Not sure if this post belongs on this board or the naps board. Please move if need be!
My DS is almost 11 months and has just gone through the 2-1 transition. We started gradually and are now on 1 nap a day pretty much 95% of the time. He does not have a lovie, is not teething at the moment, and eats solids well. Our routine is great during the day except I think it's causing a long NW and I'm not sure why. He is an independent sleeper and does not have any milestones right now that I believe could be causing the long NW. His typical EASY is as follows:
E 7am (nurse both sides)
A
E 9am (solids: yogurt & fruit)
A
E 11am (nurse both sides)
A
S 11:30-1:30 (will sleep up to 2.5 hrs, but I have been waking him at 2hr mark b/c of the NW)
E 1:30 (finger foods: fruits, veggies, meat)
A
E 330 (nurse both sides)
A
E 5pm (veggies puree, rice cereal, fruit finger food)
A
W/D 630 - bath, sleepsack, story, nurse both sides (this fluctuates based on what time he woke from his nap and if he is starting to get overtired. He can usually handle 5.5-6hrs of A time after a long nap)
S 7pm
NW 230am-4am
He has been down to 1 feeding at night for a few months now. I have been weaning the feeding slowly by cutting down the number of minutes he nurses each night, but even with the weaning, he rarely stays awake for an 1hr+ during the night. The long NW just started when we transitioned to 1 nap and has been going on for a week or so. The NW is usually around the same time every night so I don't think it's teething. He's not really upset, just wide awake. Sometimes playing, sometimes just standing in the crib whining. It usually takes 1hr+ before he falls back asleep and he will wake in the morning grumpy and stay that way until his first nap.
Now here's the strange thing. The other day, his EASY was almost exactly the same except he woke from his nap after 1hr15minutes. Was a little grumpy at first, but handled his A time well and was in bed asleep by 645pm (after 6hr A time). He slept great, didn't wake until 530am, nursed for a few minutes, then went back to sleep until 715am. He was in a great mood the entire day and did not have his usual morning grumpiness! I hesitate thinking of shortening his nap that much, but he slept so well that night. Yesterday he was back to the normal EASY, napped for 2hrs and was awake for an hour last night! What should I do?