My daughter has just turned 14 months. She is very alert and a light sleeper.
I have been using very gradual withdrawal to get her to have naps in her cot as I was previously rocking her for naps, but she has become much too heavy. It's going really well and now, she will go to sleep in her cot within 10mins and sleep for 1-2 hrs. This varies. Hooray! This is for the morning.
In the afternoon, she will not do the same and fights it all the way, even though she appears to be tired and needing to nap. She will have 30-40 mins sleep in the afternoon if we are out in the car or in the pushchair. I often have to give up on the afternoon nap if we are at home, as I spend so long trying, it gets too late in the day.
Should I be starting to move to one nap days? If so, how did I do this when my daughter always starts getting tired and ready to sleep 3-3 1/4 hrs after waking for the day? If left longer, she gets overtired and very wired.
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user1474565301 · 19/04/2017 11:18
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