Yesterday was not what I expected at all:
WU: 6:10
S: 9:15-9:45 - up crying. I tried resettling but no go
PD: 1:00 - playing, chatting, etc (probably a bit later than it should have been)
S: 1:30-3:30 - cry out and self settle at 2
BT: 7:15
Unsettled sleep from 5-6:15 when he woke.
It's been ages since he's had a 30 minute wake up so I think he's getting OT. He also has 2 teeth about to cut so that doesn't help.
Hmmm, you have got room in the day to make it a bit longer if you wanted hun? If you did want to keep that first nap at an hour, then actually pd for nap at say 2pm. You could just try it the once and see? BT could be closer to 7.15pm then.
After what happened yesterday I didn't have the guts to cap the am nap so this is what we're trying today. Usually the best bet with him is to just follow cues for a day or 2 so he can get caught up on sleep and then try the routine again. He resisted the am nap a bit but then slept from 9:45-11:15. I just nursed him and PD at 2:15. He was very drowsy on the breast and yawned when I PD but he just popped right up and was chatting - grrrrrrrrrrrr. I laid him down and gave him a stuffed animal to see if he'll stay laying and settle down with that. I also moved his crib away from the window as he was standing and playing with the curtains. It doesn't seem to have stopped the standing but it do feel it's safer as the curtains are quite long.
I don't know if he's HSN but he definitely sleeps more than DD did. He does best with 14.5 hours. Since we dropped the CN, he's done a long A to bed so it could be that he just needs more A time there. As much as I want to have him down earlier in the afternoon, I don't know if I can commit to capping. I did when we transitioned to set naps, but capping at 1.5 is different than 45 min, yk? What routine was your DD on at this age?
Could this also just be developmental silliness? It seems he plays no matter when I put him down, even when he's clearly tired.