I'm determined to get Vera out of her late night sleep cycle.For the past few months, she's been sleeping around 12 midnight. She still struggles with breathing even with Bi-pap (perhaps it's beginning to lose its effect), and doesn't sleep well from 2-5am. The result: She wakes up really late (930am) and takes her afternoon nap at close to 5pm. We're always having to force her to wake up from deep sleep in the day because she's so tired out from not sleeping well at night.
In the past, knowing that she sleeps late, we'll entertain and play with her in the living room till 10 plus.
Now, we're gonna enforce putting her in bed by 9pm. And leaving her to wind down and settle. Hopefully, once she gets used to nobody playing with her, she'll think 'oh well, I might as well sleep'.
Last night was the first night we tried it out.
We peeked and saw Vera still doing her secret training in bed while catching up with Tinny. This girl.
Hopefully it works, and we're able to shift her sleep/wake times earlier.
It's good for her and good for us.
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i should do that with Jonathan too. he sleeps around 12midnight too and sometimes later and then I wake up late too. it's going to be tough. but hang in there! Since Vera is young, i'm sure she'll adapt quickly ;)
Lily does the same thing for the most part, except she wants to go to sleep (lightly) around 1am then wakes up when I put her down. She then stays awake, usually crying, until 3 when I feed her. Then, she's out. She'll wake up around 7 to eat, but then fall asleep until 10:30am or 11 if I let her. I've found if I don't let her fall asleep after 5pm, she'll go down better around 10:30 or 11. Unfortunately, it's hard to keep her awake and get supper ready at the same time. Still, these sleep patterns have got to change! Dave's home all day for the summer, so maybe we'll get her trained in the next two months. Good luck with Vera! What a cute picture, by the way!
I love this sweet picture. I am still so jealous that she gets on her belly. No way will Annabel do this. I think her world could look so different from that view.
Annabel had terrible sleep habits. She would fall asleep but wake after couple hours thinking she had napped. So then I was up til 4 or 5 a.m. very frustrated. When Kourtni (the nanny came) she suggested this melatonin(natural med) and it has been a whole new life for us at night. I give it to her at around 7:45 and then I try hard to not let her go down til 8:15. If she does wake during the diaper due to diaper or lost pacifier she goes right back to sleep. But of course, everything won't work for everyone.
Thank you for keeping us up with what is going on so far from us here!
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