Gina Ford says... (lounged - non ED specific)

[darcy]

My daughter moved on from dropping the morning nap (at nine months unfortunately for us all) to ideally needing to sleep about 11am for a couple of hours (sometimes not possible because it clashed with a playgroup which hence meant lots of melt downs). She often however found it hard to make it to bedtime and often got very cranky around 5pm (fell asleep in her highchair once while having her dinner!!). I think (this was three years ago) that I started to put her to bed earlier for a while - 6ish, until I could get her to nap around 12.30 - 1pm, after lunch. I think it all naturally takes a bit of time and adjustment.

[Fuschia]

Coach Beth Wrote:

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> The best book I ever read on mothering was 'What

> Mothers Do (especially when it looks like

> nothing') by Naomi Stadlen. It is amazing,

> thoughtful and very reassuring.

Yes, brilliant book!

[CamberwellOz]

My 10 month old sleeps for three hours in the morning and an hour in the afternoon. She goes down at 7 and gets up at 7. I'm not sure how I got it so good but I'm sure it will change as time goes on. I do know that we are very active when she is awake. We go to the park, swimming, soft play and she is an early (nearly) walker. They are all different I suppose.

I agree with the falling asleep thing. My girl goes down at 9am and if she doesn't, I find her asleep on the floor.