what happens next?

[shelliz]

I am currently, slowly extending my dd activity time b/w waking and her first nap and also b/t first and second naps.  Of course this is pushing her naps back later in the day. Ex: today she went down for her second nap at almost 2:30 and I woke her at 3:45. I woke her b/c it was already getting pretty late in the day considering I put her to bed at 7:00.  I am confused on how all of this works?  I know she will eventually lose the morning nap and the afternoon nap will be moved up a bit.  Here is her current schedule. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I felt awful having to wake her from her second nap but I didn't want to mess up her night time.

7:00 wake, BF
8:00 solids
9:45 Nap (usually an hour and 10 min)
11:00 BF
12:30 solids
2:30 Nap (usually an hour and a half...but this was the first day that I extended wake time till 2:30)
4:30 solids
6:30 bath, BF
7:00 bedtime  (tonight I put her down at 7:30 b/c I was a bit confused on what to do w/ such short A time after her afternoon nap).


TIA!!!!!

Shelby

[tryinghard]

Hi Shelliz. I am by no means an expert but my dd is about same age as your Jessica ( mine born 18 Oct2005)- your routine looks great to me! I wouldnt wouldnt wake her if her nap time started at 2.30- if she usually sleeps 1.5 hrs- I think a 4ish wake up is fine. I know you're concerned about the A time before bedtime but dont forget it's at the end of a long day-and just like us we get more exhausted as it approaches bedtime!- my dd woke from her second nap (was 1 hr) at 4.30 the other day and she went to bed fine (7ish) and slept through. I would probably only worry if the 2nd nap was longer than 2 hrs but if her normal naps are more like 1.5- it sounds perfect to me! You are obviously doing a great job !

[shelliz]

Thank you both! That helps!!!  I haven't posted questions in a while. Things were smooth sailing until lately!

Thanks again!