Hi,
I have posted about my 'different' DD before. Things have got a lot easier and she now naps in her cot (due to PU/PD method) and usually wakes 3 times in the night (compared to the 10-15 times we had before). At this age, she should be having 3 naps per day but the problem is she only naps for 30-40 minutes each time. This means that within an hour of waking, she is tired again and is often yawning 20 minutes after she's woken up. I try to push her to being awake for 1hr15-1hr 30 because otherwise she would end up having 5 naps a day! She is currently having 4 naps and gets more tired as the day goes on.
Does anyone have any experience with this? Some people have told me that their naps naturally lengthen - is this true? The reason I'm so bothered is that we usually only get about 30 mins of 'happy' awake time, the rest of the time she in whining because she's tired! I have only been doing PU/PD for 5 days (but it worked straight away). I know some people will say that I shouldn't be sleep training her but this method involves far less crying than anything else we've ever done, even if i hold and bounce her she still wails!
I know that when she's a few months older, she will be able to stay awake longer anyway but I am a complete slave to her naps at the moment!!
Thanks
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Pennybrown86 · 28/07/2016 10:07
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