I'm glad you posted this! My LO just turned 7 months, and I'm trying to figure out if I need to stretch A time again. We are consistently doing 2.5 hours, but I'm thinking in the PM that maybe he should be pushing closer to 3? One thing that's weird is my LO usually has his longest A time first thing in the morning. But lately bedtime has been weird, with him waking 30 minutes after I put him down -- before 6 months old, the time from bedtime to dream feed was his best sleep. Now I'm wondering if it's because his A time before bed is too short. Right now it's typically 2-2.5 hours before bed. Maybe it should be 3?
Here's our typical routine:
7 am Wake
7:30 E Bottle
Solids 8:30
A
S 9:30-11 (he never takes more than 1.5 hour nap in AM, and it sometimes will be 1hr-1hr15)
11:30 E Bottle
A
Solids 12:30
S 13:30-15:00/15:30 (this nap always at least 1.5 hours, and sometimes 2. The 2 naps almost always total 3 hours exactly! I don't know how the little stinker does it without a watch!
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E 16:00/16:30 Bottle
A
S 17:00-17:30 (if wakes after 15:30 from prior nap, we skip this cat nap and go to be 30-60 minutes early)
Help mommy with dinner prep
, sit with mom & dad at dinner
Bath 18:30
Bottle 19:00
Bedtime ritual
Bed 19:30 (usually awake 2-2.5 hours here, depending on when he woke up, etc.)
Dreamfeed 22:30