my little skylie seems to dropping her afternoon nap, but then by dinnertime is falling asleep in her plate. so tonight we had dinner at quarter 5, and she was so distraught, she wouldnt eat. so i gave her aquick rinse in the shower and put her to bed. she always stirs several times in the night, and i comfort her back(she usually doesnt even open her eyes). should i wake her up at one of these stirrings and give her a little snack mabey some cheese and blueberries or goldfish? has anyone been through this? i feel bad she hasnt ate much since lunch...
DOes she have a way to ask for food? My son would do the sign for "eat" or now he says "eat" or names the food he wants. If she can ask, then I'd say wait until she asks, but if she doesn't have a way to ask, I'd say to maybe offer her something.
aiden has been going through the same thing so i have just tweeked his schedule just a bit. He used to eat at around 7 pm but he would be so tired so i now put him down for a quick nap (15-20 minutes) and feed him right when he woke up (6 and 630) then he will stay awake until 9 pm and be very tired. Just tweek her schedule a bit and she will be ok. Or if that isnt a possibility then give her a little snacky when she wakes up
neither of my children are able to sleep if they are hungry. Trust your child to know what she needs and when she needs it, and trust yourself to recognize her signs.
Every once in a great while my kiddies will fall asleep before dinner. If they wake up, I have something small ready for them to eat just sitting by their bed. (usually a granola bar & a piece of fruit or something like that) Sometimes I think their bodies just need the extra sleep more than they may need food at the moment though because they'll sleep through the night, and wake up famished the next morning. Breakfast is always something extra big on days when they've fallen asleep before dinner, but I haven't seen a need to worry too much about these occasional skipped meals. love, mom
great, so she isnt the only one she woke up and we offered her a snack, and she wasnt interseted. i made her a cheesy egg, a piece of a whole wheat bagel, and blueberries for breakfast~so i felt better and i bet she did too!
Kids usually don't sleep if they are super hungry so don't worry about waking her but if SHE wakes up and asks for food, give her something. Try to make lunch the "BIG" meal of the day and then around 3 or 4 give her a significant snack (like a bowl of cereal and a banana). If she stays awake for dinner, don't expect her to eat a lot if she had a big snack and is tired. This stage doesn't last forever. We are night owls and my daughter dropped her nap before she turned two but would sleep for 15 hours straight...she'd go to bed at 9 and wake up around noon or 1 p.m.! I was preggers with my third so I actually liked that schedule. I was homeschooling my 6 year old so we could work in peace in the morning. (Now my kids are 17, 13, 11...time goes by quickly)
that idea sounds good. I can't help you too much here, Leane is still 9 months old. But yeah, Lunch is actually supposed to be the "big meal" of the day and supper sould be more of a 'snacky' meal.
My family (and surely other families) in Germany always make "lunch" the big meal and eat sandwiches or whatnot for dinner. It's so much healthier for everyone that way. But, here we don't have the time to do it really.
skylie's always been early to be, early to rise. she just gets beat by 7 most nights. i've been coming home earlier from work, so we moved dinner up a bit and so far, so good. the girls are taking a nap right now. she had a party night last night, 8:30! she is normally up before 6! it great fun!
maybe that's why most of my family eat big meals at lunch and sandwiches for supper, we're german, too
