Less Napping....is this normal?

[~*Sugar*~]

Generally my lo naps 1.5 hours and occasionally 2 hours but the last 2 weeks or so he just wont sleep longer then 1 hour.He isnt cranky or seem tired and hes sleeping through the night(well except hes teething so he has a few night wakings now and then).I am not a big sleeper and neither is my older son so maybe he is just going to follow in our foot steps.But i am still wondering if its normal?

Here is our schedule ...

8am wake and bottle (7-8oz)
845am breakfast (2tbsp cereal and 1tbsp fruit)
1030am nap
1130am wake
12pm bottle (7-8oz)
230 nap
330pm wake
4pm bottle (7-8oz)
5pm supper...fingers foods...usually a few pieces of veggie and a few pieces of fruit (not much actually goes in...lol)
6pm bath and storytime
645pm bottle (7-8oz) and bed by 7

We were struggling with the 3rd nap of the day so finally i gave up fighting and pushed his bedtime back to 7 instead of 8pm.Maybe this has something to do with his shorter naps?But he does sleep all night.Who knows...lol

Christina

[Colin Macs Mom]

Christina, if he's sleeping all night then I'm inclined to think that he's just doing what he needs to do and there's isn't really a problem. If it's not broken, don't fix it!    JMHO

[~*Sugar*~]

I was thinking the same thing...just wanted a second opinion...lol TY

Christina

[Colin Macs Mom]

 

[monsi]

My 7 month old dd has just started doing the exact same thing over the past week or 2. Her reliable 1.5 hrs naps have reduced to 1 hr but at the same time she has just started sleeping much better at night (not sleeping through but closer than she has ever been!) - so maybe it is the same story with her.

Are you keeping A times the same even though his naps are shorter?

[mommy2mason]

Must be something with the age! My LO is doing this too! I've been getting an hour for his morning nap and cross my finger for 1.5 in the afternoon!

[~*Sugar*~]

I have tried to keep to our routine so A times are usually the same.

[monsi]

I am getting really confused with this short napping as she seems tired and is yawning quite early on (sometimes after 1 hr) but I am trying to keep her up at least to have her feeds and then often by the time I get her back to sleep it has been 2.5 - 3 hrs.

Her nights have been so variable and really dont seem to have any relation to her day sleep!