21mth old A-times!

[sianie]

Hey ladies!

So I could do with some thoughts on DS's routine.....in a nutshell he's nearly 21mths old & just over a month ago had surgery to take his tonsils & adenoids out (he had been diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea which made him a very noisy/restless sleeper). The op has been successful & we have seen a big difference in his sleep, he is now getting much better quality sleep & also his A-times have shot up (which makes sense as he sleep before the op was poor). He's also started nursery x 2 mornings a week which he is adjusting to ok. He sleeps there & so far has done naps of between 1 to 1.5hrs, which although shorter than he does at home are not too bad.

Where I'm a bit stuck is getting the right A-time before BT. He can easily handle around 5.5hrs in the AM & when he's at home he sleeps for 1hr45 mins/2hrs (although I have started capping at 1hr45mins to preserve an earlier BT which he seems to do better on).

His last couple of days have looked like this:

Friday
WU: 7am
Nap: At nursery 12.55pm-2pm
BT: 7pm (we had a couple of OT cries out in the night but he re-settled himself).

Saturday
WU: 7am
Nap: 12.30pm-2.15pm (woke him)
BT: Down by 7.30pm settled quickly

This morning he was awake around 6.30am so an 11hr night which is short for him.....I'm thinking that this could be UT & he needs a longer A-time to bed or cap the nap at 1.5hrs?

Any thoughts? 

[Grants]

Hi Sian,

I would def try to cap the nap first to see if he has a longer night. Is he more tired in the mornings or in the afternoons? The reason I ask is because my DS is more tired in the mornings so his A times in the morning are normally shorter. After he has a nap he is fine to have 6.5-7.5 A time before BT. X

[sianie]

Hiya!

He's always done better with a longer AM A-time & shorter PM A-time.

i was thinking about capping his nap at 1.5hrs (however this does depend a bit on how long he sleeps at nursery as I've been trying to give him a slightly longer nap the day after nursery if he's only had an hour there)....or keeping his nap at 1hr 45mins & push BT back??? It's just figuring out what time to do BT after either a 1.5hr nap or 1hr 45min nap that I'm struggling with....

[Grants]

I suppose it's more like a question of trials to see what suits your DS. I can never stick to 1 A time with DS. I'm constantly watching for OT and especially UT because most of his Nws are due to UT. His A times before BT fluctuate between 6 and 8 hours. But I would say it's normally around 6.5 hours.