Andrina's sleeping and napping schedule is out-of-whack as Dr. Brazeleton warned. This is the time that she, true to Dr. Brazelton's word, is up about every 4 hours at night. Independent walking is impending on us any day now and Andrina is letting us know this by having such a hard time at night, waking up at least twice a night now. But she is very good about getting herself back to sleep on her own without a bottle. Just a diaper change and then within 5 minutes she is asleep again.
As far as walking goes, Andrina did take one, only one, step on her own on Thursday. Then she fell down and has not tried again. I think she may be one of those babies who is startled by her falling and that keeps her from venturing out again. I really believe that she is physically ready to walk independently but is not emotionally ready for it yet. However, yesterday and today there were a few instances where she would be standing holding on to something and then let go, standing on her own for several seconds at a time. So I have not been pressuring her. She will walk when she walks and I'm not going to pressure her or have false fear that she is lagging developmentally because she is not comfortable walking yet.
Andrina's nap schedule is evolving from a twice-a-day to a once-a-day too. For the past two weeks, Andrina will take her morning nap at 10am then be up at noon for several days. Then there will be a day where she refuses to sleep when put down for her morning nap. Today is one of them. I put her down and 10am as usual. She was still awake and talking to herself at 11am so I went in and, thinking there may be a stinky diaper partly responsible for her being napless, I changed her diaper and put her back down in her crib. It was only a pee pee diaper but hey, I changed it anyways. She finally fell asleep at 11:45. It's now 1pm and she is still asleep. So we just have to wait and see how long it will take her to evolve to one nap a day. It may take several months as Dr. Brazelton warned. With some days being a two-nap day, others being a one-nap day yet it's clear that one nap a day is not enough yet. The worst part about her nap schedule being in limbo is that it makes it impossible to make plans to go out with her. Like tomorrow, Tom and I want to take Andrina to an art fest in Batavia. But will we be able to? Will Andrina take her morning nap at 10am and be up at noon, ready to eat lunch then we can all go on the outing? Or will she fight the nap like today, and then possibly be asleep until 2 pm? We can't say for sure...
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You may need to shift your one nap. If she normally naps from 10-12 and then again at 3 or 4, you may want to try and shift that afternoon nap down to noon or 1 pm. That's what we had to do with Anne, but for her, we did it at 11 months because she didn't read the books that say at 12 months old 95% of kids are still taking 2 naps! My one book says be 15 months it's 50/50 w/ some taking 2 some taking 1 so it looks like Andrina's been doing her reading at night when she wakes up and is wanting to follow suit with her peers!
ps. the average age for walking is 14 months, with as late as 15 months still developmentally normal. No walking by 18 months is a delay, so you have a LONG time before you need to worry. :)
Ps. Shifting the nap might also mean shifting bedtime. If she's going down at 9 pm and switches to one nap, she might need to start going down at 7 or 8 pm, at least for a few weeks until she figures it out. It might be easier on you guys if you just initiate the invetiable and start doing one nap rather than letting her dictate it. She's probably ready since there are many days she doesn't nap. This will make your life a lot easier with outings and making plans. Good luck! (What do you think?)
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