Comments on Chronicles of a Babywise Mom: Dropping 3rd Nap Impact

Thanks D&H and Amanda for sharing your experie...

2012-02-08T11:20:36.981-07:00

Thanks D&H and Amanda for sharing your experience!

Jessica, 1. You could go either way. If she is ha...

2012-02-08T11:20:00.056-07:00

Jessica,

1. You could go either way. If she is happy in there for that 30 minutes, I might leave her. She will be resting and it should help her be able to make it to the next nap time happiily.

2. I might nurse her before finger foods at 5:30 since you are feeding those then. Then just put her down instead of nursing before bed. You would want to watch your milk supply to

Katie, For night, I would go in to her, tell her i...

2012-02-08T11:16:59.175-07:00

Katie, For night, I would go in to her, tell her it is still night time, then when she is calm, put her in bed and do a faster version of your bedtime routine. Lullaby and kisses. Then CIO is probably the best avenue at that age.

Katie, at that age, the two naps should be about t...

2012-02-08T11:15:33.520-07:00

Katie, at that age, the two naps should be about two hours. Some kids might go 1.5, some might be 2.5, and most will be around 2

I also found with both my boys that nighttime slee...

2012-01-26T06:16:14.163-07:00

I also found with both my boys that nighttime sleep increased by 30 minutes when we dropped the 3rd nap. With Tobias we had to increase it from 10.5 to 12 hours actually, but that's because I had been keeping it at 10.5 hours to squeeze in a last before-bed feeding. With Peter it was an increase from 11 to 11.5 hours of nighttime sleep.

Mine will be 9 months old in about a week. For ab...

2012-01-24T08:00:57.826-07:00

Mine will be 9 months old in about a week. For about 1 month we have been in the process of dropping the 3rd nap. I have a few questions:
1. If she doesn't nap the entire 2 hours do I leave her in there for the whole 2 hours and then get her? (Even if she did sleep 1.5 hrs?)
2. If I put her down early what do the feedings look like? It seems like she's not nursing as well

I should have added that when she wakes in the nig...

2012-01-24T06:53:07.918-07:00

I should have added that when she wakes in the night (usually between 3:30 and 5:30) sshe will "talk" for 30 minutes to an hour and end up wide awake before she starts crying. If you suggest CIO, should we start the checks when she first wakes up or after she starts crying?
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So we just dropped the 3rd nap last week (She will...

2012-01-23T15:38:14.271-07:00

So we just dropped the 3rd nap last week (She will be nine months old in 3 days). And she hasn't really started sleeping longer during naps?! She gets cranky in the last hour before bed and goes to bed about 30 minutes earlier than she used to. (7:45 or 8 pm- 7:45 or 8 am) She still is sleeping 12 hour nights, but then her naps aren't that long during the day. (A 45 minute- 1 hour nap at

This was also the case for my son--I tried to leng...

2012-01-23T14:31:07.258-07:00

This was also the case for my son--I tried to lengthen waketimes and naps when dropping the third nap and just ended up with a cranky baby. So we went back to the old schedule, tried dropping the nap with just a longer evening waketime and adjusted bedtime. I thought maybe he'd switch to sleeping 12 hours a night then, but he stayed at about 11-hours nighttime sleep.