18 month old only sleeping 9 hours at night

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Any advice

I am farking tired

She is sleeping from 8.30-5.30 + 1 hour nap during the day.

Total Blackout blinds already installed.

Should I cut out her daytime nap, or start reducing it?

Is she a FREAK?

Maybe she just doesn't need more sleep. Mine doesn't and she's 3 now.

You could either try getting her to sleep 'more' in the day just incase she's overtired at night or if that doesn't work cut her daytime sleep out altogether. Try putting her down at say 7.30 incase you're missing the 'tiring' bit of the evening

I put her down at 7 but she tosses and turns for a good hour or so

I am a bit worried that she might not NEED more sleep - I do! I am having to go to bed really early all the time.

She seems very happy, not tired at all, so maybe you are right

Will start cutting down daytime sleep I think

Sounds like not much sleep to me but all are different.

Pixiefish recommends putting her to bed earlier - I'd recommend it too, working her bedtime back by ten minutes or so each night. Had similar probs once and found it doesn't necessarily mean they wake any earlier. (Yet no matter how late they go to bed they still seem to wake early.) Would not recommend dropping daytime sleep sounds as if she needs it.

And, er, talking as a mum who has had more than her farkin fair share of early mornings, going to bed at nine o clock helps

I put her to bed at 7 though already

x-posts so not much sense, sorry. HTH though.

she faffs around for ages playing with her bear etc etc

yes ta

I am going to bed really early (when not MNing )

If she's not unhappy for that hour in bed on her own then i'd carry on with it MP- just to give you a break.

I know with dd that if we miss the 'tired' bit where she hits the wall then she won't go to sleep for hours- it does sound as if she just doesn't need the sleep though.

God how frustrating. Perhaps the only thing i'd try would be to put her to bed just before her natural 'fall asleep' time so she's used to going in to her cot and straight to sleep. then once she's established that habit to start working her bed tme back really gradually?

Really sorry I can't help much, hope someone with more similar experiences can help. Has she always slept like this?

Actually Pixie's suggestion of having a break is prob better in reality!

She's never needed much sleep no, I suppose

God it's so horrible

ds does this he didn't go to sleep till 9 last night and woke up at 6.15 this morning. he's 2 next month. i think some children just do need less sleep. he doesn't wake up during the night for which i am grateful but has never slept longer than 11 hours in one stretch.

can you bear to put her to bed later? better than up at 5.30.

Mine has started waking a lot during the night too

She seems to wriggle a lot in her sleep and just get really tangled in the blankets and gets her feet stuck in cot/head against the bars

I don't think I can bear putting her to bed later TBH, the days are so long I sick of the sight of them by 7pm

Yeah I know what you mean. My dds (3 yrs and 17mths) are lovely but boy am I glad when 7pm comes.

MP have ytou tried a gro-bag?? might stop the tangling blankets waking her up. My DS is 18 mnths and started waking up at 5.30 a couple of weeks ago when the birds started. I just left him and he eventually went back to sleep. He's stopped thankfully.

You have my sympathies

Yes tried grow-bag - trouble is she hates being "restricted" and just screamed "OFF!" OFF!" and went hysterical

Then the four year old stole it off her so I gave up

oh yes i am with you there mp. only bedtime doesn't even start till 8pm at our house...

childminder can get him to sleep witht eh click of a finger. grrr.

ear plugs it is then!!

Oh my commiserations - I thought my nearly 14 month old's 10 hours plus 1-1.5 in the day was bad enough (although wish she would play happiy in cot by herself).

If she's getting tangled in bedclothes, have you tried her in a sleeping bag instead?

Sorry - was too slow posting re gro-bag!