I've been "going with the flow" when it comes to DS's sleep needs. I haven't been a believer (so far) in setting a strict sleep schedule -- I don't stomach the thought of keeping a tired baby awake, nor waking a sleeping baby and everything I've ever heard about "getting your baby on a schedule" involves doing these things from time to time. That being said, I've reached the limits of my tolerance because DS (now 11 months old) is sleeping at night at 6:00/6:30pm, waking at 4:30/5am, napping at 8:00am (for 30 minutes) then again at 11:30/noon (for 1 1/2 hours). DH and I are exhausted waking at that hour, I'm always rushing to feed DS his lunch and he's usually too tired to eat well, and we can never take him out for supper because he's too tired. In the past, if I've tried moving his sleep times slowly (by 15 minutes every day), he seems to be so sensitive. He never sleeps any later in the morning despite a later bedtime, so he's more tired the next day and if I stretch his nap times even a little later, he's overtired and takes longer to settle to sleep and sleeps less. HELP! What should I do? Have others had success adjusting their child's sleep schedule? I really need some advice.
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Letting his sleep cycles run my life -- and going MAD in the process!
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TS123 · 03/11/2006 16:54
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