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XP: Question for daycare moms
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Lucius isn't on a napping schedule at daycare... since he's so young (11 weeks), they just let him sleep when he's tired. The problem is, he fights sleep because he likes to see what's going on. He does it at home as well as at daycare. Obviously daycare doesn't have the time to coddle him to sleep, so he doesn't nap consistently or often when he's there. This means that when I pick him up at 6, he sometimes has been awake for 3 hours or more.
The question is, do you move your LO's bedtime around depending on how tired they are when you pick them up? I tried putting him down earlier yesterday (7:30 as opposed to his usual 8) because he was SO tired, and he slept poorly. He was up every 2.5 hours all night long. I'm not sure if it's because he went to bed early or if it's because he was overtired to begin with.This discussion has been closed.
Re: XP: Question for daycare moms
DD -- 5YO
DS -- 3YO
I agree with this. At that age, DS would sometimes take a snooze on the way home and sleep until around 6pm, so he went to bed later. Sometimes he wouldn't and therefore, he would need to go to bed earlier. Daycare should be taking some time to help your DS fall asleep, but just know that what you are experiencing is normal. Your LO will grow out of it. Sleep brings on more sleep so just let him sleep when he needs to- whether it's on you while you sit on the couch and watch the news, or in his swing/crib/bouncy chair.
Hang in there! It will get better.
My DD was up every 2.5-3 hours until she was at least 5 or 6 months old. Granted, she was a crappy sleeper, but I don't think at your LO's age sleeping for long stretches at night is as common as some boards make it seem. We had a bedtime *routine* in place by 3 months, but definitely not an actual schedule.
I hear this! The Bump distresses me because it makes it seem like every baby is STTN by the time they're 6 weeks old, haha. DS is still up every 2.5-3 hours most nights. I consider him a "high maintenance" sleeper.
This. My baby is still not on a napping schedule. She sleeps when she's tired at daycare. When she's super tired, she'll sleep for hours there. Some days she only gets an hour of sleep all day.
She's happy there though. We have moved her bedtime up to around 7 some nights. But we always shoot for her typical 7:30 bedtime, so it's always close to then. I let her sleep when she's tired so I would never keep her up.
No one here is saying to go off your bedtime routine. We've had a bedtime routine since 6 weeks old. What we're saying is that 30 mins here or there won't ruin it entirely for you.
My 5 month old has slept through the night (7+ hr stretches) since 3.5 months and the past 10 days she's done 9-11 hours straight at night. So, not everyone has crappy sleepers. There are stories of good sleepers here too!
That's what I'm saying - it seems on most of the Bump like everyone has good sleepers. I like to hear about the crappy ones to know that my DS is normal, too.
That doesn't bother me... I don't even try to put him on a schedule (we feed on demand and sleep based on when he last woke), but I have been trying to figure out a consistent bedtime. I'm glad that it seems the time is not too important as long as the routine is consistent. I don't want to try to keep him up on days I can tell he's tired.
yes, they all potty train @ 18 months and only have 2 tantrums in their whole toddler years too.
You want crappy? I'll give you crappy. Parker is almost 1 year and she has never, I repeat, never, slept through the night. Granted we bedshare and nurse so that has something to do with it, but it was just until the past month where she went from waking up every 3ish hours to every 5/6 hours!
But back to your original question though...Parker never slept well at daycare since she started at 16 weeks to now. I didn't have a set bedtime for her but followed her cues. Sometimes she fell asleep the moment we got home from pure exhaustion. Sometimes she stayed up for a couple hours before she crashed. It's just starting now where she's on a more predictable schedule. No matter how much she sleeps at daycare, she doesn't want to go to bed until 8pm now.
Hang in there!
In my experience with DS if he is overtired he sleeps poorly. I've always said that putting DS to bed earlier makes him sleep longer....DH thinks I'm crazy but experience proves otherwise!
Maybe LO just needs some time to adjust to daycare. I don't think a 1/2 hour would make that much of a difference in sleeping at night. Be consistent and give it time. He will nap at daycare once he is tired and gets over the newness of the whole thing. Good luck!
This... Take it day by day, but make sure you do the same routine before bed so they get used to the regularity of bed time.
DD is 8 months old and I can count on one hand the number of times she has slept through the night, i.e. 5 hours. Usually she sleeps about 3 hours in a row. We try to put her to bed between 6:30 and 7:30. 6:30 if she is super tired or fussy, otherwise 7. If she is super awake, then 7:30. I've noticed if she does not nap at dc, she sleeps really poorly at night. Lately, she has NOT been napping at daycare and has been waking up a lot at night to nurse. (She is also teething and I think about to hit some big milestone).
It does and can get better - some nights are better than others for us. At 11 weeks , as pp have said, I wouldn't worry about it. Some babies are awesome sleepers, but just as many are not. Good luck!