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DD thinks 8PM is play time...help please

JenErin47JenErin47
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So, for the longest time DD would scream bloody murder at bedtime and wouldn't fall asleep til she tired herself out at 10 or 11 (we were trying to soothe the entire time)...well, we figured out that she was hungry so she gets a supplemental bottle of formula in the evening now. So, now we can get her asleep at around 7...

But, she wakes up around 7:45/8 and thinks it is time to play, as if she was taking a nap! So, she'll fuss if we try to get her to sleep and just wants to play & laugh. She eventually falls asleep again at 9:30 or 10, but this is just exhausting - for both of us and she is always cranky during the day because I'm pretty sure she is sleep deprived as she is a bad napper too.

Any ideas about how to get her to go back to sleep? I wish it was winter so her room would be darker when she wakes up.

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Re: DD thinks 8PM is play time...help please

  • LawLove08LawLove08
    Could you get some room darkening shades? ?
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  • KathlovesTimKathlovesTim
    What about keeping her up a little later - somewhere between the two times, lilke 7:45ish? Maybe she'd be more tired and skip over that awake time...
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  • JenErin47JenErin47
    We've been hanging sheets over the windows but I guess it's not doing the trick. I am afraid her internal clock is off too after NEVER going to bed at 7 until about a week and a half ago. I try not to play with her, but she just wants to and it's so hard to just rock and try to get her to sleep in a darkened room all evening.
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  • katlizabethkatlizabeth member
    My ds is about the same age as your dd and he pulled the exact same thing tonight and we're still trying to get him to stay asleep (as it is almost 9 here).  The only suggestion I have for you is to really try to notice sleepy cues during the day and try as hard as you can to get her to sleep during the day.  I've heard and we've found that the better they nap during the day, the better they sleep at night.  (We started to get him to nap any way possible-sometimes in the swing, sometimes in my arms, any way to get him more sleep during the day-it's a process, but I think I see improvements).  GL!
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  • I'mAcrossThePondI'mAcrossThePond

    The only manifastation of the 4 month wakeful for my DS was a later bed-time. He used to go to bed VERY consistently at 7:30 PM...when he turned 4 months, he suddenly had a much later bedtime (anywhere between 9 and 11!!). Tonight was actually the first night he went down at a semi-normal time...7:45...but woke at 8:45...had a boob...fell RIGHT back asleep and has been sleeping since then.

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  • jacobs32jacobs32 member

    For our DS 8pm is playtime.  He has a last chance to tire himself out before going up to his room to nurse and go to bed.  He's usually out by 9-9:30.  He sleeps till 6-6:30, so he's getting 9 hours at night.  Our pedi said this is just fine. Plus he takes a few 30-45 minute naps and one longer one during the day.  All in all I know he's getting the sleep he needs, it just doesn't fit people's typical expectations of a baby that sleeps for 12 hours. 

    Maybe your DD just has a later sleep cycle, why not try a later bedtime.  She may nap better during the day.

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  • JenErin47JenErin47
    Thanks for all the help. I'm going to try to make sure she gets good naps today. I am pretty sure she needs the extra couple hours sleep at night because she is cranky, irritable & not very adaptable (I've been reading HSHHC :)
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