Daytime sleep for 9 month old

[Liloosmum]

I just wondered how much sleep any other 9 month olds are having and if anyone is having any problems getting them to go to sleep?!

I'm having trouble getting my dd to sleep during the day unless it's in the car/push chair. I think her nap needs have changed and I'm finding it difficult to work out when she wants to go to sleep! Any suggestions?

Sleeps in the morning after breakfast for 1- 2 hours (about 10.30ish) then in afternoon for 30 mins to 1 - hour about 3pm.

my 9 month old dd is the opposite and is rubbish at sleeping out and about! she does drop off eventually in the car or pushchair but takes ages. goes down like a dream in cot. usually has 1-2 hours about 2 hours after getting up in the morning and 1-2 hours about 2-3 hours after that nap ends.

today I had to wake her from first nap after 30 mins so we could go to church, but she slept for 3 hours after lunch. back to bed 7pm.

At 9 months my lo was having two naps similar to Rumpel. I worked out it was about 2 1/2 hours after he woke up in the morning that he needed a nap and then I would put him down at about 2 /2.30pm if I wanted him in bed at about 7pm. I did a 'gradual withdrawl' routine with his naps. First a story then I would sit with him on my lap and rock him and sing him for about 15 minutes before he would go to sleep, then wait 10 minutes for him to be sound asleep before putting him in his cot. I then stopped rocking and singing and now I lie on a mat with him on the floor. It usually takes about 15 minutes.

The signs for being ready for a nap with my lo is red eyes, rubbing eyes and not being as steady when he crawls / stands etc. I found a fab website from NZ I think with suggestion for a routine but can't find it. If I find it I will let you know!

dd is nearly 8 months and has a sleep at about 9am for 30mins - an hour and a half. Then she usually has a sleep in the afternoon again about an hour but tends not to if we're out then gets wingey later on! It's so easy to tell when she's tired, it's written all over her face!

To add mt Lo starts whingeing/crying/gurning when tired, rubbing eyes. Pick her up, cuddle her in like I am bf and after a few jolts and cries she drops off - cuddle her for about 10 mins then pop her in her bed.

Read somewhere about the 2 3 4 nap routine for babies. Have to say it has helped a lot with my dd age 10 months at time

1st nap about 2 hours after they get up, 2nd nap 3 hours after the time they wake up from first nap (if that makes sense!). Bedtime 4 hours after they wake up from 2nd nap. bedtime sometimes run to 4 1/2 -5 hours, but it seemed to work pretty well. She slept and settled much better as she was always a difficult napper, as previous threads on here will show!!

fizzbuzz - hi ! I didn't realise there was a formula but my ds has a nap 2.5hrs after waking, 3.5hrs after that and bed 4.5hrs later! Feel quite chuffed that I did it without a book Usually naps are around 1 - 1.5hrs long so a total of 3 hrs max per day.

Ds is 9 months old and I didn't realise it until I read this thread but he is also following the 2 3 and 4 routine/steps. It works for him he is having 3 hrs daytime sleep and goes to bed at 6pm.

Hi Cruise, here we are again, and the big question is: How is the sodding night sleeping going???

I don't mind the hijack! I think night time sleep and day time sleep must be connected somehow!

At the moment she's waking up about 6, half 6 if I'm lucky. If I were to put her down for a nap 2 hours after waking up that would be 8 o'clock and that just seems too early for a sleep! I usually make her wait until at least 9, sometimes half past depending on how grizzly she is.

fizz - nights are great! . he generally goes down at 7ish (later depending on naps) and does 10.5 - 11 hrs . he does tend to wake really early thoygh regardless of bedtime . 5:10am this morning . Yours??

liloosmum - my 9mth old ds resists napping in his cot most days but usually only grumbles, whines for about 5mins and then goes off for a good long nap. I had to do cc for bedtimes at 8mths and did nap times shortly afterwards as he would only sleep in the car or in his buggy. Drove me round the bend! So glad I did. He naps better and I feel great that I don;'t have to wheel the buggy round the hall or go out when I don't really want to. Well worth it imo

Cruisemum - when your lo wakes up at 5.10, do you then put him down for a nap at 7.30ish?

We did CC ages ago when we were getting rid of the dummy. Haven't done it since though. We don't usually have a problem putting her to bed, it's just during the day.

liloo- no I can't as I have a dd and she needs to go to school. We leave the house at 8:15am and he falls asleep in the car. When i get home around 8:40am I transfer him to his cot. Even at weekends I stick to these times in the hope that he does not wake at 5am on a regular basis! Thankfully, the really really early ones are the exception and not the rule.

dd wakes up every night at 9,10,3,4,5,6,and gets up at 7. Complete nightmare, and she used to sleep well at night. This has been going on for about 6 weeks

But if nighttime sleep and daytime sleep are connected do they sleep worse at night if they sleep well in day, or vice versa?

Am totally dazed by whole thing now[dizzy and confused emoticon-also sleep deprived] NOTHING seems to be right anymore

My Lo (nearly 8mo) wakes more in the night if he hasn't had enough sleep during the day. He's pretty much slept through since 7 weeks apart from wanting his dummy.

He's starting to want less sleep in the afternoon. Like cruisemum mine has started to resist!

My schedule as follows just to give you an idea

7 - 7.30 wake, breakfast milk etc
9- 9.30 used to be 2 hours but now 1 hour nap
12.30 - 1.45 for 0.5 - 1 hour
4pm ish for hour and a half
7-8pm ish sleep for night

fizz - poor you . what changed???

She was ill, and that shot her whole sleeping routines.

She was an independent sleeper who could settle herself.

Now someone has to sit with her whilst she fall asleep, AND sleep in same room as her.
We even tried taking her in with us...that just meant she woke p even more often, like 1/2 hourly. Have given up on any attempt to sort it, as have tried EVERYTHING with no success. Now just accept that we are knakered 100% of time...

knackered of course