My friend has a ds 15mths and dd 4mths.
DS is active and playful and a good sleeper at night, goes to bed easily at 7pm but wakes early and at different times each day often at around 5.30am. He still needs a morning nap (especially after waking so early) and a lunchtime nap. Once he's tired, he needs putting to bed quite quickly as he soon becomes overtired and then refuses to nap. He's currently pooing mid afternoon nap, and refusing to go back to sleep.
DD is FF and normally sleeps and naps well.
At the moment, both DC and the poor parents all have colds, whereby one cold is simply replaced by another so that theyve now all had colds constantly for 5 weeks.
My friend is shattered. In the last 5 weeks she has had very, very little sleep, often dealing with one child or another who is struggling to breathe, DD who likes a dummy but can't breathe with it in, and coughs which wake one baby, then another.
They have vaporises and I think use a vicks type rub on the pillow.
No parental/family help (family abroad, they are in Britain).
What else can she do re the colds?
Can anyone offer any advise on finding a daytime pattern/routine that might allow both children to nap at the same times to allow her some rest?
Can anyone give her any tips on coping with 2 infants so close together?
Is there anything she can do push DS on towards a more reasonable waking hour?
Sorry to post on her behalf, I really think she needs to rest when she can.