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Pamin OZ
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Posted: Feb 12 2008 at 4:15am \| IP Logged

Our happy, healthy nearly five month old dd is often in bed by 8.30 but sometimes (now) we get a run of late naps (tonight's was 7-9) and then really late nights. Last night I kept her up and she went to bed at 8 but then was up later again.

Worry? Not worry? Anything I can do about it anyway?

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Posted: Feb 12 2008 at 8:09am \| IP Logged

I wouldn't worry, Pam. I don't know if you co-sleep, but if you do, I would go to bed with her when she awakens in the evening. This has happened a bit with some of my babies and I always take it as a sign that its time to head to bed myself!

Very, very rarely have they not fallen right back to sleep besides me after nursing a bit...they seem to just need me to fall back to sleep deeply...

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Posted: Feb 12 2008 at 12:22pm \| IP Logged

late naps ALWAYS push back bedtime.. and usually what it means here.. is that the baby is needing a bit less sleep and I haven't adjusted to that yet. This is when I try and push back the morning nap so that the evening "nap" just becomes bedtime.

But all of my kids have given up naps very early. After going through the pain of it several times.. of seeing that the nap just means less sleep at night.. I'm of the opinion that reducing the naps is the way to go. I'd much rather have a child sleep long as night than nap during the day and then be up late.. I really like my short "breather" of having everyone in bed before I have to get there myself.

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Posted: Feb 12 2008 at 4:29pm \| IP Logged

Thanks! Any more ideas, anyone?

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