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DD just turned 11 months and has been going to daycare for 6 months. From the moment she was born, she was a BAD sleeper (nurses in the hospital wished us luck...). We struggled to get her to sleep, it often took more than 2 hours. She fought sleep like it was some contagious disease! Now, when i was staying at home with her, i started nursing her to sleep, as this was the only way to get her napping (we tried putting her down when she was drowsy. All hell broke loose very time, she was/is a very intense baby!). Sometimes it took me 30-45 min of nursing/****ing (she rejects pacifiers), and then she would only sleep 45 min in her crib. I then usually got her back to sleep for another 30-45 min. If i held her she would sleep for 2 hours straight (we weaned her of sleeping on us!). SO, at this point we enter daycare.
She is attending a really great center. The staff is fantastic, ratio in the infant room 1:3 or even less. They rock the babies to sleep, and most of them sleep well. Not so DD. She takes one cat nap of 20 min after fighting sleep for twice as long. I brought her white noise (her "music") and they tried using it, as all the activity interrupts DD's sleep. As soon as she wakes up, she wants to be part of the activity, you cannot get her back to sleep. The teachers say that she is scared to miss the fun. Yet, she really needs her sleep.
She normally starts at 9:30am and i pick her up at 3.30pm. She takes her 20 min "nap" around 11ish. After we get back home she crashes and sleeps for 2 hours until 6-6.30pm. When she wakes up, she is still cranky. We have dinner together, play and around 9pm i can sense that she is ready for bed. Albeit, she disagrees and fights again, so sometimes she finally goes down as late as 10.30pm. She usually then wakes up every hour-2 hours at night to nurse/****. We cosleep, otherwise i would go crazy (i tried putting her back in her crib numerous times). She gets up around 9 am, but is not rested (ha! noone is for that matter
...).
I should also mention that DD is a super-busy baby who has been walking since the day she turned 10 month and who is constantly on the go. Also, if you saw her at the daycare you would not know that she is sleep-deprived because she holds it together there, but as soon as we are home she breaks apart.
Well, we are all very unhappy about our sleeping arrangements (or lack thereof). Maybe someone has been in a similar situation and can provide some advice? Her teachers don't know what to do, and as she is happy at daycare, they don't suffer from her lack of napping.
Thanks in advance for any reply!
DD just turned 11 months and has been going to daycare for 6 months. From the moment she was born, she was a BAD sleeper (nurses in the hospital wished us luck...). We struggled to get her to sleep, it often took more than 2 hours. She fought sleep like it was some contagious disease! Now, when i was staying at home with her, i started nursing her to sleep, as this was the only way to get her napping (we tried putting her down when she was drowsy. All hell broke loose very time, she was/is a very intense baby!). Sometimes it took me 30-45 min of nursing/****ing (she rejects pacifiers), and then she would only sleep 45 min in her crib. I then usually got her back to sleep for another 30-45 min. If i held her she would sleep for 2 hours straight (we weaned her of sleeping on us!). SO, at this point we enter daycare.
She is attending a really great center. The staff is fantastic, ratio in the infant room 1:3 or even less. They rock the babies to sleep, and most of them sleep well. Not so DD. She takes one cat nap of 20 min after fighting sleep for twice as long. I brought her white noise (her "music") and they tried using it, as all the activity interrupts DD's sleep. As soon as she wakes up, she wants to be part of the activity, you cannot get her back to sleep. The teachers say that she is scared to miss the fun. Yet, she really needs her sleep.
She normally starts at 9:30am and i pick her up at 3.30pm. She takes her 20 min "nap" around 11ish. After we get back home she crashes and sleeps for 2 hours until 6-6.30pm. When she wakes up, she is still cranky. We have dinner together, play and around 9pm i can sense that she is ready for bed. Albeit, she disagrees and fights again, so sometimes she finally goes down as late as 10.30pm. She usually then wakes up every hour-2 hours at night to nurse/****. We cosleep, otherwise i would go crazy (i tried putting her back in her crib numerous times). She gets up around 9 am, but is not rested (ha! noone is for that matter
...). I should also mention that DD is a super-busy baby who has been walking since the day she turned 10 month and who is constantly on the go. Also, if you saw her at the daycare you would not know that she is sleep-deprived because she holds it together there, but as soon as we are home she breaks apart.
Well, we are all very unhappy about our sleeping arrangements (or lack thereof). Maybe someone has been in a similar situation and can provide some advice? Her teachers don't know what to do, and as she is happy at daycare, they don't suffer from her lack of napping.
Thanks in advance for any reply!
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