Hello Hun,
I just laughed as I saw I had put this:
I would only cap the nap at first and stick with a 1 hour day if WU is around 7 am
A 1 hour day lol, that would be nice
Hun, can you please post his day like this so it easier for us to figure out, so instead of this:
Ok so yesterday he napped until 2:45 (capped 2 hr nap) and I ended up putting him down at 7:30pm which is the bedtime I want to keep. He didn't fall asleep until like 7:45/7:50pm and usually he falls asleep a bit faster than that. He was up for the day yesterday at 7:10 am so it was a bit longer than a 12 hour day. He did have a few night wakes, first at 9:30pm then again around 12:30ish
You would put this:
WU 7.10
Nap 12.45 to 2.45
BT PD (7.30) Asleep 7.45/7.50
NW (Night wakings) 9.30 and 12.30
This is the standard BW way of posting routine (the brackets are just to show you the acronyms in case you haven't got to grips with them yet
So we're used to looking at it, it's just easier than working backwards
So, if you suspect he prefers set A times, I would go with it like Katherine said, DS also did for quite some time, so I 'get' that. However, I will say this. I have found IME (in my experience) that it is a really good call to have a set WU time if you possibly can, so despite those NW I would have got him up at 7 am. It really does help a lot to have a consistent start to the day, as LO's body clock is in better shape, and it also makes it easier for yourself. But obviously that's your call.
I do suspect that the current problems are down (at least in part) to the cold and cough, as things always go wonky here when that is the case, and is currently going on with DS too. Finding it hard to fall asleep due to congestion, OT due to coughing in the night and WU early also, ugh
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If he seems tired enough, I would be tempted to shorten his A time before nap to 5 or 5.5 hours while he is poorly, if he seems tired sooner, to try and avoid an OT nap
Then bring BT forward if the nap is too short still. For us all bets are off during illness, but I know some do like to try and stick with routine. Having said that you are only just trying to establish a routine which is why until he is better, I would try and 'read him.' What do you think
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