9mo short am nap but now short pm nap too!!

[Spandanna]

Hiya

So dd is 9mo and we have been trying a set short am and longer pm nap to overcome EW and to be honest since we started trying this a week ago she hasn't woken before 5.30am (a real result) and has even gone nearer 6am a few times which is good for us. But then the last 2 days she seems to be only doing 1-1h15 second nap sonour day often looks like this:
5.30 wake up
Nap 1 a 9.30-10
Nap 2 12.30- 2 latest (
Bed 6.30-7ish

She's also teething but she seemsso miserable!! Howcan I fix this and still overcome EW???

[~Karen~]

Are you giving meds for the teething at nap time?  I'd prob try putting down for second nap a bit later.  Maybe try 1-3pm second nap with 7pm bedtime or would she get OT with that?

[Spandanna]

I coukd try it I think one day earlier in the week she went down nearer 1 but today I was drain home at 12 and I had to keep her awake (if she drops off in car she wakes the second I stop then it's nap over!!!) and was abs shattered. Maybe I'll try and spun her put a bit longer after first nap. Today she was so miserable after her second 1h nap I triedto apop another short catnap putof her at 4.30 bit no joy

We do medicate 30min before second nap :-/. Mostly I wake her from first nap because I wantedsecond nap to be linger an overlap with my 2 yo's nap but do u think I could try lettin her sleep for first nap and have a short second nap?

[~Karen~]

That could be worth a try.  I had to do long am/short pm nap for ds2 due to school runs.  The problem I found with it though was that he started refusing the second nap long before he was ready for one nap days which resulted in OT and some very early bedtimes!  Could you try a bit longer for first nap, say 45 mins?  Or does she fight second nap if she has that long? 

[Spandanna]

I could try it...to be honest a short am nap suits us better with DS still napping at lunchtime too otherwise it's she naps he naps she naps and we can't get out!! she wakes at 30 mins so not sure if I could get 45 mins without leaving her to resettle and then waking her after 10-15mins.

Today she was up from 5.20am. She had her first nap at 9.20 and I woke her at 10am and now she has gone down at 1pm for her second nap so we'll see what happens!!!

[~Karen~]

Let me know how she gets on.  I'm hoping that extending that second A time a bit will get you a longer second nap.

[Spandanna]

Hiya

Soooo.....the first coupleof days of doing 30mins 9.30-10am and a slightly later nap at 1pm worked and she did 2hours forer second nap but then a few days later it was back to 1.5h. So today I have put her down at 1.15 so will see if that has any impact.

She still wakes at 5.30am but doesn't often wake earlier than thatsince cuttin her first nap. Do you think I should cut that first napeven more in the hope she'll wake later in the morning? I'm pretty exhausted from theseearlystarts. It's been 4 months!!!

Thing is she's always tired between nap 1 and nap 2 but cutting that first nap to 30 mins has definitely helped the very ew.

Don't know what to do for the best

[Spandanna]

Well the second nap wasgreat 1.15-3.20!!! BUT she was up for the day just before 5am :-/ grrrrrrrrr

It seems that if she has more than 2h day sleep she shaves it off her night time sleep in the morning!  Sooo today I'm going to try a later am nap and I stead if waking her I'm going to ket her sleep and see what happens