9 Mo That Always Wakes An Hour Before Nap Is Over

[sahm2three]

I don't know how to get her to sleep longer. She is the one who was being nursed by her mom at lunch here, but we stopped that because it just wasn't working. So I am unsure whether she is just still used to being woken up halfway thru her nap or what. I have to go in and rewrap her, give her her paci, and then leave and let her cry. After about 20 mins she goes back to sleep but it is a nightmare and she usually wakes a kid or two up. Just not sure what to do about her. I have moved her to a room by herself, but not sure what else to do with her. Any advice?

[Christian Mother]

Maybe keep her up an extra yr later so she wakes up with the other kiddo's? Wait til she starts walking she'll be out for you w/ no waking up. Maybe she needs a little more stimulation so she sleep through.

I have one little guy who takes a 2 hr nap and the rest 3 hrs. That last hr we spend time reading or puzzles, or a quiet activity. Sometimes I will even put in a movie for him to watch so he is quiet for the other kids. I had a infant here last week who slept a 1 1/2 all day. She was 2 1/2 months. She was a very good baby who hardly cried but I understand. Nap time is important for us to eat and get our stuff done for the day.

[AnythingsPossible]

No advice, but I am in the same boat. Perhaps a little worse! I too have a 9 month old and she has been taking 2 to 3 thirty minute naps here. She has been coming for 3 weeks and her naps have gotten shorter, not longer. I am at a loss as to what to do as well. When she wakes up, she plays quietly for a short while but then starts squelling and making other baby noises. It is against my regs to be in a seperate room from sleeping children, so we havent had very restful nap times!

[laundrymom]

what do you mean rewrap her? are you putting anything in the crib with her other than the clothes she is wearing?

[Alexandra]

She is probably refering to rewrapping her in her blanket. Like to swaddle.

[laundrymom]

she shouldnt be using a blanket with an infant.

[sahm2three]

she shouldnt be using a blanket with an infant.

She is 9 months old. Yes, she is still swaddled.

[laundrymom]

Everyone knows how I feel about safe sleep practices. I'll step away now

[Candyland]

Please don't take this wrong, but I'm baffled :confused: why should the baby be made to sleep longer if she is ready to get up? If I were the baby's mom; I certainly wouldn't want my kid's mouth pacified and made to go back to sleep if she's ready to get up. It may be inconvenient, but I would try soothing her or rocking her just to see if she's really ready to nap again. And if not, then I'd keep her up with me.

[JusDoU]

Never swaddled a 9 mo old!

Maybe she's hot....but we always let the infants nap on their own schedule. Sometimes they nap with everybody else & sometimes they don't. All of our toddlers don't get on the regular nap schedule til about 18 months consistently. But the nap room is a seperte room so they don't really disturb the others. Infants generally take shorter naps cause the take more naps than preschoolers.

[momofsix]

She is 9 months old. Yes, she is still swaddled.

I didn't even catch this at first
Laundry is correct. This baby should not have anything in bed with her, even a blanket for swaddling. Both having blankets and being too warm are connected to SIDS. It's just not worth the risk at all!

[sahm2three]

THIS is why I post so very rarely. The judgements and high horsedness is nauseating some times.

The parents still swaddle. She WILL NOT SLEEP if she isn't swaddled. She is 9 months old and needs to sleep much more than she does. I have let her get up, but she is MISERABLE and rubbing eyes and thrashing around frustrated from being tired. The mom gets frustrated BECAUSE she is so tired when she picks her up. I can't make her sleep any longer.

If I didn't wrap the babies, they wouldn't sleep. I have requested sleep sacks from teh parents, and some have brought them, some have not and just request good old fashioned swaddling. I talked to my licensor and my state does not have regulations about swaddling. So I am not doing anything wrong.

[kitkat]

Have you tried to wean from the swaddle by keeping one arm out? What does she need swaddled...whole body or just legs? That may sound like a silly question, but with DS, we discovered that he NEEDS his legs covered/swaddled or he can't fall asleep. Once we figured that out, we were able to wean from swaddling and just use a sleep sack. You mentioned that maybe shew as use to being woken up half way thru her nap. Was she being woken up when mom came to nurse? If so, was that stopped cold turkey? Maybe giving her a very small bottle when she wakes up just to make the transition smoother for a bit? That might be a slippery slope though. Other things to try might be a fan, white noise, rain from a sound machine, or a lullaby cd that just keeps repeating.

[laundrymom]

THIS is why I post so very rarely. The judgements and high horsedness is nauseating some times.

The parents still swaddle. She WILL NOT SLEEP if she isn't swaddled. She is 9 months old and needs to sleep much more than she does. I have let her get up, but she is MISERABLE and rubbing eyes and thrashing around frustrated from being tired. The mom gets frustrated BECAUSE she is so tired when she picks her up. I can't make her sleep any longer.

If I didn't wrap the babies, they wouldn't sleep. I have requested sleep sacks from teh parents, and some have brought them, some have not and just request good old fashioned swaddling. I talked to my licensor and my state does not have regulations about swaddling. So I am not doing anything wrong.

If you KNOW having blankets in the crib increase the risks of SIDS, and you STILL do it you ARE doing it wrong. I dont give a Rats butt if its against regs or not its WRONG It's fact. Not opinion. Not some crazy way to try to ruin your day, it is fact. And it is your JOB to educate your parents about it. It's your JOB to educate yourself. This child and you may have a very tough month or three but I guarantee my annual salary before taxes, this child CAN learn to sleep without a blanket wrapped around them and the sooner you teach them the better. Babies don't grow smaller and I'm wondering just how long and to what lengths you will go to to keep them wrapped? Wow, ok blood pressure raised a bit, I'm off to have some tea. I deleted part of my response that was mean. I'm not trying to be mean. However if I could go back in time and say these things to my family member who is going through a SIDS death, you can lay money that I would. I would scream it from the rooftops. In my sweet niece Marie's memory, please rethink your sleep practices. I'm not being mean. I'm trying to spare other families the pain and guilt our has.

[SandeeAR]

I currently have two kids that parents swaddled. One is still swaddled, one outgrew it. I tried with the first one to swaddle, to please the parents. I quickly dropped it. He fussed for a few days, but quickly got use to the fact that here, he didn't get swaddled. The other is still swaddled at home, but has never been swaddled here past the first two days. She sleeps 2-3 hours all the time.