My DD lulls me into confidence and then changes things on me! I'm sure we are totally unique in this.
She's 14.5 months and I'm not sure if we're just hitting a rough patch with molars or if accidental parenting has finally caught up with us. Our day looked like this up until a week ago:
8:15 - Up (when she actually woke up, I'm not sure because she would just hang out and play or snooze in her crib.
8:30 - Breakfast
11:30 - Lunch
12:45 - Nap 1.25 to 2 hours
3:00 - Snack
6:00 - Dinner
7:15 Wind down
Asleep sometime between 8 and 8:30.
The accidental parenting comes in where I stand near her crib until I'm sure she's asleep. Sometimes I resettle her by placing my hand on her back or setting her back down if she starts to get up. However, she always fall asleep without me touching her. I just have to be near. I don't know if I need to work on leaving her alone in her room?
About a week ago, she had a couple of nights of not falling asleep quickly, waking up in the middle of the night and short naps. She's also started early waking. Today she was up at 7, although she hasn't been waking up in the middle of the night lately. She'll lay back down if I go in her room, but not fall asleep in the morning and if she wakes too early from her nap. This change coincides with when I started leaving her in the day care at the gym for the first few times (the first time she's been with non-family); it hasn't been good but she recovers quickly after I pick her up.
Today our routine was:
7am up
8am breakfast
11:30 lunch
12:45 asleep
1:50 up
2:30 snack
6pm Dinner
7:15 Wind down asleep by 8
So, I'm wondering could it be:
a. She's fine, she's just going to wake up at 7 and her naps are going to be variable and I'm worried for nothing.
b. Separation anxiety and accidental parenting
c. Teething
d. I need to tweak her schedule somewhere
TIA. Also, I apologize if I put this in the wrong forum!