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Evening naps?

SunTan313SunTan313 member
in October 2012 Moms
My LO is 4 months and is not sleeping through the night yet.. She still wakes 3 or 4 times a night. During the day, she is ready for a nap every 2 hours. Her last nap of the day is sometime between 5 and 6:30.. she actually just fell asleep and it's 6:15. When should I start trying to keep her awake in the evening and try for an earlier bedtime? Right now, her bedtime is between 9 and 10. She's usually awake from her evening nap by 7, so typically bedtime is 2 hours after that. She gets SO fussy if she doesn't get to nap, so I'm afraid if I try to keep her awake and let her skip her evening nap, she will get overtired and realllllly cranky. I would love to get her to sleep earlier than 10:00! Any suggestions? Thanks!

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  • SunTan313SunTan313 member
    Ugh I hate mobile bumping.. Sorry for the missing symbols!

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  • Wally3Wally3 member
    sleep begets sleep - I wouldn't keep her awake for more than 2 hours especially if she gets cranky.  I tired to eliminate Ds's last nap and put him to bed eariler and he woke up more.

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  • IAM3BsIAM3Bs member
    I would let her nap. If she misses it and gets over tired she may not sleep that night and you will have a cranky baby.
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  • tiffmatttiffmatt member
    I've thought about trying to keep DS awake, but I figure everything may be going out the window w the 4mo wakeful period anyway. For a week he switched from 11pm bedtime to 8:30 and started sleeping 8 to 11hrs. Only lasted a week then we hit the 12wk wonder week, 3mo growth spurt and teething. If there isn't improvement by 20weeks I may rethink things. But for now I'm just enjoying that I get any sleep at all, even if it is a mess.
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