Waking up when still tired?

beewltched · February 2011

I thought Id ask this here to see what you have to say, I could ask on the 9-12 month but I dont usually go over there and they seem cliquey....anyway.

When Lucas wakes up for the day and most of the time his naps he is full of energy ready to wake up and play. About a half hour later he is crying, whining, and rubbing his eyes. He wont play with me, he wont eat, he wont drink a bottle. He wants to go back to sleep. Do your kids do this/ Have they done this? What do I do? Right now I put him back down for a "nap" and when he wakes up from that (about a 1/2 hour-1 hour later) he is totally fine and we play, eat, go about our day as usual until the next nap.

I just feel like I'm always trying to get him to go back to sleep, but he is tired I dont know what else to do. Any thoughts? Advice?

KBabySmiles · February 2011

When you figure it out...come to my house and help me. Landon does the SAME thing. It's most annoying in the mornings, cause then I'm all awake...and he's ready for a nap.

beewltched · February 2011

KBabySmiles:
When you figure it out...come to my house and help me. Landon does the SAME thing. It's most annoying in the mornings, cause then I'm all awake...and he's ready for a nap.

ha it is good to know I'm not the only one who has to deal with this. My mom says just to let him not get up the first time, but I dont know if he'd understand yet why I'm not coming to get him when hes awake. But it never fails 1/2 hour after waking up he is a whiny mess.

JRMiller08 · February 2011

I have the same thing! Ben gets up everyday at 5am. I've tried adjusting bedtimes both ways, and nothing helps. Lately, I've just been keeping his room dark and rocking him until 6. I won't turn on any lights or talk/play with him until 6am. I'm trying to convince him it's still night time. Sometimes, it works and he falls back asleep, sometimes, he just sits with me in the rocker and dozes. I'm just hoping he will figure it out and start sleeping till at least 6...

BabyBean · February 2011

My DD sorta did this until she dropped to one nap when she was 18 months. She was a great sleeper-- 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.--she'd wake up ready for the day, play for 1-2 hours and then take a morning nap for 1-1/2 hours. It was always so hard to go anywhere with this schedule because we didn't really get ready for the day until noon.

My advice is to enjoy the peace and quiet of that morning nap, because I miss my DD napping.

littlemermaid · February 2011

If when he wakes up the first time if he is content(not crying for you), then I would just let him be in his crib. You might be surprised and he could nod off again. Don't worry he won't think you've abandoned him. Just try it in the mornings and see what happens.

I used to rush in at their first call and then you could tell they hadn't gotten enough sleep. But then I tried just letting them be content in their cribs and as long as they were not screaming I would leave them and they usually fell back asleep.

HiggyFan42 · February 2011

I definitely have no where near the experience as you (almost 7 months less! :P) but I noticed with Peyton she does the same thing! It's like she'll be up for an hour and then go back to sleep for another hour to hour and a half. If she misses this morning nap, lord help me! Makes it hard to get anything done but I'd rather have a happy baby and if sleeping makes her that way, it is what it is.

Bigyellowdog · February 2011

KBabySmiles:
When you figure it out...come to my house and help me. Landon does the SAME thing. It's most annoying in the mornings, cause then I'm all awake...and he's ready for a nap.

This.

beewltched · February 2011

Thanks

I guess it is "normal" - whatever that is. I just feel like I'm reading that he should be dropping his morning nap and be switching to one nap a day. Which isnt going to happen anytime soon I guess. Which is fine with us, I just felt like I was always putting him down to nap.

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