13 months: From two naps to one
- Same schedule as 12 months for first half
- Stopped bottles shortly after switching to whole milk and Carmen stopped coming into our bed for her bottle before breakfast.
- Became super frustrating having her afternoon nap so short.
- Read Healthy Sleep Habits book and tried his suggestion of pushing morning back and dropping afternoon.
- With ISR lessons in the morning this meant delaying her breakfast a little when we got home around 9:30am and then getting her to bed by 11 or 11:30 (swim lessons were at nine and we were always gone from about 8:45-9) late lunch after she would wake up and then dinner as normal.
The New Norm (aka once ISR lessons were done)
- Wake up 7:30-8am
- Bed at 12:30
- Naps normally 2-3 hours!
- Bed at 7:30
15 Months
- Put down for nap at 5-5 1/2 hours after she wakes up. Sometimes Carmen will play another half hour before she falls asleep but then she normally naps for 2-3 hours.
- Basically the same as fifteen months.
- Wakes up on own accord between 7:30 & 8am
- Nap time between 1-1:30pm
- Naps normally 2-3 hours
- Bed at 7:30pm
- Switched Carmen to a big girl bed at 18 months.
- Used Stay Put Big Girl and Boy Bed - Semicircle Bed Rail Bumper Pad for Toddler
- No sheets, comforter, blankets or pillows (too distracting and fun to play with)
- Within two days we were good!
- Stayed outside her door to immediately correct her if she got out of bed.
- Plan to be home for 3-5 days straight if needed to train to stay in bed.
- Used video monitor to keep an eye on her the first few nights.
- Bought VTech DM221 Safe & Sound Digital Audio Baby Monitor and love using it because I can tell her to be quiet and lay down when I'm in another room without going in there. She normally quiets down pretty quick once I tell her to go to sleep.
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