what do u think?

hi everyone,
havent been on here in a while, hope everyone is well smile

so DD is only 21 mths old but she has been such a pain to get to sleep in the day, il be rocking her for like 45 minutes and she is still wide awake ( rocking works best for me). if i try and let her lie down she is just so wiggeley and just gets up, do u think she is too little yet to stop her day sleep? is it bad for her if i do? yesterday she refused to sleep so i just let her stay awake and she was good, was still going at 7pm bu 7.30 i picked her up and maybe rocked for about 2 minutes and she was asleep, no fuss nothing.
if we are in the car she will fall asleep but not if i have to put her to sleep.
wats ur thoughts ladies?

btw- i cant put her down later because then at night she is still going at 9pm or later.

hi everyone,
havent been on here in a while, hope everyone is well smile

so DD is only 21 mths old but she has been such a pain to get to sleep in the day, il be rocking her for like 45 minutes and she is still wide awake ( rocking works best for me). if i try and let her lie down she is just so wiggeley and just gets up, do u think she is too little yet to stop her day sleep? is it bad for her if i do? yesterday she refused to sleep so i just let her stay awake and she was good, was still going at 7pm bu 7.30 i picked her up and maybe rocked for about 2 minutes and she was asleep, no fuss nothing.
if we are in the car she will fall asleep but not if i have to put her to sleep.
wats ur thoughts ladies?

I would try not giving her a sleep during the day if its taking you 45mins of rocking her. Maybe have a quiet period instead where you read a book or watch a movie together instead. Every child is an individual and she maybe ready to give up her daily sleep. She may need one only every secod or third day/
btw- i cant put her down later because then at night she is still going at 9pm or later.

I've heard some kids (one of friends ds does it) will have a sleep every second or third day at around two years. Do you think she might do this? My friends ds will have a day sleep on weekends and once or twice a week. He isn't rocked and sleeps well at night. Im not sure if you wanna try it?

Good luck.

i completely stopped DD2's day sleeps about 2 weeks ago.. she is 25months. We have just put her into a big bed as we have another baby due in 16 weeks and if she sleeps during the day it is a nightmare to get to sleep at night... So far she seems to be handling it fine...

Although i do miss my 2 hours of relaxing each day while she was having her day sleeps..

Sounds like you could be ready to drop the day sleep! What time is she up in the morning?

My DD is almost 30 months. She attends daycare 3 days a week and has a good sleep with no problems there (it is expected that all children in the room, which goes to age 3.5, will have a sleep after lunch), but she is becoming a bit of a pain now about having a day sleep on other days. If we're out and she falls asleep in the car or the buggy then fine, but if we're in the house then she isn't going to sleep in her bed anymore.

So what I generally do now is let her lie down on the sofa (usually her own pull-out one, or sometimes the regular one) and put on a quiet DVD like In The Night Garden, and she very often falls asleep while watching it but if she doesn't, then at least she's still having a rest and some quiet time. I don't think using a DVD to get to sleep is the ideal solution, but it doesn't affect DD's night sleeps (i.e. she is happy to sleep then with no DVD, she knows it's a daytime thing).

So, I would say that if you think she is ready to drop the sleep then let her even though it seems young, some children need less sleep than others and you don't want her still around at 9:00pm! But do try to ensure that she has a quiet rest period in the early afternoon.

DD is only 21 mths old but she has been such a pain to get to sleep in the day, il be rocking her for like 45 minutes and she is still wide awake ( rocking works best for me). if i try and let her lie down she is just so wiggeley and just gets up

Is she still in a cot? My son jumps around in his cot and rolls around everywhere playing for while and then conks out when he's ready. Have you tried just leaving her for about half and hour to see if she will go off to sleep on her own? My son use to be rocked to sleep in a swing as a baby and now he rocks his head to sleep smile

it sounds like shes trying to drop her sleep.
Personally I need my quiet time in the arvo, so I just put up with a 9pm bed time.

DS is 24mths and since he was 20/21mths he has been only having a day sleep every 3-4th day and usually without a fight. I ask him "Would you like to have a sleep?" and he will say NO or just go and hope in to bed. On those days he stays up until 8 instead of 7pm, but thats not too bad. He also sleeps if we are in the car or he is in his pram.

It seems like she might be ready to drop it. Give it ago and see how she goes.

Also, like Izzy's Mum, if DS is tired but won't go to bed I put a dvd on and he has quiet time.