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14 months old, wide awake in evening

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ladybirdsinmyeyes · 16/12/2011 22:29

My 14 month old DD has never slept through, but I was okay with this as I CC'd with my DS (3 years and a lifetime ago) with amazing results, so thought I could be in control if need be...the thing is, she goes to sleep okay (on the boob, another issue) but then she doesn't wake up crying, she is WIDE AWAKE and ready to play. CC can't deal with this, she would just be like WTF, COME AND GET ME. I expect her nap is too long (2 hours) but I work at this time so find it hard to stop and wake her! And of course, considering she otherwise sleeps 8.15 - 9.15 then 11.30 - 7.15 I assume she needs this sleep. I do now just get her up in the evening and she has a bit of adult time (not all fun, I have to do emails, sandwiches etc) but I don't think she's just in a habit as I originally (and intermittently since) just lay down on the bed with her (after bfing, always with the bfing) and insisted (!) she went to sleep, for up to an hour. Didn't work, obv., she just laughed at me. Having an older child too, I know things change in undeterminable ways, but has anyone got any advice to jolt this routine? I know my friends find it weird, they go out in the evening (oh, that's the other thing, it has to be me that deals with it due to bf-to-sleep EVERY time). Heeeelp.

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PsychicSatsumaInYourStocking · 17/12/2011 21:55

when do you want to wean?
sounds like she has all the control here, in the nicest way, she runs the house?

decide bed time, stick to it. put safety gate over bedroom door if need be...
follow set routine,
stick to it
stick to it
stick to it

good luck!

PsychicSatsumaInYourStocking · 17/12/2011 21:55

can do a bath/ teeth/ story/ bedtime song/ tuck in light off sleep
has to be consistent though

PsychicSatsumaInYourStocking · 17/12/2011 21:56

you need to get her to sleep without the bf some how...

PsychicSatsumaInYourStocking · 17/12/2011 21:57

bumping, someone will have better ideas than me..

ladybirdsinmyeyes · 18/12/2011 13:09

Thanks Psychic. I actually ended up ccing last night, after a feed and it took an hour, but then at nap time today I didn't know if I was supposed to cc again - twice a day seems a lot of screaming for a little one. She is just not tired. So I have kept her up to exhaust her and jolt her body clock. I know she will fall asleep before bedtime though, and then when she wakes (will keep nap short I guess) and has had a couple of hours up and then a bedtime routine I will have to cc again tonight. But I'm just making it all up, feel I need to know what's going on! So she can get to sleep without bfing now I suppose due to ccing, maybe I should see if she will go to sleep in the pushchair now for a nap...

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ladybirdsinmyeyes · 18/12/2011 13:14

I am sort of ready to wean but not in a desperate hurry - she also feeds in the night to get back to sleep (although did a good 5 hours last night after ccing...) and our house is too small (and terraced) to do middle of the night ccing I think. So I feel okay making one change at a time as it is quite a big change, the bedtime one.

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RudolphtheSATSUMAnosedReindeer · 20/12/2011 20:15

baby steps! do one thing at a time.

have a lovely christmas - maybe all the excitement with that will shift things into new patterns too.

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