anyone there to chat right now?

Thanks!!

 

Not sure if I can help, but am here now!

 

Same here

 

What is going on with naps lately?

 

Thanks ladies.

They are taking hours to fall asleep at their normal nap times and at bedtime too. I have even put them down a few minutes earlier incase we are missing the window and they are becoming overtired, but it is not working. I have no way to separate them really and I want them to get used to each others noises. Right now I think it is more Justin with the difficulty and she is disturbed by him (sometimes she will sleep through it though) and he used the be the easy one to sleep once we got him in the crib. And I guess because of this, they are up alot at night. I don't know what to do. Should I just say as far as naps go, forget it after a certain point even though they do eventually go down?

 

Yesterday and this morning we let them nap when they finally fell asleep and adjusted the schedule by how ever many hours they were off. Yesterday they went to bed like an hour later and I have to say they did fall asleep a little quicker and I thought we were off to a good night but she was up for almost 2 hours during the night.

 

How long are they awake before going down for a nap? Are they drinking/eating better or is this still an issue?

 

They have been in their cribs for over an hour at this point. Not crying just making lots of noise and moving around alot. I don't know what to do anymore. I feel like whatever I do is not right.

 

Are they just fussing or are they crying while they are trying to go down?

Edited nevermind i just read the prev post.

Mine are doing the same thing right now. I put them in their cribs and they will stand up and talk and whine and it is taking them over an hour sometimes to fall asleep and then i have been adjusting the evening routine too.

 

Eating and drinking is a little better but I have no idea if I am feeding them enough. I was feeding them more and they ate it but then threw up many times so I cut back a little.

Not much crying, a little fussing. I can tell they are very tired.

 

Can you feed them smaller meals more frequently and see if that helps with the hunger and the throwing up. If they are just fussing I would let them be since a nap would be nice.

 

Rachel is that working?

 

The girls are talking in their cribs right now too. They have been up there for at least 45 min. It is really just Megan she is upset that Haley fell asleep already I thin. Sometimes they just do this. In the afternoons sometimes I give the girls a book to "read" and they usually fall asleep eventually.

I know it can be frustrating, I feel like that here too, like ok why can't we go to sleep yet. If it keeps happening maybe look at their schedule and right down what is going on for a couple of days and see what is different or what can be changed.

 

Well my kids get 3 solid meals and 3 bottles (just dropped one) and it seems like they are always eating. We went through a phase last week of night wakenings and they each were taking that 4th bottle again. So I feel like they are pretty much eating still every 3 hours. How about yours?

 

I would but honestly, I really don't know when that could happen. Right now they get a bottle when they wake up from the night and naps, and then their meal before their nap/bed. And other than that there is like 45-60 minutes inbetween for play during each bottle, play, meal, nap/bed cycle.

And, I still think they are getting enough food. For example, for lunch they had (shared) the Yobaby yogurt with fruit and cereal in it, 6oz baby food veggie with pastina mixed in, 4oz baby food fruit, and they knaw on wagon wheels and teething biscuits. I tried to give them some chicken but they weren't happy about it. Oh yeah, they also had a few sips of juice each.

 

Yeah Dawn I was thinking about doing that, like maybe leaving more time between naps but I don;t know if that will make any difference though. Today morning nap was 9:30 by the time they fell asleep(woke up at 11) and the afternoon was 1:45, I don't know how much further apart I could do it.

Rachel, yes, I feel like they are always eating too.

Ok, now dd is screaming/crying. I want to cry too!

 

Sounds like a good lunch to me. I would let them eventually get to sleep because it sounds like they do from our conversation yesterday. Mine did the same thing today and everyday this week. They are taking an hour to fall asleep and then it pushes back our whole day, but maybe in the evening instead of letting the whole schedule get pushed back maybe they need an earlier bedtime?? What time did they go down last night for you? What was their schedule from when they got up from their last nap?

 

Ok, ds might finally be asleep and poor dd still awake and very overtired and upset. This is a horrible vicious cycle, I don't know what to do. It has been like this for almost a week already.

 

At that age the girls were waking at 6:30am, they would get a bottle in the am, then breakfast about 45 min later, then nap around 9am to 11am. Up and then bottle at noon, lunch at 1pm and then nap around 2pm up by 4pm and then dinner at 5ish final bottle at 6:30 and then bed time.

We did 4 bottles at this point and 3 meals it wasn't shortly after that we dropped the night bottle. The one thing the girls love and it really gets them tired is the fresh air, maybe walks between the naps might help with the afternoon nap?

 

Do you think we can chalk this up to a phase since both of us are going through this right now, right?

 

QUOTE(DATJMom @ Oct 21 2007, 03:04 PM) [snapback]460429[/snapback]
Sounds like a good lunch to me. I would let them eventually get to sleep because it sounds like they do from our conversation yesterday. Mine did the same thing today and everyday this week. They are taking an hour to fall asleep and then it pushes back our whole day, but maybe in the evening instead of letting the whole schedule get pushed back maybe they need an earlier bedtime?? What time did they go down last night for you? What was their schedule from when they got up from their last nap?


They woke up like 4ish. I know it is early (but it was what worked for them!!) normally they were going to bed at 5:45-6pm. I knew they would not go to bed that early though after waking up at 4 and there would not be enough time for their bottle and dinner and all. So I put them to bed at 6:30-6:45 and they went rather quickly. So I though it would be good but dd was up from 3ish until 4:30am. And todays naps are obviously a mess.

 

Speaking of crappy naps, we are going up to get the girls (no afternoon nap here today). Good luck Ilyse, you know where to find me if you need me.

 

QUOTE(dawnmj @ Oct 21 2007, 03:06 PM) [snapback]460433[/snapback]
At that age the girls were waking at 6:30am, they would get a bottle in the am, then breakfast about 45 min later, then nap around 9am to 11am. Up and then bottle at noon, lunch at 1pm and then nap around 2pm up by 4pm and then dinner at 5ish final bottle at 6:30 and then bed time.

We did 4 bottles at this point and 3 meals it wasn't shortly after that we dropped the night bottle. The one thing the girls love and it really gets them tired is the fresh air, maybe walks between the naps might help with the afternoon nap?


I can try it on days that they don't have anything going on like pt or anything. Today we had to run an errand then was lunch then the nap.

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Do you think we can chalk this up to a phase since both of us are going through this right now, right?


could be! Whatever it is is not good.

QUOTE(dawnmj @ Oct 21 2007, 03:11 PM) [snapback]460439[/snapback]
Speaking of crappy naps, we are going up to get the girls (no afternoon nap here today). Good luck Ilyse, you know where to find me if you need me.


Thanks Dawn, will do. Good luck to you too!

 

That sounds good to me too. I like the idea about some fresh air and taking a walk. How about doing an earlier bedtime tonight if they both finally fall asleep?? Are they teething? Are they crying at night or just fussing? If they are just fussing, I might be inclined to let them fuss and hope they will go back to sleep. I did that the other night. And they did not wake each other.

 

Anyone else have any tips??

Should I let them nap (if she ever falls asleep) for as long as they need and then try bed like 2 hours later??

DH is being a DH (not dear husband) and we need to run another errand between the nap wake up bottle and dinner. I just want to keep them home and take care of their needs.

 

QUOTE(~ilyse~ @ Oct 21 2007, 07:14 PM) [snapback]460444[/snapback]
Anyone else have any tips??

Should I let them nap (if she ever falls asleep) for as long as they need and then try bed like 2 hours later??

DH is being a DH (not dear husband) and we need to run another errand between the nap wake up bottle and dinner. I just want to keep them home and take care of their needs.


:rotflmbo: about DH. I never thought of that one!! Well my last piece of advice would be not to let bedtime get too late or they will be really off and that might be an issue for them. I would let them sleep until maybe no later than 4:30ish and then try and get them to bed by 7ish. JMO. Hope it works itself out for you. :hug99:

 

QUOTE(DATJMom @ Oct 21 2007, 03:14 PM) [snapback]460442[/snapback]
That sounds good to me too. I like the idea about some fresh air and taking a walk. How about doing an earlier bedtime tonight if they both finally fall asleep?? Are they teething? Are they crying at night or just fussing? If they are just fussing, I might be inclined to let them fuss and hope they will go back to sleep. I did that the other night. And they did not wake each other.


I could try that but my husband is really upsetting me, I need to put the babies first. The errand is something we need to take care of and there isn't really any other time to do it but I'd rather put the babies to bed earlier. And I just don't know that they will go to sleep after only being awake for 90 minutes or so. I am not sure about the teething. She does have another tooth coming in but we can feel it, so I think it is in already (she won't let us see). I usually don't go in their room when they fuss, I did last night for a minute because she was crying alot and not moving around like usual so I thought she might have been stuck. She was fine and was happy the minute she saw me.

 

QUOTE(DATJMom @ Oct 21 2007, 03:17 PM) [snapback]460448[/snapback]
:rotflmbo: about DH. I never thought of that one!! Well my last piece of advice would be not to let bedtime get too late or they will be really off and that might be an issue for them. I would let them sleep until maybe no later than 4:30ish and then try and get them to bed by 7ish. JMO. Hope it works itself out for you. :hug99:


Oh yeah, I was thinking 7 the latest. I am thinking of calling someone that I'd rather not have here (because I don't trust her to let them CIO even though it is not really crying) so we can just go later. I guess we will see.

Hey are yours alseep finally???

 

They are finally alseep!!!


What can I do to prevent this tomorrow?

 

I am sorry your husband is upsetting you. Just what you need is more fuel to the fire. That is a great idea about having someone come in, but if you cant trust them to follow your orders could be just adding more stress too. Can you just tell them that if they are just fussing let them be and if there is a definite shrieking cry issue then please go in? I am really not sure how to differentiate that..since a mom knows the cries the best.

 

We have been leaning on our family alot lately, and he doesn't want to this time (too bad though if it is what the babies need) so I need to discuss with him anyway. I am not sure how this will play out.

 

Anyone have any tips on how I can prevent this from happening tomorrow? Or even how to be sure they sleep through the night tonight??

 

QUOTE(~ilyse~ @ Oct 21 2007, 07:22 PM) [snapback]460457[/snapback]
They are finally alseep!!!
What can I do to prevent this tomorrow?


Mine fell asleep about a half hour ago. I put them in their cribs at 2. I tried to keep them up a bit later to see if they would be more tired to fall asleep faster and it might have worked by about 15 minutes so maybe that is something?? I know that you have some pt appts but if they are not tomorrow maybe you could just spend the day at the house and get them napping??

 

QUOTE(DATJMom @ Oct 21 2007, 03:36 PM) [snapback]460471[/snapback]
Mine fell asleep about a half hour ago. I put them in their cribs at 2. I tried to keep them up a bit later to see if they would be more tired to fall asleep faster and it might have worked by about 15 minutes so maybe that is something?? I know that you have some pt appts but if they are not tomorrow maybe you could just spend the day at the house and get them napping??


Unfortunately, ds has an appointment at 10:30 tomorrow but she comes here. So he can always sleep until then. I can work with them on the afternoon nap though.

 

Well for me I just keep my fingers crossed that mine will sleep through but I pretty much do the same routine (just adjust the times based on wake up time). Try for a 6oz bottle around 4 (due to late napping) then solids about 5:15ish (2-3 jars of stage 2 each plus table food), then bath about 6:15, then another bottle (about 4-6oz depending on how much they were interested in dinner), then in bed by 6:45-7. It is an all out sprint in this house after they wake up from that last nap. I hate running errands then, but you gotta do what you gotta do and sometimes that is the only time we can get to something.