11 month old allergic to day sleeps

[Phisha]

Hi there, can anyone help or may have experienced the same thing - I have 2 children, a boy aged 3 and a little girl aged 11 months. The biggest difference between the two is my son loves his sleep and I have no problems with day or night sleeps, but my little girl always fights her day sleeps. For example, just now she has been in her cot since 1.45 pm and has finally gone to sleep after I patted and rubbed her head until she was asleep. As you can imagine, I don't necessarily want to do this for every sleep as she needs learn to fall asleep by herself. She knows how to fall asleep by herself, because there was a period where she did without a problem, but it now seems as if we are going backwards.:sleeping:

Can anyone help with suggestions regarding sleeping techniques, especially for the day sleeps. It doesn't worry me so much at night because she sleeps for 12-13 hours without waking, but during the day there is only a small window in which they can settle themselves and have a decent amount of sleep.

Thank you for any comments.

[Nicolet]

Hi Phisha,
My DS is doing the same thing at the moment only he is 17 months old. I remember just before he hit 1yr he also did it for a while but then it settled down. Supposedly they get some sleep disruption just before they start to walk, so I don't know if your little bub is walking yet? Also at that age, separation anxiety can peak and they may not want to go to sleep because they just want to be with you. I suggest you just do whatever it takes to help her sleep. You know she can and has put herself to sleep before so don't worry about that, she is probably just going through a stage and will eventually get back into a routine.
Failing that, just try and wear her out cos that's what I'm doing at the moment, although I think it's wearing me out before him!
Good luck, hope this helps a bit.

[Phisha]

Hi Nicolet
Thanks for the words from the wise. She's not quite walking, but not far away. That was the other thing, she is a lot more clingy than my son - getting upset everytime I leave the room if only for a second. I will take on board your advice about doing what it takes, i.e. settling with a pat on the back and rubbing the head until she gets back into the momentum of settling herself. I totally agree that we get worn out before they do - maybe we need to replace our everready batteries as there's seem to just go on and on and on......
Thanks again and good luck as well.

[mama2cierra]

Hey phisha

how do you pronounce your kids names? they are absolutely gorgeous !!!!

With my daughter she used to do catnaps of like 20 mins each maybe 40 mins max fr maybe 2-3 times/day. but now she is having only one sleep a day for just over an hour. which is OK with me. every now and then it may stretch to 2 hrs but not often. i guess maybe your babe is getting into the one sleep a day thing and just adjusting herself to it , i would agree that seperation angst may play a roll. Cierra was the same at 11 months for me, so you are not alone. It just takes a little bit of time to settle itself thru.

good luck....does she have a fave cuddly toy to help calm her down?

Amy