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8 month old refusing nap + poor night sleep

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loube80 · 07/09/2012 14:06

Looking for some advice. My ds has never been a good sleeper but had got better by about 6 months and was taking 2 good naps a day plus down to only one night waking. He used to do:
wake at 8 am
nap 10am 1.5 hrs
nap 3pm - 1 hr
bed - 8pm
Lately he has started fighting sleep day and night so now won't take a nap until he is literally exhausted (usually about lunchtime) and I feed him to sleep, he was previously able to self settle. Which means that either he will not eat lunch because he is too tired or I have to give him lunch really late which then impacts on his dinner.

He is also waking really frequently at night. Last night he went down at 8 woke at 9, 11, 1 and 4. It took between 1 - 1.5 hrs to settle him each time.

I think maybe he is dropping his morning nap but if that is the case I am not sure what time he should be having the nap in the day as he seems really tired all morning. And he also then has a really long time awake before bed.

Any advice would be really appreciated as I really want to try to sort his routine out before he starts nursery in 3 weeks. As they want to know what his routine is and at the moment I don't even know! thank you.

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JiltedJohnsJulie · 07/09/2012 15:01

Haven't got much advice but think that poor napping can lead to being overtired which is causing all the night wakings. Between 6 months and 2 years he should be having 12 to 14 hours sleep in 24 hours. Any less than this can cause overtiredness.

Have you read refuses nap! and 31 ways to get your baby to sleep and stay asleep?

You might also like this book Smile.

blushingmare · 07/09/2012 18:44

Sorry to hijack, but Jilted thanks for those links - some reassuring words of advice there and so much more along the lines of how I am managing my LO's sleep than the various books I've been recommended by friends! My dd is only 13 weeks, so still a wee one, but is struggling with daytime naps in particular and it's good to read some advice that doesn't say I'm creating props etc for her by using the sling and rocking and feeding to sleep.

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