Am I in for a really bad night ... DD went down at 5pm .. arrrgghhh

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Twiglett · 25/10/2004 17:56

DD (6 months) normally goes to bed around 6 - 7pm .. but she got cranky at 5 so I put her down for what I thought was a short nap (she normally naps for 30 minutes in the afternoon) .. but

She's still asleep

do I wake her? and put her down properly in an hour

my mantra is normally never wake a sleeping babe

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hercules · 25/10/2004 17:58

Oh dear! Dd (1) did this the other day and was up very early in the morning. Still havent sorted it out back to normal. She only had a nap today at 4.30 and was up after half and hour and I didnt try to get her back to sleep.

zubb · 25/10/2004 17:58

I hate it when they do that . Not sure what I'd do - did she miss an afternoon nap?

libb · 25/10/2004 18:58

Twiglett, DS has done a similar thing today - having harped on at the childminder a squillion times about how he doesn't "do" naps. Never. Ever. He decided to sleep for 3 hours this afternoon and then she had to wake him as she was worried about his sleeping tonight . . .

The little blighter.

zebra · 25/10/2004 19:12

Bit late now, Twiglett, but DS did the same thing & we woke him up around 5:40pm. 4am wakeups are not my idea of fun!

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Twiglett · 25/10/2004 19:30

she grumbled at 6 so I went to get her and she 'dream-fed' .. the little blighter

when DS used to have long naps in the afternoon he'd sleep better at night Libb

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Catbert · 25/10/2004 19:35

It's too late for today.... But perhaps for future ref:
I know it feels so wrong to wake a sleeping babe, but I have found (although never could do it with DD1) that with DD2 if I need her to wake up, opening the curtains, and/or turning on the light and leaving them for a few minutes does cause them to wake as naturally as poss (if they are used to sleeping in the dark) and when you go back in, you should find a gently roused and pretty happy baby...

If she does wake even early in the morning, you might be lucky enough with a short feed (one boob, or half usual milk) and settling again until a more suitable hour Here's hoping!

sportyspice · 25/10/2004 20:16

My two always wake the same time in the morning pretty much regardless of how early or how late they go to bed so fingers crossed for you!!!

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