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She refuses to nap!
Not really a BF issue, but figured I'd post here anyway...
DD is 7 months old on Saturday. She's never been a great napper for me, altho when smaller at least she'd sleep ON me. She no longer does that. Still, we usually manage a 30 min or one hour nap at least each weekend day (she's at daycare during the week, where she naps beautifully 90% of the time). This weekend, we didn't even get that. She was up at 5am, and never went to sleep except for a brief doze while nursing (like a few minutes) until 8:30pm Sat, same thing Sunday although we managed to get her down about 6:45pm. She's up every 3-4 hours at night to nurse, although she doesn't fully wake up during those times usually. WHY won't she nap?!!! She'll nurse for hours in the evening but she doesn't nurse to sleep anymore. |
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"CJRA" wrote in message ups.com... Not really a BF issue, but figured I'd post here anyway... DD is 7 months old on Saturday. She's never been a great napper for me, altho when smaller at least she'd sleep ON me. She no longer does that. Still, we usually manage a 30 min or one hour nap at least each weekend day (she's at daycare during the week, where she naps beautifully 90% of the time). This weekend, we didn't even get that. She was up at 5am, and never went to sleep except for a brief doze while nursing (like a few minutes) until 8:30pm Sat, same thing Sunday although we managed to get her down about 6:45pm. She's up every 3-4 hours at night to nurse, although she doesn't fully wake up during those times usually. WHY won't she nap?!!! She'll nurse for hours in the evening but she doesn't nurse to sleep anymore. I wonder... Is she on anything other than BM? Baby cereals or soilds of any sort, or just BM? Is her day at daycare fairly active and busy that causes her to nap there, and days at home fairly laid back, which could cause her to not nap as well at home? Do you want her to nurse to sleep or just sleep? Will she go down ~and sleep~ if you lay her in bed, tell her to have a good nap and leave it at that? (seeing as you say she doesn't nurse to sleep much) Other than maybe she just does more while at daycare (with other kids, lots of activities - sometimes you can't offer the same thing at home) which makes her sleepier from all the activity during the day. At this point, I really don't have any other suggestions |
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She refuses to nap!
WHY won't she nap?!!! She'll nurse for hours in the evening but she
doesn't nurse to sleep anymore. what are you actually doing to make her nap? might sound like a dumb question, but if you are just expecting her to fall asleep post nursing then you may just be expecting the wrong thing for her, what does her day care provider do? can you do the same thing? co sleeping can be an issue for having naps as they have no safe place associated with sleep, that they can be left to just get on with it. At that age, I was nursing them, then changing there nappies, then plopping them in the cot, sometimes they fussed, but rarely more than a minute or 2, if it did go on longer than that, it was usually doomed and they needed a burp, or more to eat, or had pooed in the fresh nappy etc. Anne |
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On Jan 29, 12:38 pm, "xkatx" wrote: "CJRA" wrote in oglegroups.com... Not really a BF issue, but figured I'd post here anyway... DD is 7 months old on Saturday. She's never been a great napper for me, altho when smaller at least she'd sleep ON me. She no longer does that. Still, we usually manage a 30 min or one hour nap at least each weekend day (she's at daycare during the week, where she naps beautifully 90% of the time). This weekend, we didn't even get that. She was up at 5am, and never went to sleep except for a brief doze while nursing (like a few minutes) until 8:30pm Sat, same thing Sunday although we managed to get her down about 6:45pm. She's up every 3-4 hours at night to nurse, although she doesn't fully wake up during those times usually. WHY won't she nap?!!! She'll nurse for hours in the evening but she doesn't nurse to sleep anymore.I wonder... Is she on anything other than BM? Baby cereals or soilds of any sort, or just BM? We started solids on Christmas Day, she gets something 'solid' (pureed vegetables I make) about 3-4x/week. Is her day at daycare fairly active and busy that causes her to nap there, and days at home fairly laid back, which could cause her to not nap as well at home? They may be an issue. There are other kids and they provide a lot of stimulation. She's on a different nap schedule to them (she goes down after), so maybe once it all quiets with all the kids in naps she's more inclined to do the same. Do you want her to nurse to sleep or just sleep? Just sleep is fine. Nursing to sleep is what worked before. I just want her to sleep - I'd also like her to nurse more during the day, but I'll be happy with sleep! Will she go down ~and sleep~ if you lay her in bed, tell her to have a good nap and leave it at that? (seeing as you say she doesn't nurse to sleep much) hahahahahah! That leads to screaming. I've even tried just letting her fuss (when she's not screaming, just fussy KWIM?) doesn't work. I'm not a fan of CIO but I was getting desperate... Other than maybe she just does more while at daycare (with other kids, lots of activities - sometimes you can't offer the same thing at home) which makes her sleepier from all the activity during the day. She probably does have more stimulation at daycare, altho at home we spend a lot of time playing with her, we're just not kids. |
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On Jan 29, 3:30 pm, "Anne Rogers" wrote: WHY won't she nap?!!! She'll nurse for hours in the evening but she doesn't nurse to sleep anymore. what are you actually doing to make her nap? I lay down with her, nurse her, sometimes play music, talk gently about sleeping... I wait til she's tired and rubbing her eyes, sometimes I try a little before that (like if she's been up 4+ hrs already) might sound like a dumb question, but if you are just expecting her to fall asleep post nursing then you may just be expecting the wrong thing for her, what does her day care provider do? can you do the same thing? Daycare provider puts her down when she's sleepy, says nap time, walks out. She says that she might occassionally fuss a minute or two, but no more and she's out. co sleeping can be an issue for having naps as they have no safe place associated with sleep, that they can be left to just get on with it. I usually try to nap with her, but we also have a crib we put her in. Basically, we try both...whatever seems to work. At daycare, when she was smaller she'd leave her in the living room to sleep even with all the commotion (she could put her on the couch and block her in w/ a cushioned table, it's a tiny house, so babysitter is always within a few feet of there), now she's too big for that and puts her in one of the kids' rooms, closes the door. At that age, I was nursing them, then changing there nappies, then plopping them in the cot, sometimes they fussed, but rarely more than a minute or 2, if it did go on longer than that, it was usually doomed and they needed a burp, or more to eat, or had pooed in the fresh nappy etc. It *always* goes on for longer than that, and she's not hungry, wet, gassy, or needing to burp! I check all those things. well, I can sort of tell the gassiness, so if Ithink it's that, I just cycle her legs a bit, but it wasn't that this weekend. She wasn't particularly fussy, except when I'd leave her in the room (after having been with her for the past hour+).... Anne |
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On 29 Jan, 13:54, "CJRA" wrote: Not really a BF issue, but figured I'd post here anyway... DD is 7 months old on Saturday. She's never been a great napper for me, altho when smaller at least she'd sleep ON me. She no longer does that. Still, we usually manage a 30 min or one hour nap at least each weekend day (she's at daycare during the week, where she naps beautifully 90% of the time). This weekend, we didn't even get that. She was up at 5am, and never went to sleep except for a brief doze while nursing (like a few minutes) until 8:30pm Sat, same thing Sunday although we managed to get her down about 6:45pm. She's up every 3-4 hours at night to nurse, although she doesn't fully wake up during those times usually. WHY won't she nap?!!! She'll nurse for hours in the evening but she doesn't nurse to sleep anymore. I know your dd is a lot younger than my ds (18mths) but we found that when he was having trouble napping at home recently we found it works by replicating exactly what nursery did. So when he has had his lunch, instead of reading quietly then taking him up to bed, we take him straight up as soon as he has eaten the last mouthful.We make sure the room is dark and all toys and books are out of sight. He gets a quick cuddle then put down. He mostly accepts this and if he doesn't we play hardball and say no sleep then no dummy, cat, toys, play - but your lo is too young for that. Have you tried the pick up put down technique? This worked well for ds when he was smaller. Jeni |
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She refuses to nap!
what are you actually doing to make her nap?
I lay down with her, nurse her, sometimes play music, talk gently about sleeping... I wait til she's tired and rubbing her eyes, sometimes I try a little before that (like if she's been up 4+ hrs already) hmm, you may actually be putting her down too late, I've never really figured it out myself, but a lot of the books and websites say you need to put them down before they get to this stage, once I realised this, it didn't really help me though, because I couldn't figure out the signs and DS was a bit like your DD, once he got to that point it was too late, I did an awful lot of putting him in his pushchair and going for a walk. I still haven't got the hang of it with DD, but a least when she does get to this point, she goes down like a dream, as if saying, thanks for finally getting the message! co sleeping can be an issue for having naps as they have no safe place associated with sleep, that they can be left to just get on with it. I usually try to nap with her, but we also have a crib we put her in. Basically, we try both...whatever seems to work. At daycare, when she was smaller she'd leave her in the living room to sleep even with all the commotion (she could put her on the couch and block her in w/ a cushioned table, it's a tiny house, so babysitter is always within a few feet of there), now she's too big for that and puts her in one of the kids' rooms, closes the door. hmm, I wonder if because she's in day care, that she then wants to see more of you and that you being present also trying to nap is actually over stimulating for her, illogical though it sounds. Maybe, much as you dislike CIO, that within certain parameters, it maybe the only way to break a cycle and establish a reasonable routine. How is her weight doing at the moment? It seems to me from my own experience and others on here, that babies who are like this, often end up underweight at around a year old, because they just aren't getting enough sleep to allow them to do the growing, they are using the calories up in staying awake. I think Sarah's post in the next thread down is helpful, though it doesn't help in figureing what is the way to get things sorted! Have you tried the going for a walk in the buggy trick? Cheers Anne |
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On Jan 30, 3:02 pm, "Anne Rogers" wrote:
what are you actually doing to make her nap? I lay down with her, nurse her, sometimes play music, talk gently about sleeping... I wait til she's tired and rubbing her eyes, sometimes I try a little before that (like if she's been up 4+ hrs already) hmm, you may actually be putting her down too late, I've never really figured it out myself, but a lot of the books and websites say you need to put them down before they get to this stage, once I realised this, it didn't really help me though, because I couldn't figure out the signs and DS was a bit like your DD, once he got to that point it was too late, I did an awful lot of putting him in his pushchair and going for a walk. I still haven't got the hang of it with DD, but a least when she does get to this point, she goes down like a dream, as if saying, thanks for finally getting the message! eh there are plenty of times I put her down before she shows signs, just because I think she should be tired. Basically, I try both patterns, neither seems to work FWIW - I'm a terrible sleeper. I fear she's inherited that! co sleeping can be an issue for having naps as they have no safe place associated with sleep, that they can be left to just get on with it. I usually try to nap with her, but we also have a crib we put her in. Basically, we try both...whatever seems to work. At daycare, when she was smaller she'd leave her in the living room to sleep even with all the commotion (she could put her on the couch and block her in w/ a cushioned table, it's a tiny house, so babysitter is always within a few feet of there), now she's too big for that and puts her in one of the kids' rooms, closes the door. hmm, I wonder if because she's in day care, that she then wants to see more of you and that you being present also trying to nap is actually over stimulating for her, illogical though it sounds. Maybe, much as you dislike CIO, that within certain parameters, it maybe the only way to break a cycle and establish a reasonable routine. Well, see, I did. I do think that's a large part of it - she wants more mommy time. So sometimes I try to nap with her, other times I lay her down and leave her for awhile and let her cry. If it doesn't go to full scream I'll leave her longer to see if she eventually settles down. That's only happened once, and that was at night. Usually, the scream just gets more intense. That said, when I was on leave (until 12 weeks) she wasn't a great napper either, but she would sleep ON me. I could never put her down and have her sleep during the day though. How is her weight doing at the moment? It seems to me from my own experience and others on here, that babies who are like this, often end up underweight at around a year old, because they just aren't getting enough sleep to allow them to do the growing, they are using the calories up in staying awake. I am a little concerned about that. It's fine now, she's in the 40th percentile, of no concern to her pedi (she's long and skinny like her dad), but the thought has crossed my mind. She also doesn't eat much during the day. I htink she's still gaining ok so she makes up for it at night, but at daycare, she rarely takes more than 8-10oz in an 8.5 hr period. I think Sarah's post in the next thread down is helpful, though it doesn't help in figureing what is the way to get things sorted! Have you tried the going for a walk in the buggy trick? heh, I spent all day Saturday walking around town with her, that was after a couple of hours trying to get the morning nap to work. When it didn't,I gave up and took her for a looooong walk. I covered the stroller a bit so she wouldn't get too stimulated by everything around her, but she didn't like that. She was happy as long as she could see everything, hence she would not even consider sleeping! The car also doesn't work, she WILL NOT even doze in there. Fortunately, she's not particularly fussy during these awake periods, but she definitely needs more than 8-10 broken hours of sleep per 24 hour period! At least she gets that M-F. |
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"CJRA" wrote in message ups.com... On Jan 29, 12:38 pm, "xkatx" wrote: "CJRA" wrote in oglegroups.com... Not really a BF issue, but figured I'd post here anyway... DD is 7 months old on Saturday. She's never been a great napper for me, altho when smaller at least she'd sleep ON me. She no longer does that. Still, we usually manage a 30 min or one hour nap at least each weekend day (she's at daycare during the week, where she naps beautifully 90% of the time). This weekend, we didn't even get that. She was up at 5am, and never went to sleep except for a brief doze while nursing (like a few minutes) until 8:30pm Sat, same thing Sunday although we managed to get her down about 6:45pm. She's up every 3-4 hours at night to nurse, although she doesn't fully wake up during those times usually. WHY won't she nap?!!! She'll nurse for hours in the evening but she doesn't nurse to sleep anymore.I wonder... Is she on anything other than BM? Baby cereals or soilds of any sort, or just BM? We started solids on Christmas Day, she gets something 'solid' (pureed vegetables I make) about 3-4x/week. Does she sleep better if she has those 'solids' or does it not make any difference? Just to possibly scratch out the possibility that she's not sleeping because she's hungry. If she nurses for a few minutes, passes out for a few minutes then is up a few minutes after that, *could* it be possible she's hungry? She eats enough to satisfy for a short while, but not enough to get a good fill? If that doesn't appear to be the case, then I don't know as far as that goes. I also just noticed you said earlier that she does get up at night to nurse but she 'doesn't fully wake up during those times usually' - does that mean she kind of wakes a bit, squeaks and squawks and is still half asleep, you feed her and then she goes back down for another short period of time? (short period of time being the 3-4 hours at night) Have you tried just letting her honk and beep in her own bed for a while to see if she goes back to sleep on her own, or will she fully wake up and wake the whole house and neighbours? I know DD1 recently started pulling off the, "It's 2am, I want to bang on the walls, shout and talk to myself" not long ago... Maybe the last couple months. She is 18 months (in a few days, anyways) and this was totally out of the blue and out of character for her, seeing as she slept right through the night since day 1. More often than not she does wake up around 1-3am. I wake up as well when she's pounding like a crazy lady on the bedroom wall we share for our rooms. I ignore her, she whines, cries and bangs for maybe 10-15 minutes then puts herself back to sleep and sleeps until 830-9am the next morning. Is her day at daycare fairly active and busy that causes her to nap there, and days at home fairly laid back, which could cause her to not nap as well at home? They may be an issue. There are other kids and they provide a lot of stimulation. She's on a different nap schedule to them (she goes down after), so maybe once it all quiets with all the kids in naps she's more inclined to do the same. Is it at all possible to try and mimic the daycare's schedule? If you can fit it in and try to follow fairly closely what they do, perhaps it might be a comfort thing that she finds familiar and *maybe* she'll nap at home. Is it possible for you to have a short nap time when it's time for her to nap? I know from experience that this may be next to impossible to do if you have other children, but off hand, I can't remember if you have others! Do you want her to nurse to sleep or just sleep? Just sleep is fine. Nursing to sleep is what worked before. I just want her to sleep - I'd also like her to nurse more during the day, but I'll be happy with sleep! Sleep is always good... Maybe she's just at the stage where she's wanting to nurse less during the day and more at night, or maybe the current sleeping schedule at home isn't working for her. Will she go down ~and sleep~ if you lay her in bed, tell her to have a good nap and leave it at that? (seeing as you say she doesn't nurse to sleep much) hahahahahah! That leads to screaming. I've even tried just letting her fuss (when she's not screaming, just fussy KWIM?) doesn't work. I'm not a fan of CIO but I was getting desperate... Ha! It's funny. Mine are the same way. They will not just go to sleep. They need to be ~put~ to sleep more often than not. My mom always said that from the start, she would lay my brothers and I down, say it was night time/nap time/whatever, shut the lights off and we would just go to sleep. Not sure how much of that I believe, but there are many who do this for their children and it works for them. For me, I know, and obviously you, that way probably wouldn't go over very well! Very seldom will I let them just cry and cry. There's been only a time or two that I've put DD2 in the swing or on the floor in the living room while she's screaming her face off and just let her cry. This was only after feeding, burping, changing diaper, burping again, offering a feed once more, check for a burp and double check the diaper one last time. Other than maybe she just does more while at daycare (with other kids, lots of activities - sometimes you can't offer the same thing at home) which makes her sleepier from all the activity during the day. She probably does have more stimulation at daycare, altho at home we spend a lot of time playing with her, we're just not kids. No, there's only so much an adult can take before it's too much! I find if I sit on the floor too long playing with Lego, reading a book, drawing, pushing toy cars around and so on, I feel like I'm about 90 years old. You can try and function at their level for play time, but it's just not the same when it comes to some things. Not sure where you are, but I know we often go for walks during the day. We'll walk rain or shine. Go to the park when it's warm and sunny, walk all bundled up when it's crappy and cold out. Unless it's real cold for the little ones, like -20C or so or colder, or real hot, around 30C or warmer, we tend to be out daily. Seems the fresh air knocks them right out. The heat tends to make them just as sleepy and beat as the cool, crisp air does! |
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On Jan 30, 4:18 pm, "xkatx" wrote:
"CJRA" wrote in message ups.com... On Jan 29, 12:38 pm, "xkatx" wrote: "CJRA" wrote in oglegroups.com... Not really a BF issue, but figured I'd post here anyway... DD is 7 months old on Saturday. She's never been a great napper for me, altho when smaller at least she'd sleep ON me. She no longer does that. Still, we usually manage a 30 min or one hour nap at least each weekend day (she's at daycare during the week, where she naps beautifully 90% of the time). This weekend, we didn't even get that. She was up at 5am, and never went to sleep except for a brief doze while nursing (like a few minutes) until 8:30pm Sat, same thing Sunday although we managed to get her down about 6:45pm. She's up every 3-4 hours at night to nurse, although she doesn't fully wake up during those times usually. WHY won't she nap?!!! She'll nurse for hours in the evening but she doesn't nurse to sleep anymore.I wonder... Is she on anything other than BM? Baby cereals or soilds of any sort, or just BM? We started solids on Christmas Day, she gets something 'solid' (pureed vegetables I make) about 3-4x/week. Does she sleep better if she has those 'solids' or does it not make any difference? Not really. She gets at least one dose of solids ont eh weekends, which is when her nap problem is, however she also gets at least 2 doses during the week in the evening (just not every day), and she sleeps during the week at night fine (well, she wakes multiple times, but sleep is normal pattern I think) Just to possibly scratch out the possibility that she's not sleeping because she's hungry. If she nurses for a few minutes, passes out for a few minutes then is up a few minutes after that, *could* it be possible she's hungry? She eats enough to satisfy for a short while, but not enough to get a good fill? heh, that's what she does during the day at daycare, so maybe she's sleeping because she's hungry rather than the other way around. When I'm there she goes on nursing marathons. Most of the time she'll nurse for an hour +, then she'll do little snacking things. She is definitely reverse cycling, but I'd expect it to continue on the weekends at least, but she just nurses more on the weekends days AND nights. When I say she dozes while nursing, I mean she goes into her trance. She's still sucking - and god forbid I pull the nipple away even if it seems she's out. She goes nuts. If that doesn't appear to be the case, then I don't know as far as that goes. I also just noticed you said earlier that she does get up at night to nurse but she 'doesn't fully wake up during those times usually' - does that mean she kind of wakes a bit, squeaks and squawks and is still half asleep, you feed her and then she goes back down for another short period of time? (short period of time being the 3-4 hours at night) Yeah, that's exactly it. We're usually cosleeping (do the crib ocassionally), and usually I nurse her - sometimes it's short, sometimes long, I usually fall asleep. Have you tried just letting her honk and beep in her own bed for a while to see if she goes back to sleep on her own, or will she fully wake up and wake the whole house and neighbours? Yeah, we've tried that, altho not for very long in the middle of the night, the couple of times I've let her go more than a few minutes she gets close to a full scream quickly. Tonight we're trying something new of necessity - I'm sick with a horrible cold, so (I've just nursed her to sleep for 2+ hrs, but she's out now) I'm going to sleep in the other room so I *can* sleep and DH is going to try to do night duty...I'll likely go back to nurse her at some point, but we're seeing if my being in another room helps (we have no place else to put her but in our room). On that note, I'm going away to a conference next week for 2.5 days, and DH will be with her at nights (daycare in the day), so that will be the real test of her nights.... I know DD1 recently started pulling off the, "It's 2am, I want to bang on the walls, shout and talk to myself" not long ago... Maybe the last couple months. She is 18 months (in a few days, anyways) and this was totally out of the blue and out of character for her, seeing as she slept right through the night since day 1. More often than not she does wake up around 1-3am. I wake up as well when she's pounding like a crazy lady on the bedroom wall we share for our rooms. I ignore her, she whines, cries and bangs for maybe 10-15 minutes then puts herself back to sleep and sleeps until 830-9am the next morning. Is her day at daycare fairly active and busy that causes her to nap there, and days at home fairly laid back, which could cause her to not nap as well at home? They may be an issue. There are other kids and they provide a lot of stimulation. She's on a different nap schedule to them (she goes down after), so maybe once it all quiets with all the kids in naps she's more inclined to do the same. Is it at all possible to try and mimic the daycare's schedule? If you can fit it in and try to follow fairly closely what they do, perhaps it might be a comfort thing that she finds familiar and *maybe* she'll nap at home. Is it possible for you to have a short nap time when it's time for her to nap? Yes and no. We try for that schedule - tho it's pretty loose - however, inevitably during the week she'll wake about 4:30/5am, nurse for awhile, fall back to sleep by 6am, when I get up, then we have to wake her a 7:10am. On the weekends, almost *always*, no matter when she goes down to sleep, she is awake about 5am and stays awake. I'll talk to the babysitter a bit more tomorrow about what routine she follows to make sure we're doing similar. I think it's more that she knows mommy and daddy are home and at her disposal ;-) As for napping when she naps, I'd love to do that and certainly we try. It has worked sometimes. I know from experience that this may be next to impossible to do if you have other children, but off hand, I can't remember if you have others! nope, she's the first. Do you want her to nurse to sleep or just sleep? Just sleep is fine. Nursing to sleep is what worked before. I just want her to sleep - I'd also like her to nurse more during the day, but I'll be happy with sleep! Sleep is always good... Maybe she's just at the stage where she's wanting to nurse less during the day and more at night, or maybe the current sleeping schedule at home isn't working for her. Will she go down ~and sleep~ if you lay her in bed, tell her to have a good nap and leave it at that? (seeing as you say she doesn't nurse to sleep much) hahahahahah! That leads to screaming. I've even tried just letting her fuss (when she's not screaming, just fussy KWIM?) doesn't work. I'm not a fan of CIO but I was getting desperate... Ha! It's funny. Mine are the same way. They will not just go to sleep. They need to be ~put~ to sleep more often than not. My mom always said that from the start, she would lay my brothers and I down, say it was night time/nap time/whatever, shut the lights off and we would just go to sleep. Not sure how much of that I believe, but there are many who do this for their children and it works for them. For me, I know, and obviously you, that way probably wouldn't go over very well! What's crazy is over Thanksgiving weekend, DD started doing this and I was sooo excited. That was short lived. Very seldom will I let them just cry and cry. There's been only a time or two that I've put DD2 in the swing or on the floor in the living room while she's screaming her face off and just let her cry. This was only after feeding, burping, changing diaper, burping again, offering a feed once more, check for a burp and double check the diaper one last time. Yeah, I can tell her cry of pain/wet/poopy (she hardly ever burps and doesn't fuss when she needs to) vs. the cry of 'pay attention to me.' I usually oblige the latter, except when she's long overdue for a nap! Other than maybe she just does more while at daycare (with other kids, lots of activities - sometimes you can't offer the same thing at home) which makes her sleepier from all the activity during the day. She probably does have more stimulation at daycare, altho at home we spend a lot of time playing with her, we're just not kids. No, there's only so much an adult can take before it's too much! I find if I sit on the floor too long playing with Lego, reading a book, drawing, pushing toy cars around and so on, I feel like I'm about 90 years old. You can try and function at their level for play time, but it's just not the same when it comes to some things. Not sure where you are, but I know we often go for walks during the day. We'll walk rain or shine. Go to the park when it's warm and sunny, walk all bundled up when it's crappy and cold out. Unless it's real cold for the little ones, like -20C or so or colder, or real hot, around 30C or warmer, we tend to be out daily. Seems the fresh air knocks them right out. The heat tends to make them just as sleepy and beat as the cool, crisp air does!- Hide quoted text - It was cold and damp (by our standards!) lately so we didn't get out much, but this past weekend was perfect and we spent all Saturday, once I gave up on the morning nap, out walking. It just makes her more interested in the world... Like I said, she's not hugely fussy or too overtired due to the lack of naps (tho mom and dad are!), but I don't buy that my 7month old can get by on less than 8 hrs sleep! |
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