Hi-
Looking at some of the posts here, i've read a few times that it's a good rule of thumb to have the nap (when there is one nap) 5-6 hours after morning wake up, and bedtime 5-6 hours after wake up from nap. We're in a sleep mess right now with our 2.5 year old - dealing w/ separation anxiety, and now a real bad overtired streak, etc. We're trying to catch up on sleep. A month ago when things were fine she was sleeping from about 7:30-6:30 with a nap at 12:30-2 (give or take). Now, we've been putting her down around 6:15, but she hasn't been falling asleep until after 7 (overtired i guess? taking FOREVER to fall asleep - we know this b/c we've been doing GW and have been sitting in her room). Then she's been waking a few times in the night and often is awake for quite a while - 30 to 60 mins at a time - then often wakes up super early. this morning it was 5:00.
SO - i guess my question is...what time should her nap be? is it better to stick to a set time in the day or just go 5-6 hrs from wake up, even if it means it's 11:00 one day and 12:30 the next... I always thought it was better to stick to a time, but then today, she's been up for almost 8 hrs (5 am to 1:00 pm)
and she's SO overtired (it's 1:00 and she's still awake, although my DH ended the routine 20 mins ago - couldn't get her down any earlier today b/c we were gone). Any thoughts here?
Thanks! Sarah
