I've got 7 mo twins who love their day time sleep (finally napping well, hurrah), but night time sleep is still a disaster area... In particular, I really, really hate the 4 am start
They've always needed a lot of daytime sleep, and do get ratty if they don't get it. Yesterday the routine went roughly like this:
Up at 4
Nap 6-6.45
Nap 8.15-11.45 (yes, three and a half hours!)
Nap 1.15-2.00
Nap 4.45-5.30 (and they were overtired by the 4.45 nap)
Bed at 7
Feed at midnight
Feed at 3
Up for day 4.30
Now it seems to me that is far too much daytime sleep for a 7mo, but the problem is they really need it. It's only fairly recently that we've cracked napping (finally getting the right reflux meds has helped), and until a couple of weeks ago they were crying, overtired disasters for much of the day (still are, if the naps don't happen.) They generally go down without fuss, apart from the last nap of the day, which I wish they'd drop, but at the minute if they don't get it they are howling banshees by bedtime. They really can't do any more than 1.5 hours comfortably without a sleep.
But... The 4 am start is killing me! I do wish they would do more of their sleeping at night and less during the day. Is there any way to encourage them to do this, or do I just have to wait it out and hope it gets better with time? On the occasions I have limited their day time sleep all that happens is that they fuss and cry through tiredness during the day, and wake up at sodding 4 am regardless.
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Heloise1982 · 16/09/2016 06:24
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