The Sleep Training Thread - 2.0

[jsquaree]

Jan 18, 2015 20:13:34 GMT -5 jennybeans said:

Jan 18, 2015 19:35:48 GMT -5 becole said:

Look up the wee be dreaming blog on 8 month sleep regression.

I always wonder when I read articles like this - do people actually have schedules that are so set that they can actually push a nap back 5 or 15 minutes one day versus another? This is a sort of serious question since we've been in daycare since 12 weeks. DS is on a loose schedule to nap in the morning and afternoon but it has never been the same time each day - with his new center I gave them a range of about an hour for the first one and rough timing for the second depending on the first nap of the day.

We do have a very set bedtime of 7pm that DS is definitely ready for each night so I guess it would be something like that throughout that day?

We've been on a pretty set schedule for a few months. We're up by 7:30, naps 9:30, 1:30, sometimes 4, and bed by 7. Sometimes it'll shift up half an hour, but that's our day. For about a week he was on a completely random schedule, but as of yesterday he's back to this. DH keeps wanting to try and put him to bed later, but it just messes with him and he still winds up on this schedule.

[sstwinklinglites]

Jan 19, 2015 10:40:36 GMT -5 jsquaree said:

Jan 18, 2015 20:13:34 GMT -5 jennybeans said:

I always wonder when I read articles like this - do people actually have schedules that are so set that they can actually push a nap back 5 or 15 minutes one day versus another? This is a sort of serious question since we've been in daycare since 12 weeks. DS is on a loose schedule to nap in the morning and afternoon but it has never been the same time each day - with his new center I gave them a range of about an hour for the first one and rough timing for the second depending on the first nap of the day.

We do have a very set bedtime of 7pm that DS is definitely ready for each night so I guess it would be something like that throughout that day?

We've been on a pretty set schedule for a few months. We're up by 7:30, naps 9:30, 1:30, sometimes 4, and bed by 7. Sometimes it'll shift up half an hour, but that's our day. For about a week he was on a completely random schedule, but as of yesterday he's back to this. DH keeps wanting to try and put him to bed later, but it just messes with him and he still winds up on this schedule.

The set schedule works really well for us. Of course there are days that it changes a bit, but like becole mentioned, it's more important for us to go three hours between naps than do a nap everyday at 10AM for instance. I'm the type of person that likes order, organization, & schedules though. I'm def. not a wing it, spur of the moment type chick. Also, why oh why would your DH want to put LO to bed later? Doesn't he want adult time while LO sleeps?

[jsquaree]

sstwinklinglites Two reasons. First, he thinks it'll make LO sleep in later (he usually starts to stir around 6:30 and he can entertain himself for a while, but we're all in the same room so it's not easy to sleep thru). Second, with his job, he's on-call 24/7, and rarely gets off when he's scheduled, so he usually isn't home until LO is already in bed. I think he just misses him and wants to spend more time with LO.

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i was following the weissbluth method from day one.. and at maybe 6 weeks i started moving ds's bedtime backwards. it was a STRUGGLE. he would cry hysterically before bed, which i think had a lot to do with reflux, but once we switched to gerber water w/ formula, that resolved. but through the 4m sleep regression, life sucked with a lot of night wakings, having to do feeding 1-2x a night again etc, but we stuck with bedtimes. and once we got to 5 and 6 months i just had enough with the night wakings and decided to not go in unless he was crying and if he was crying, give him paci and leave.. and that worked.

we've been doing that for a bit now and although we still have up to 2 wakings a night, he's hit his stride. we go to bed around 6.. +/- 30 min (depends on wake time), and then we have a nap every 2-3 hours during the day.. depending on how tired he is. we usually have 2 1/2 naps, but sometimes only 2.

i'm weary of 8m regression, but i think like PPs, if we just stick with our system, it will all be ok and we'll come out of it better than we went in.

[QOTRnew]

Discouraged today. We had made some progress with him going down more easily at nap time but he's having a hard time again the past couple of days. It's as heartbreaking now as ever. I worry that he's always going to struggle to go down for nap.

[becole]

I'm in sleep hell for night time. Naps are perfect. Sorry @qotr - keep trying. It will happen.

[QOTRnew]

sorry becole. I hope your nights get easier too.

[scout251]

Feb 11, 2015 14:23:33 GMT -5 becole said:

I'm in sleep hell for night time. Naps are perfect. Sorry @qotr - keep trying. It will happen.

Me too It's this damn sickness! It's killing me!