Does this sound like the 2 to 1 transition?

[becky1969]

LO just turned 12 months old.

Naps have always been fabulous. We've been doing 2.5-3 hours of sleep for 2-3 months now. He's been slowly waking up later and later in the AM. Yesterday, didn't wake until 9, so was up from 1st nap at 1:30. I tried to put him down for a nap at 4:00, but he refused. I was worried he wouldn't make it even until 5:30, but he did good all night so went to bed at 6:30 and slept great! One waking at 2 am for a bottle (he does this 3-4 times per week, varying the time he wakes up), but then back down until 7;30 am this morning without a peep! Hurrah!

Today, up at 7:30 so I put him down for nap at 10:30, hoping to do 1 nap again today. Sure enough, he slept 2.75 hours until 1:15. I'm thinking of putting him down at 6:15 for bed, since he did 5 hours fine yesterday.

Is this how it happens? Will the nap slowly move forward, along with bedtime? I love a 7:30 beditme at the latest, so when should be the latest I put him down for his nap? 11:30 or 12?

[*Natasha*]

This sounds great you can slowly move that nap forward my 5-15mins every few days until you have that nap close to lunch time. It may take some time before you have that 7.30pm bedtime back though.
I can't believe Owen is 1 already

[becky1969]

Thanks guys! We'll go slow!

Natasha - how does it happen that the first year goes by so fast??? "The days are long but the years are short" are such a great way to describe this first year of Owen's life. Some of those days seemed to last a year, and yet it's all gone before you know it. 

I learned yesterday that we still may need a cat nap in the PM. I could tell by 4:30 that he wasn't going to make it to 6, but I wanted to see what would happen. He fell asleep fine, but woke up 30 minutes later and took an hour to go back to sleep. Then, was up 2 hours later for THREE WHOLE HOURS! Ugh. Part of the problem was I accidentally fed him 1/2 slice of my DH's high fiber bread (3 g per serving), so he was super gassy.  I mean, the kid can't handle pears, how's he going to deal with all that fiber?? Duh, mama!

Anyway, he ended up sleeping until 8 this am, so first nap was 11, and he's still down for the count at 2. I think tonight we'll make it to 6 or 6:30!

He's been really good at dropping/adjusting his naps up to now, but I was expecting the 2:1 transition to happen much later since he loves his sleep! But I could DEFINITELY get used to 2.75-3 hours in the PM all to myself! I work at home, so I'm being very productive!