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Shall I add the naps?
« on: April 02, 2012, 13:57:37 pm »
My boy is 13.5 mo. The EASY is as follows:
5:30-6:00 wake up and eat
6:30.       A(he will play happily for about 1hr, then he seems boring and begin sucking thumb and
              looks sleepy. I will try to play with him with other different toys.)
10:00.      S(he can sleep for 40min to 1hr)
11:30.      E
12:00.      A(again he is happy for the 1st hr and a little sleepy then after)
15:00.      E
15:30.      S(40min or 1hr)
18:00.      E
18:30.      A(not so happy ,always weepy)
20:00.      E
20:30.      S
Since he always seems sleep, I Chang his nap yesterday. He sleeps for 40min from 10:00 and 40min from 12:30 and 1.5th from 4:00. But I don't think it is a good habit for a kid of this age, it us rather for a little baby?

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Re: Shall I add the naps?
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2012, 14:16:05 pm »
HI there, I think it's fairly normal for one nap to be longer at this age.  It's known as the 2-1 phase, where kids are dropping down to 1 nap but it takes a long time and so it starts with one of the naps shortening.  I think his bedtime is way too late in contrast to his waking so I think that's where a lot of his overtiredness is coming from.  Can you put him to bed much earlier?
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Re: Shall I add the naps?
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2012, 22:01:24 pm »
But if I put him to bed much earlier,will he also wake up earlier?
So I think I shouldn't let him have 3 but short naps in daytime?

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Re: Shall I add the naps?
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2012, 09:16:47 am »
But if I put him to bed much earlier,will he also wake up earlier?
This is not a good age for me to be offering advice on, but no, hopefully not - he's OT so having an unsettled/short night. An earlier BT will help to fix the OT giving him a better night and therefore making him better rested for his naps.
Catherine x