In need of help please !

[chantelle]

Hi my lo is 9 months +  and his easy routine is slowly messing up its after his lunch and activity time he does not settle for his after noon nap with out a fuss and eventually when he does go off to sleep its later than it should of been, we have the same problem getting him to sleep at 7.00 ive been trying to see where its all going wrong but just dont know what to do about it, I think it may be teething issues but im not too sure.
Heres his day yesterday and today its going the same way still no pm nap he is ot and dont know what to try next.




   6.45 woke up
E; 7.00 milk 7 oz
A; watch a bit of tv and play with toys
E; 9.00 break fast mango and banana sit in highchair play while i wash up
Then i usually get him washed and dressed by 9.40 lay him down to nap while i have shower
S; 10.00 he is asleep
E; 12.00 lunch and a desert
A; plays with toys or i play with him also plays in his jumperoo to tire him out
then at 2.45 start getting him ready for nap just keeps turning over and standing up i keep putting him down again and he cries and winges.
basically its downhill from there i have same problem getting him to sleep for the night but once he is asleep he goes through till morning please anyone any thought s or suggestions

thanks chantelle

[marlowsmom]

I think his A time is too long after lunch.   Maybe try putting him down around 2pm instead of 245.

[lilac83]

I'm actually going to disagree and say he needs a longer A time.  Since his first A time is 3hr 15min, and this one is usually the shortest of the day, he may need 3.5hrs after the first nap, so around 3:30pm. I'm assuming here that he sleeps from 10-12 though. If he's waking after only 1hr for that first nap then I agree with shortening the A time up a bit. A lot of LO's when laid down UT will play/fuss past their sleep window and end up OT. It sounds like this could be what's happening here.

[marlowsmom]

Listen to Lilac!   I'm no expert and I misread your schedule.  I thought there was 2 hrs A time.   

[chantelle]

Thanks i will give it a try and see how it goes .
Chantelle x

[lilac83]

Let us know how it works out for you!

[chantelle]

Hi well  he woke and was feed at 7.00 been up and playing, had break fast at 8.10 and have put him down for his nap 9.15 but i can see he is not tired enough now to sleep so he is just awake in his cot keeps standing up. i think he will hold out until 10.00 and then go to sleep so not much of a change really.

chantelle x

[lilac83]

With him waking around 7am that's fine if he wants to keep his AM nap at 10am. It's really just with the second A time that you may have to bump it up a bit so he can sleep better. If he sleeps from 10-12 today, then I would aim for his PM nap to start at 3:15pm.