almost 7 month old does not want to extend activity time

[lilyandmollysmom]

Hi. My daughter has not taken her catnap in over a week. She'll fight and fight me on it. But then when I try to extend her activity time, she gets overtired and all hell breaks loose. I'm not sure how to handle this since it's now making the time between her 2nd nap and bedtime 3 1/2 to 4 hours long!!! Any suggestions?

6:30 wakeup and BF
7:00 solids
8:30 sleep (tried to extend but couldn't get do it. She sleeps 1 1/2 hours)
10:30 BF
11:00 solids
12:00 sleep (tried to extend and now it's been over an hour and she is crying hard. I'm guessing OT. Normally this nap is 2 hours).
2:30 BF
5:00 solids
6:30 sleep

[meltown]

what time do you try for the catnap and how have you tried to extend A time?

[lilyandmollysmom]

Her catnap was usually 2 hours after her 2nd nap. So it would normally be around 4:30 or 5:00.
I tried to extend A time by 15 minute increments are suggested.

[meltown]

have you tried extending 5 or 10 min and then doing an early bed time until she can stretch out A time more?

[lilyandmollysmom]

I'll give it a go. My husband got her down for a catnap today (how does he do it!).
Anyways, thanks.