We started sleep training on Friday night and LO has already started sleeping longer stretches. so far today, she took a 2 hour nap earlier and is now 2hr 10 min into another nap!
This is awesome... except that she normally goes to bed in like an hour. What do I do with this? Normal bedtime/routine? Push things a little later, but how late? Sleeping too long is totally new for me hah!
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That's awesome sleep training is going so well!! I know my LO needs at least 2.5/3 hours of awake time before bed after a monster 2+ nap. I would wake her up now and then just push bedtime out a bit. You might have a hard time getting her down for the night if you try any sooner!
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Yeah we ended up kind of winging it and hanging out for a bit. She (of course) woke up right as I hit submit on this 6:35 and she went in her crib at 8:20. Then she cried for only 3 minutes before putting herself to sleep!!?!
This whole sleep training thing has been amazing, by the way. Thanks for the encouragement - it's been rough at times but it's like a switch was flipped for her. She woke up and put herself back to sleep last night for the first time EVER. -
We push it out if he's had a long nap. Today, he slept from 1:00 to 3:30pm. After that, he went to a restaurant and playground. He got super tired around 6:30pm, then we started bath/bedtime, in bed by 7pm. So, 4 hours. 2-3-4 works really well with LO. Sleep training has done wonders for us.
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@cascademom: I have been trying to do 2-3-4 because she is definitely ready for her first nap after 2 hours. I knew we couldn't do the '4' tonigh t though since that would be 10:30!
Hopefully with better naps she will find a nice little schedule for herself. Wouldn't that be nice
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I'm glad it's working so well!
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@lindseykaye: woohoo glad it's going well! what method are you using?
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After a failed attempt a few weeks ago with checks, we ended up doing full on extinction. The video monitor we got made a huge difference for me. I know we'll probably go back and forth some, and will have bad nights and good nights but DH and I totally kept giving each other high fives last night, saying "3 minutes?!".
She also woke up once or twice to fuss and fall back asleep but I didn't get out of bed until 5:45 (and she's still asleep now at 6:45! I'm thinking I might have to wake her for daycare! -
@lindseykaye: In the early days of sleep training, I had to wake him up for daycare when his sleep wasn't quite figured out. Within a week or two, he figured out sleep well. Right now, at 11 months old, it boggles my mind why he's waking up at 6am again.
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