Me again Kjs,
we have certainly had a better time of it, for the most part getting 11hrs out of him at night, but we are still to shift BT from 6 or 630pm but now the pattern has been established of a longer sleep we are starting to do it.
But.....
He has just started playgroup so all bets are off for a while, and i remember with DS1 and DS2 the same, although we are structured with his naps, they are less so (yesterday he refused point blank for them on his first full day!) so that meant an early start today as he had less daytime sleep yesterday than he needed. But i know this is just a phase, and once he is established in playgroup, hopefully he will go back to the 11 hour nights and we can start to push BT to 7pm and all will be right with the world!
My question is this, he seems to be waking 5am since going to playgroup, if he has not napped by the time i get him at 4pm, or at best napped early in the morning and not at all in the afternoon, in order for him not to be completely past it by the time bedtime comes at 6pm ish, can he get a quick 30mins in the car on the way home, which would be his second nap of the day rather than a catnap? and after this, even if there has been an A time in between naps of 4-5hrs earlier in the day, would i still leave it 3hrs after waking him from this catch up sleep before bed? or stick to the 13hr day and put him down at 6pm, even if this only means an A time before bed of 1.5-2hrs?
Again i know there is no right answer but just wnat to at least start off in the right direction, its trying to avoid undertired going to bed due to a short A time, even though not much daytime sleep, VS going past a 13 hr day without this reduced daytime sleep.
Thanks as ever for any thoughts!