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help with 11 month old sleeping?
Our little girl was quite easy to put to bed up until now. We used to feed, change and put her to bed around 6:30 and she'd fall asleep on her own until 8am. Now when we put her to bed, she will go to sleep but after an hour has passed she wakes up crying and refuses food. We change her then try putting her back to bed and she won't go to sleep until about 2-2.5 hours later which brings it to close to 10 pm. It's like she's not tired after the hour sleep. She still naps twice a day...10:30-11:30am and then again 2:30-3:30pm. Any suggestions would help. Thanks.
We thought it would be teething so we also tried putting orajel on her gums...nothing changes.
When I put her for her naps, I look for signs of tiredness and they usually end up around the same times. She wakes up after an hour...I don't wake her up from her naps and she won't go down for a nap until around 2:30ish so it's not like I can make her nap more. All was great up until now. We've even tried putting her to bed around 7 or 7:30 and it doesn't seem to make a difference. Yes she falls asleep in the car but as soon as the car stops then she's awake. When I drive, I usually go around her nap schedule ie: if her nap is usually 10:30 then I'll make sure I go out at that time and she'll nap in the car instead of at home.
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- 7 years agoFavorite Answer
Just let her be. It sounds like her day sleep is right on target, and a bedtime of 6-8 PM is appropriate. After you've put her down for the night, she should stay in bed until 6-7 AM the next morning. If she wakes up, she wakes up. But don't go to her unless it sounds like there's something very wrong. She's past the age where she needs night feeding, and as long as she's getting two 1-2 hour naps during the day, consistent sleep times, and plenty of exercise, she should be fine.
Source(s): Nanny to a 1-yr-old - ?Lv 77 years ago
Yeah, she's not sleeping enough during the day, and you're putting her to bed at night to early. At her age, you should really be aiming for around 7:30 pm for bed, and you'd expect her to be up by around 7ish the next morning. Then you'd be looking for, most likely, a reasonably long morning sleep and probably a fairly short afternoon sleep. Some babies are different and don't follow that pattern: its a recognisable pattern because that's what a lot of babies do though.
Parents often don't realise that it isn't just about quantity of sleep (although that's very important - too many parents force their children into sleep deprivation and then wonder why they sleep terribly), but quality of sleep and time between sleep. In your case, my guess is that she's not getting particularly good quality sleep, probably because she's trying to get too much at night and not enough during the day.
One question: most times, when you go for a drive, does she fall asleep in the car?
