Hi. I am not sure if I should post here or in toddlers, but it has been such a terrible napping week. She is not sick or teething, and is eating great. She crawls and cruises, and is learning to walk, but her naps and A time are so different that I do not know what to do anymore. She hopefully sleeps from 7 to 7 straight. Or so was she.
She was sleeping at 10:30 am. now she shows tired cues at 9:30 or so. I wait until 10 to put her to sleep and she goes to sleep by herself with her blankie immediately. At exactly 1 hour later she wakes up crying, and sometimes happily playing, and that is her morning nap. It used to be 2 hours. Now she only has 1 hour, and earlier!!!
So this should sound great, but her afternoon nap usually at 2:30 is now at 2, and only 20 or 30 minutes!!!! I tried to extend this nap for 4 months now, but we usually are at MILīs house or momīs, and it is impossible.
So at 7 she was so overtired that I have been putting her to sleep at 6:30 or 6, and she wakes up at 5 am.
I do not know what else to do. I tried extending her A time, but she is so tired and begs me to put her to sleep at 10. I tried to extend so maybe switch to 1 nap, and she slept 20 min and woke up overtired.
At this point i am lost of how much her A time should be , and how long her naps. Like what is the aproximate normal time of naps and A time. I am lost...
So any suggestion will be really appreciated.... I do not want to have an overtired baby... Should I extend her A time by distracting her? Please help me out here. Thanks.
TIA