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Naps and bathtime
How much is everyone having these days?
Sara seems to still have a morning nap if we're at home (probably bored stiff and think's there's nothing better to do!!!) but if we're out she just has a big long sleep after lunch time - about 2 hrs, then will sleep the 12ish hrs at night.
Onto bathtime...It used to be such good fun and now i dread it...thoughts plz!
Hope you're all well, havent been on much recently
xxx
Sara seems to still have a morning nap if we're at home (probably bored stiff and think's there's nothing better to do!!!) but if we're out she just has a big long sleep after lunch time - about 2 hrs, then will sleep the 12ish hrs at night.
Onto bathtime...It used to be such good fun and now i dread it...thoughts plz!
Hope you're all well, havent been on much recently
xxx
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With bathtime, Eva loves me giving her a bath and she laughs and plays (and she's just learnt to splash properly too which is fun). However, she hates my oh giving her a bath now (it wasn't always like that, it's just a recent thing so I'm hoping it's just a phase) and she screams blue murder for the entire time.
I hope bathtime gets better for you x
She has started getting up later recently though, sleeping until around 8am, so whether this has anything to do with it? If she doesn't nap in the morning, then she goes down around 1pm and sleeps for around an hour and a half, maybe 2 hours, then bed around 6-6:30pm.
Bath times is a big hit in our house. Poppy climbs the stairs with daddy behind and we chill on our bed before daddy baths her. She LOVES to splash, and move around/stand up in the bath.
She also tries to drink the water, much to hubby's disgust
To be honest she has been very unsttled both at night and during the day lately, but I think it is due to her having a dodgy tummy for 2 weeks and then cutting her top two teeth. Plus the cold weather doesnt help!
Usually we have a bath at 6pm and she likes to have a play with her sqirters etc...for 15 mins. Although now its a quick rub donw with a damp flannel and we have no water again!!
xx
we still have a bath every night as he enjoys it although sometimes he showers with me in the morning, he know when he want to get out though as he stands up shouts and puts his hands up! baths usually last 15 mins or there abouts, i was thinking of cutting down baths to every other day i'm not sure x
We still love the bath too. When I take him upstairs to run it he loves standing holding onto the bath watching it fill up. The last few days he's been in hysterical laughter watching it and getting excited. Time in the bath is quite short at the moment as our bathroom is like an igloo and I don't want him unclothed for too long but I have a feeling that Santa might be bringing some exciting bath toys this weekend so we might have to get some extra water playtime in if the big freeze eases off!
Re naps we're all over the place. It's still 2 a day although if we're at home the only way to get her to nap is to breast feed which is messing up her appetite. Oh I could moan on forever but won't bore you!
Anyway re bath time you asked for suggestions: what is the problem? Assuming general whingeyness.
Does your little one swim? It could be unrelated but Elysia loves the water and I'm convinced it's because we started Water Babies when she was 3months old. Now when I want to pour water on her head to rinse her I just say the command so she knows we're going underwater and she closes her eyes and holds her breath. And if she slips and goes under (she wriggles around a lot and goes from sitting to lying down by basically throwing herself onto her front) she doesn't bat an eyelid - well, except to clear water out of it! So I can't recommend swimming enough!
Other suggestion - I know a very obvious one - but it she just too tired? I recently read the No Cry Sleep Solution in order to try and solve our dreadful sleep issues, and you are encouraged to look critically at every aspect of your routine. I thought we had a good bedtime routine but have now ralised it's just too late and Elysia cries after bathtime because she's too tired. Sounds dead obvious but sometimes it's difficult to be objective when you think everything's working fine.
Final suggestion - it could just be a phase and she will get over it. My nephew got a terrible fear of the water having loved his bath for so long. Eventually it just disappeared.
Confusing little monkies aren't they?!
Have a lovely Christmas and hope bath time gets better soon.
Rxxx
Reeny - I think you're right...I basically think she's too tired and its too much for her to handle! I've bought her tea-time forward this week and she's been a bit better in the bath, although I actually did it so there was more time between tea and milk so she'd take more. I'm hoping its a phase, Oh also confessed that she stood in the bath and slipped the other night when I was at work and even though she didn't hurt herself she got a shock, so maybe there's a bit of association there too. Is the No Cry Sleep Soln good? Was thinking of getting it so would be interested to hear what you think. Also looking at baby sleep answers web site and contemplating buying that too.
Sara's got some bath toys in her stocking so hopefully that will encourage her to relax and enjoy once again...fingers crossed.
Joemoeuk - is your water back on? My friend lives in Glasgow and her washing machines water pipes froze then burst causing a flood...the washing machine was inside!! That is seriously cold! Bbrrrrrr.
Thanks ladies...hope you have a wonderful first Christmas with your LO's, treasure every moment
xxx
No we still have no water!! It's ridiculous! Emilia hasnt had a proper bath in about a week except for a quick rub down in a box! She thinks its funny though!
I have a copy of the no cry sleep solutions book if you want it? I bought it to see if it had any ideas on how to extend nap time when Emilia was very young, but it wasnt fo us. You are more than welcome to my copy...let me know
Joanna x
its so good to hear what other people are doing with routines as im constantly worrying that im doing it all wrong!
Hannah sleeps brilliantly at night, she has done 6:30pm - 6 since she was about 5 months but has always been a dreadful day time sleeper. ( i obviously prefer this to the alternative!) but She has NEVER settled in her cot for a nap and always has to be moving ie the car or buggy. we even had to buy a cheep buggy to put in the bedroom upstairs to rock her to sleep as its just not always feasible to go out! esp in this weather.
anyway she now wakes about 7am and i try to get her to nap about 9:30 and she will have about 20mins. I then try to get her to have a nap about 2pm and again it will last max 30 mins.
she goes to nursery three mornings and they used to be able to get her to sleep in a bouncy chair but it would only be 15-20 mins but for the last three weeks she just wont sleep there at all. as soon as we drive away though she is fast asleep!
she managed last tuesday with only a ten min nap all day! and was in a reasonably good mood by bed time too. she astounds me sometimes!
anyway. i try not to worry about her terrible day time sleep but does anyone have any tips - i love the sound of a two hour afternoon nap!!
with regards to bathtime lily went through the same thing after she slipped and got a mouthful of water so we eased her back into bathtime - i think taking her swimming helped too
good luck! xxx