5 month old sleeping 11-12 hours at night. A time and naps?

[jennfl]

I asked this on a continuing thread that I started below, but thought I'd post it specifically.

We always look on various sleep charts in the age range our son is in.  But he seems to be getting more uninterrupted night sleep at his age than the "average", should we keep to the schedule for A time and nap times for an older baby?  Last night he slept long, for 12 hours and 15 mins and today his naps are weird and short.  He has been sleeping well at night for awhile. Naps are often a struggle (30-40 min naps lately with him often settling again but taking up to 20 mins).  I keep killing myself trying to get him to nap better and longer, but maybe he just doesn't need so much?

[Shiv52]

He could need more A time than average and i imagine after such a good nights sleep he may well need more than average A time so as not to get an UT nap.  What A time is he managing now?

[jennfl]

We just started to increase his A time because of the helpful advice on here.  He was doing about 2 hours, sometimes 2.5 and rarely, 3.  Now we're pushing him a bit to at least 2hr 15-30 min depending on his cues.  It's so hard to figure out. 

[ZacsMumme]

hugs, it is a tough age to figure out. On the plus side your nights sounds amazing and if he is generally happy throughout the day and you cant extend those naps with A tweaking etc then I wouldnt worry too much