Where to go from here?

[arook]

My problem is that he hasn't wanted to go down for pm nap till later and later and ends up being sOOOOO tired in evening b/c I can't let him sleep past 4 or he won't go to bed.  He only gets to sleep for about 30 min or 45 at most.   He gets all screamy..loud...OT at it's rawest.

I know it is a long time till first nap and maybe this is where I need to start.  He just doesn't seem to want to go down till around 10:30.  It used to be 9:30 but, He was refusing to go down and then slowly I've just moved the time to 10:30.  Today he went down at 11 and then later at  4:-4:30 and was WIRED all evening. 

6 am Wake, Bfeed
7  Breakfast
10-10.30am Small snack
10:30 or 11am Nap till about 12/12:30
12 pm Lunch
2.00pm Small snack
3.30 pm Nap till about 4:30pm (not going down till 4 lately)
4.30  5pm Dinner
7pm Bed

[*Becky*]

How old is your lo?

[arook]

He will be 12 months Feb 24.

[*Becky*]

Sounds like 2:1 transition. What worked for us was having a short am nap around 10-10.30am and then he would go down again about 1.30-2pm for a longer nap. Have you tried that or do you def want to stick with a longer morning nap?

[arook]

How short was your LO's naptime?  I have tried 60 and 45 but he won't go back down till 3:30 at the earliest.  Maybe I should try a 30 min am nap?  

[*Becky*]

At 12 months he was doing 30 mins in the am, only a little more when we went through teething.