So, at 16 months, this is where Elise stands with regard to her sleeping and breastfeeding schedule. Elise breastfeeds 3 times in a 24 hour period, all of it revolving around her nighttime routines. She nurses right before she goes to sleep for the night, then she wakes up around 5:30 and nurses but she goes back to sleep again, then she nurses when she wakes up for the day. Elise throws a big fit if I try to make her have breakfast instead of nursing and I haven't stuck to my guns yet about cutting out the morning breastfeeding. But that will be next.
Elise goes to bed around 8:00... 8:15... 8:30, depending on when we get all of the kids ready to go to sleep. She sleeps straight through until 5:30 or 6:00 in the morning, nurses, and goes back to sleep for about an hour. She wakes up around 7:00-ish for the day. Elise still prefers to take a morning and an afternoon nap if possible, but our schedule doesn't always allow for that. If she gets two naps, she sleeps from about 9:30 until 11:00, then about 1:30 until 2:30. If she only gets an afternoon nap, she'll sleep for about 2 hours after lunch.
I'm happy with our routines right now, although I plan to cut back on that morning feeding soon.
When I cut out Andy's 5:30am feeding I thought he would learn to just wake up later (he would also go back to sleep for an hour). But it didn't work. So he sleeps from 7:45 to 5 or 5:30, wakes up, we rub his back, then he sleeps another hour sometimes. The rest if the time he just wakes up and wants to play.
ReplyDeleteoh, man. i was hoping she would eventually sleep straight through. by "eventually" i mean within the next few months... not when she's 3 or 4. oh well. i actually feel really happy that she sleeps from 8:15 until 5:30. if i NEED extra sleep, i can always go to bed when she does. and if i want to get things done around the house or want to watch a movie, i have time after she goes to sleep that i can use all for myself.
ReplyDeleteof course, once Clark gets here that will all change...