Margot is 21 months and after having a pretty regular 10 hour night/2 hour nap schedule for a while now her sleep seems to have gotten very mixed up after having a cold about 1 month ago. We seemed to get through the night wakings etc and to have gotten back on track. And then she totally shocked me by sleeping from about 8:15 to 7:15 for 2 nights in a row.
She napped on those days as well for about 1 h 20 min but on the second day she seemed a bit wired to go down for the nap and that night she didn't go down until 9 and was up at 6:30. Since then her nap has been between 1.5 and 2 hours but she is still just sleeping 9.5 hours at night from 8:30 to 6. She wakes up crying from both her nap and nighttime sleep and resists her nap, crying etc. but then crashes. She still seems a bit wired at night and has some difficulty settling. We have kept a very consistent routine, nap at 1 and we start her bedtime routine at 7 and in the crib at 7:30.
I've been trying to trouble shoot this, and the following comes to mind:
--2nd year molars--haven't seen any signs,
--too light--we have black out blinds, they don't fit snugly so there is some lght, but not really any more than 10 days ago!
--too warm--it's been really hot here the last couple of days, we have a/c on, her room is at 25 C(about 76 F) at night, she's in footless jammies with a light sheet and her one blankie which she will not do without, isn't sweaty or anything when we go in the morning
--developmental, at this age some lo's can start napping inconsistently so maybe her night sleep is being effected instead of her day sleep
--schedule, needs tweaking?
She really can't nap until after 12:45 when her older sister goes to school or later than 3:15 when her sister needs to be picked up.
I would be happy to go with this routine but she seems so clearly miserable on her w/u's and trying to get down. any advice/insight much appreciated!
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