Qs about nap capping

[susaninlondon]

LO 9.5 mths old. Terrible napper from birth, only got out of 45min naps at 5 mths. Generally does longer am nap but need to switch am and pm for childminder.

Some questions
What we should do if we get a short pm as well,,early BT here mean EW (he is a 10.40-11hr sleeper at night max)?

Is there a def time that the am nap needs to start and end by? I ask as my LO times have stretched in the last week so if he wakes at say 630 its a struggle to get him down by 930-945

Finally - if capping nap doesnt work and he just prefers the long am nap how do you go about pushing this out so it becomes the long nap? confused about all of this?

Thanks for the help
Susan

[Erin M]

You can put him down for his AM nap early and try for a short UT nap there so he'll be more tired for the PM one.  That worked for dd1 when we had things in our day to work around. 

If it doesn't work, you just have to keep extending that AM A time until you get to the right time.  You can also get him for a super quick nap in the AM just to get to the PM nap (we'd try it in the car).

[susaninlondon]

Thanks Erin,
what age was you LO when you capped the am nap and how long where his A time from first up to am nap and then until pm nap?

Help very much appreciated
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[Erin M]

Oh goodness, my girls are 4 and 6 now so its really foggy but would say somewhere around a year, but I'm totally guessing.  Ds is just 5 months so we're not there yet.