7, try to push her nap to 12:30 or so... when she wakes up at 5:15 - do you leave her in the crib until 6? I think you said that you do that already. I don't know what else to suggest! Prayer...
What about staying home for a week so she wouldn't fall asleep in the car on the way home from some place? You could aim for a nap at noon or 12:30 for a few weeks, then push it back. Or, you could just let her cat nap in the van, then push nap time back to later (2ish) with hopes that she may last longer at nights and sleep in. Either way, I'd say whatever you try, stick with it for at least 7-10 days...then try something else. Just ideas...no definite solutions.
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