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Late bedtime? Napping?

DanandVanDanandVan member
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Baby Gwen is 10 months. She finally falls asleep around 11 pm, wakes up often throughout the night (sometimes to nurse, sometimes to play!), and up for the day between 7:30-8:00. (I nurse her to sleep in my bed, as we bedshare). Her only naps are in the car from 11:15-11:45 when I pick up the boy I nanny for, and sometimes (but not always) from 3-4 when I drop him off and pick up my other 2 kids from school. Short car naps, plus her late bedtime, are really frustrating to me because there is never a baby-free moment at home (house = eternal disaster!), plus I work pt from home and cannot start until 11 pm when I am beyond wiped.
Oops, didn't mean to make it about me! I can tell she is tired, so I try everyday at home around 9:30 for a nap, again at 2:00, and try for bed between 7-8, but she just won't sleep. I know overtired babies have a harder time sleeping, but I have no clue how to get her the sleep she needs. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Thanks for reading!
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Re: Late bedtime? Napping?

  • ncbellencbelle member
    What all have you tried to help her nap?  I do think that better naps = easier bedtimes.  I still wore my babies to sleep at that age and then laid them down (or sometimes just wore them the whole time!).  It was a very wakeful point for both of my kids as they had just started walking and had a hard time shutting "off".  

    Does she seem tired at 9:30?  If she's showing obvious tired signs then, I'd try going for a nap a bit earlier since as you said overtired babies have a harder time going to sleep.


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  • Momarazzi007Momarazzi007 member
    Agree w pp, is she an alert curious baby already? My dd is 2 1/2 now and from early on fought naps. Fought sleep. She would only take short naps on rides like you describe or sleep so long as I was in bed with her. We still bed share and I finally just started lying down with her for naps and she would sleep a good amount and finally bedtime got easier. I know it gets hard, especially working too! Can you take nap with her to see if it helps both of you while big kids at school? In the end, a lot of suggestions will be easier said than done. I resolved our house for a time in order to get her sleeping better- but she is only child for now soo get the logistics of that! I feel for you, we called her the child who never slept! She sleeps better now, but I think she is just a cuddler and once we resolved that, everything fell together. Sometimes she would nap for two hours in the carrier on my chest! Lol. Anyway- sounds like you have a smart baby who is very interested in the world and MAYBE the closeness of mama will calm her
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  • DanandVanDanandVan member
    Thanks for responding! I nurse her in my bed for naps/bedtime. Sometimes I still try the swing, but she grabs the bar to make it stop swinging! :) Yes, she is very alert and curious about everything!
    I lost my ring sling, and will buy another soon. Maybe I could get her to nap in a sling? Thanks for your help!
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