Lee-Bee
01-16-2017, 10:59 PM
Hi All,
My daughter is ready to go without naps now. She is turning 4 in March. My issue is that to be napless she sleeps 6pm-8am. It is NOT easy to have her in bed by 6pm, We end up eating supper earlier than my grandparents (and I spent decades of my life laughing at how they ate supper at 4:30pm)!!
On nights we need to be out I still nap her, she goes down no problem and sleeps 2hrs, but then she needs to be awake 6hrs after nap to be tired again. Which means it is well after 9pm before she falls asleep. She is a very awesome sleep child. Even when not tired we can put her in bed and she just lies there singing, talking and playing with her stuffed animal until she falls asleep but this can often mean her awake in bed for 1.5hrs.
It isn't as easy as just continuing the naps because I am finding she NEEDS 6-7hrs of awake time to be tired. But she NEEDS 14 hrs of sleep (12hrs at night a 2 at nap) but with 6hrs of awake time in the morning and 6hrs after nap I need 26hrs in a day.
I am just pulling my hair out because neither is ideal the 6pm bedtime or the 9+pm bedtime. How did you all manage this stage with your kids? I know she sleeps more than most. She was born 5 weeks early and I think that just set her up for being a good sleeper (preemies sleep more in the start).
She NEEDS that 14hrs of sleep because she is non-stop, full of energy, doesn't stop talking, fully engaged with the world while awake. She's healthy and happy when she is well rested. Less than the 14hrs she loses coping skills, gets whiny and uncooperative and even more energetic.
Any tips? Will she just get used to being without naps and in time shorten her night sleep? It is hard to accommodate 14hrs when we have any evening events and for her preschool etc in the mornings. I know I likely sound like a lunatic, I am hoping someone on here has been in my position. My friends kids this age all seem to function on less than 9hrs of sleep total and I obviously can't ask them for tips here. But I am going bonkers trying to figure out the best plan for her (me).
My daughter is ready to go without naps now. She is turning 4 in March. My issue is that to be napless she sleeps 6pm-8am. It is NOT easy to have her in bed by 6pm, We end up eating supper earlier than my grandparents (and I spent decades of my life laughing at how they ate supper at 4:30pm)!!
On nights we need to be out I still nap her, she goes down no problem and sleeps 2hrs, but then she needs to be awake 6hrs after nap to be tired again. Which means it is well after 9pm before she falls asleep. She is a very awesome sleep child. Even when not tired we can put her in bed and she just lies there singing, talking and playing with her stuffed animal until she falls asleep but this can often mean her awake in bed for 1.5hrs.
It isn't as easy as just continuing the naps because I am finding she NEEDS 6-7hrs of awake time to be tired. But she NEEDS 14 hrs of sleep (12hrs at night a 2 at nap) but with 6hrs of awake time in the morning and 6hrs after nap I need 26hrs in a day.
I am just pulling my hair out because neither is ideal the 6pm bedtime or the 9+pm bedtime. How did you all manage this stage with your kids? I know she sleeps more than most. She was born 5 weeks early and I think that just set her up for being a good sleeper (preemies sleep more in the start).
She NEEDS that 14hrs of sleep because she is non-stop, full of energy, doesn't stop talking, fully engaged with the world while awake. She's healthy and happy when she is well rested. Less than the 14hrs she loses coping skills, gets whiny and uncooperative and even more energetic.
Any tips? Will she just get used to being without naps and in time shorten her night sleep? It is hard to accommodate 14hrs when we have any evening events and for her preschool etc in the mornings. I know I likely sound like a lunatic, I am hoping someone on here has been in my position. My friends kids this age all seem to function on less than 9hrs of sleep total and I obviously can't ask them for tips here. But I am going bonkers trying to figure out the best plan for her (me).