https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 08:09:55 +0000 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:34:49 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=31096 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=916598&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#916598 Author: jaycee
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Posted: 29 January 2010 at 2:34pm

and look forward to the end of daylight savings
]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:34:49 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=916598&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#916598 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=916504&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#916504 Author: xLUCKYx
Subject: 31096
Posted: 29 January 2010 at 1:44pm

And I am going to consult the no cry sleep solution....... again ]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:44:11 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=916504&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#916504 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=916500&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#916500 Author: xLUCKYx
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Posted: 29 January 2010 at 1:41pm

OK so have been trying the short day nap thing and all that it resulted in was a really really grumpy PITA evil child all afternoon before she came right at about 5ish and would still stay up till 9-10pm.

So I have decided she can keep the sleep and we'll let her sleep as long as she needs. I am going to make evenings way more low key in the evenings though. After bathtime I will close all of the curtains, turn off the tv and we will just do quiet non-stimulating play, like reading books, chatting.... maybe even massage - I gave her a foot massage once and it really chilled her out.

Other than that I will just resign to the fact that she might be a wee bit of a night owl for a while and cross my fingers that it's a phase..... ]]> Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:41:09 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=916500&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#916500 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=908849&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#908849 Author: peanut butter
Subject: 31096
Posted: 24 January 2010 at 9:08pm

well so far...we are not winning. DH let Tom sleep till 3.30 (from 12.30!!) and he is STILL not asleep. neither is James. I told him 90 min max for Tom....but he knew best ]]> Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:08:54 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=908849&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#908849 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=906104&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#906104 Author: peanut butter
Subject: 31096
Posted: 22 January 2010 at 2:30pm

I'm really looking forward to the "answer" to this as we are having the same problem.

Here is what I "was" doing and then what I am trying.

Tom used to wake at 7am, go to sleep about 1pm and sleep for 2.5 to 3 hours. It didnt matter what time he went down, thats how long he slept. Then he would happily trot off at 7 -7.30. It all turned to custard when Daylight Savings started (but that maybe a coincidence.

Lately he has been looking tired early in the morning, refusing his afternoon sleep, being totally buggered and crashing at 6.15-6,30ish. Its so easy to get him to bed at night so I have been running with it. Its not ideal but hey, it beat having a sleep and then being up at 9pm!!!

However, I have noticed he had been grumpy, argumentative, not interested in eating, not interested in playing by himself, biting his brother and at daycare, wanting to hang out with the under 2s more and more and he doesnt play outside. I am wondering if he is really sleep deprived. His teacher mentioned to me that she thinks he's really tired there. (as a side note, it just occured to me that this could all fit with glue ear which we are checking on Tuesday).

So I decided he HAS to have his afternoon sleep. I have been advised to try a) putting him down earlier...eg 11.30 or b) waking him earlier. Putting him down earlier sounds hard so I am compromising. Today, I picked him up early from daycare (partly because James needed to sleep and I didnt want to wake him etc) so I picked him up at 11.45 instead of 12.45 and took him home, fed him and then with James fast asleep I sat in Tom's bed with him reading stories till he fell asleep...took 5 stories. He fell asleep at 1.30. I am going to pop in around 3pm and see if he is coming out of a sleep cycle then and if so wake him up.

I'll let you know how that works. I figure its a better compromise to let him have 90 min and get up than 3 hours and not sleep at night. I think that was making him more sleep deprived so we were in a really vicious cycle. I hope to break that somehow.

I find (and you probably do too) that its really hard to take the time to get Tom to sleep when James is awake so I have to time things prefectly to get James asleep before I try Tom. At the moment Tom is needing help and I dont really mind that. Its "our" time together reading and I think he needs it. Besides, I guess thats my job right now

I'll be sure to let you know if any of these tricks work.]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:30:46 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=906104&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#906104 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=905858&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#905858 Author: freckle
Subject: 31096
Posted: 22 January 2010 at 11:50am

I'm in the same situation with my DD now... most days I wake her from her nap cos she can still sleep up to 3 hours during the day but like you say then she's up really late at night... I'm just kinda going with the flow now. If she appears tired I give her a nap, if not she stays up. I try and keep her bedtime the same at night (around 7 - 730) unless we're out... ]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:50:10 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=905858&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#905858 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=905800&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#905800 Author: kebakat
Subject: 31096
Posted: 22 January 2010 at 11:05am

Daniel gets put to bed between 7-7:30 every night without fail. The only time he is up later is if we are out. He knows once hes in bed he is there to stay. Doesn't matter what he has done during the day thats how it is.]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:05:47 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=905800&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#905800 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=905792&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#905792 Author: xLUCKYx
Subject: 31096
Posted: 22 January 2010 at 10:58am

On the days that she does stay up she has crashed really early so I think if she did stay up 6:30-7 would be a realistic bedtime. It is just that she actually puts herself to bed in the day - she still seems to 'need' the sleep....

I did think about a quiet time in the evening though and doing bedtime routine, pj's, putting her to bed at 7:30pm (even though theres not a chance she would sleep at that time) and just letting her play quietly (haha) until she nods off. Has anyone tried this sort of thing? I have a feeling it may result in her screaming the house down though..... but if it became routine enough she might eventually accept that bedtime is 7:30 whether she sleeps or not - is that too mean?

]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:58:21 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=905792&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#905792 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=905769&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#905769 Author: jaycee
Subject: 31096
Posted: 22 January 2010 at 10:38am

I would suggest that you just try dropping the sleep and have *quiet time* so time in her room doing low key stuff - puzzles, books drawing if she can be trusted with crayons on her own . Then bring the start of bedtime forward to 6.30pm if she is really wasted. Not saying she should be in bed by 6.30 but be on the way.

When Amy started kindy and had to drop her afternoon sleep/rest she was often in bed about 6.40 and sound asleep by 6.45 .

Good luck - it is really tricky when they are dropping sleeps at any age.]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:38:07 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=905769&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#905769 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=905764&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#905764 Author: kebakat
Subject: 31096
Posted: 22 January 2010 at 10:34am

I don't know if this will help or not but daniel is in daycare wed and thurs avo and fri morning cause of this he generally has a day sleep on mon, tues and fri and occassionally he will have one on sat or sun. He would be like your little one if he had one every day and he wouldln't wanna anyway. So could you try alternating, daysleep one day and not the next?]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:34:13 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=905764&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#905764 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=905717&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#905717 Author: xLUCKYx
Subject: 31096
Posted: 22 January 2010 at 10:06am

Hello - I am sure many of your ladies have been through this or are going through this...

DD GAbrielle is 2 and a quarter. She still IMO needs to have her day sleep and if she doesn't have it she is pretty difficult to keep awake. However when she does have it she will stay awake until 9:30-11 at night - completely wide awake and happy as can be. Her day sleep is normally from 12-2 and she is with her carer from Mon-Fri. I have asked the carer to try and wake her up at 1 which she has managed a couple of times but even still Gabrielle can stay up sooo late. I really really really miss the little girl that went merrily along to bed at 7:30 and I am getting quite frustrated as I have no time to get anything done in the evenings as I usually save it all for when she goes to bed.

I have been thinking about some different things to try because it can't go on... but I would love to hear if anyone else is going through or has been through this phase and what did you do or are you doing??

TIA!]]> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:06:37 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31096&PID=905717&title=dropping-the-day-sleep--transition#905717