cat napper fighting last catnap, but can't last until bedtime

[dancer1007]

Please help.  My ds is 7 months old.  I did babywhisperer schedule religiously with my first son.  It worked amazingly for him.  he always did it exactly to the book without much of a struggle.  I have been trying since 6 weeks with this little guy and it just isn't working.  DS 2 is breastfed and still wants to eat before and after his naps.

My main problem is that when ds wakes up usually between 6 and 7 I get him down after two hours at around 9, he always wakes up between 45 minutes to an hour.  We then put him down for his second nap around 12/1230 after 2 hours/2.5 hours.  My older son is also napping so i therefore have the luxury of rocking him back to sleep over and over again (literally) so that he at least gets a good solid 2 hour nap.  Even with this though he wakes by 2:30.

We are still giving him his catnap 2 hours/2 15 after his second nap but he fights it so much!  We tried to push him until bedtime at 645(it's usually 730 if he does catnap) and he was a disaster.

On top of this he is still waking every 3 hours at night!  I know he can make it longer because he has gone 9 hours for multiple nights!  I am just so confused as what to do with him.  For the last two weeks I have tried making awake times longer, with no avail.  He just loves his catnaps. He is eating 2/3 solid meals a day.  Oh, and putting him down at night is a losing battle.  It takes about an hour each night only for him to wake up again 45 minutes later.  I feel bad for ds 1 because he is struggling having no attention lately.  Please help!  I appreciate any suggestions.

[mamatolevi]

Hi there! It sounds like your LO might be UT in the morning for that first nap. Could you post his routine in EAS format to give us a closer look? In the meantime, here are some sample routines:
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=164030.0
If you decide to increase his A time in the morning, remember to go slow (ie - try 10 min or so at that first A time for a few days until he adjusts and then try 10 more etc). Also, if he has a short a.m. nap, shorten his next A time a bit so that he doesn't get OT and fall into an UT/OT loop (yuck!)
hth!
Nikki

[dancer1007]

Thanks!  here is his schedule.  The reason I wonder if he is undertired or not is because he is very fussy after two hours and usually if we put him down any later...we have tried up to 3 hours of awake time, he usually just naps for 35 minutes.

6-7 wake and bf
8 solids
9/930 bf and down for nap
awake 45 minutes at most after falling asleep, I then usually feed before we go out for the morning
1145 solids
1220/1245 down for second nap, wakes after 30-40 minutes and I rock back down 2-3 more times so that he gets a 2 hour nap
awake and bf
4:30/4:45 after 2/2.5 hours down for cat nap if he will take it and we wake by 515 (usually about 35 minute nap)
bf and solids
730 bf and down for night
waking is sporadic but mainly 11, 2, 4 when we bring him into bed...

Thanks!