Sixth leap?

[abbyroad]

I haven't really noticed too many of the leaps being exactly on target for us, but the app told me my LO was starting the 6th leap two days ago and suddenly it's taking him a lot longer to fall asleep than usual.  He isn't fussing but I definitely think he's processing something because he's having trouble shutting his brain off (he's a super curious kiddo so has trouble with that anyway).  I'm going to try extending his awake times a bit to see if that helps but was wondering if anyone else is dealing with the 6th leap yet?

[spacedcadet]

I purchased the wonder weeks app during the 2nd or 3rd leap, because it seemed so spot on and I wanted to follow it to see how accurate it was. I think the 4th leap was pretty spot on, but I couldn't really tell a difference on the last one and frankly I kind of forgot about it (the app). I just happened to look at it again last night actually and it said the 6th leap is supposed to start in 2 days for us. He has had more trouble getting to sleep this week and has been more fussy lately, but that could be from any number of things. I kind of feel that as they get older, it will be harder to decipher what is causing these behavioral changes. I think that a lot of us are experiencing some changes in sleep patterns.

Sorry for the novel.

tl; dr: I don't know, maybe?

[doglover31]

We just started the 6th leap. For the last week or so he has been abnormally cranky....I don't know if its a leap or teething or what. But he has definitely been acting funny.

[jt2378]

I need to get this, I have read about Wonder Weeks but never followed it. What's happening in the 6th leap?

[melw629]

We're still a few days from the start of the 6th leap, but he's been super cranky and clingy the last few days. I'm not sure if it's teething, fighting off the bug that my entire immediate family got this week, or the leap. I'm hoping this leap doesn't make sleep worse than it already is.

[lbonga1]

I wonder if that's what has been going on for us. For the past couple weeks, DD was waking up every two hours or more. Then suddenly the last two nights she only woke up once all night. It's been really hard to get her down for naps though, whereas before we could just give her a paci, pat her butt for a minute, and leave the room. Now she just won't lay down. She keeps rolling onto her belly to get onto her hands and knees. I think she's really close to being able to crawl and doesn't want to stop practicing.

[rkang01]

It must be something with the age, we are 16 day away from the leap, because the same thing is happening to us. DD went from taking an awesome nap to fighting every single nap. And has also started getting up between a painful 5:30-6 instead of 7-7:30 which is much more manageable.

[abbyroad]

May 1, 2015 7:16:58 GMT -5 rkang01 said:

It must be something with the age, we are 16 day away from the leap, because the same thing is happening to us. DD went from taking an awesome nap to fighting every single nap. And has also started getting up between a painful 5:30-6 instead of 7-7:30 which is much more manageable.

Ugh - I really can't handle anything before 6:30 or 7.  We have a blackout shade in LO's room so if he tries waking up at 5 or 5:30, I nurse him and put him back down.  It usually works and he thinks it's still night time!  

[rkang01]

May 1, 2015 10:13:51 GMT -5 abbyroad said:

May 1, 2015 7:16:58 GMT -5 rkang01 said:

It must be something with the age, we are 16 day away from the leap, because the same thing is happening to us. DD went from taking an awesome nap to fighting every single nap. And has also started getting up between a painful 5:30-6 instead of 7-7:30 which is much more manageable.

Ugh - I really can't handle anything before 6:30 or 7.  We have a blackout shade in LO's room so if he tries waking up at 5 or 5:30, I nurse him and put him back down.  It usually works and he thinks it's still night time!  

Yeah any time before 6 I feed her and lay her back down. She usually talks to herself, I turn off the monitor and go back to sleep. At some point, most of the time, she falls back asleep at some point. She definitely lets me known if she either isnt going back to sleep or she has woken back up!