still tweaking to try and drop CN, can't find a good A time!

[~inbalance~]

Still sounds like you're heading the right way though.  It's a crazy time of year, makes it hard to stay on track.    Probably once things calm down after the holidays you'll be able to drop the nap for good and move forward. 

[sensfan]

I've noticed the last few days she's waking earlier at night. When I started stretching to 3 hrs. she rarely woke up before 5 am. The last few nights she's woken up at 2:30 and 3:00 Chalk it up to the cold, or sre the shorter A times and CN affecting night sleep? Or a combination of both?

[~inbalance~]

What is she likes when she wakes?  What do you do?  What do your days look like now?  It's hard to say.  Definitely could be related to her cold.   

[sensfan]

It depends. Last night she just whined for a bit, and after a while I could see she wouldn't settle on her own, so I went and patted her until she dropped off. The night she was up for 2 hours she was crying quite a bit, I tried giving her the soother and that didn't work...DH eventually had to rock her until she fell asleep. I basically won't feed her if she wakes up before 4 since she's gone longer stretches than that.

Last few days it's been kind of like this:
E: 7:30
S: 10:10 (A time 2.40)
E: 12:00
S: 2:45 (A time 2:45)
E: 3:30
S: 6:00 (CN in chair for 20 min.)
Bedtime 8:00

Today she slept fairly well during the day. Since her second nap has been shorter I tried a longer A time again. That worked so I skipped the CN and went for an early bedtime. Here's what that looked like:

E: 7:45
S: 10:25
E: 12:20 (almost 2 hours!)
S: 3:15
E: 4:30
Bedtime 7:35

We'll see how she does tonight....

[~inbalance~]

I think tonight might help you figure things out.  If she sleeps better, than you know she's been waking because of the catnap.  I wonder if it's been interfering with her nights somehow, like because of it she's not sufficiently tired, kwim?  But it's hard to say.  I guess you'll find out tonight!

[sensfan]

Well, we got an in-between answer Didn't wake up overly early, but didn't sleep overly late either. She woke up at 4:10, ate, and went back to sleep. Still, no CN..so that's something. I think she's starting to feel better too, much less snotty yesterday

[sensfan]

OK, so as we recover from the Christmas insanity it seems like we've finally managed to drop the CN! I did squeeze one in after Boxing Day, and she was up at 2:00, so I think if needed we'll just opt for slightly earlier bedtimes. If she's going to be up at night anyways, then what's the difference? We have gotten some decent naps too, with about 2 hours 45 A in the morning and 3 hours in the afternoon. Still some bedtime and NW issues..even on good days though. Today she slept 1.5 in the AM, 2 hours in the PM, but fought bedtime for almost an hour. Can't figure this kid out...if it's not one thing, it's another. Hope your little guy is doing well, and that naps have been good!

[~inbalance~]

You know, that actually sounds like things are going pretty good!  We're battling teething and illness so things have been a mess.  I remember this being a tricky age with DS as well.