LO is 16.5 months old. We've been on a 1 nap routine for about 4-6 weeks now. It's been going really well! Our new problem is that he's now needing 5-5.5 hours A time before bed, instead of 4.5 hours. I've been waking him from his nap at 3:15 to preserve a 7:30/7:45 bedtime. But now, it's causing us to have an 8/8:15 bedtime. For some reason, he's having 12 hour nights, so that means an 8:15-8:30 awake, and then I don't put him down for nap until 1.
I'm wondering should I put him down for nap earlier - like 12:15/12:30 to get him to wake earlier, and then keep our 7:30 bedtime, or should I start waking him in the morning earlier? I'm worried if I put him down for an earlier nap that he won't sleep as long b/c he won't be tired enough. Has anyone tried this?
How does this work? Do they just keep having later bedtimes, or do they gradually shorten that nap? He's been sleeping 2-2.5 hours, closer to 2.5. Some days he sleeps 14.5 hours! But, this may be short lived as he is teething right now, and is always sleepier then.
