help - 3mo can't get into routine :(

[~*erin*~]

ok, well, I'll definitely try increasing the 1st one for the next couple of days by 5-10 (seems to be all she can do) and we'll see how it goes.
One quick question though - if I only increase 1 A time at a time for a few days, won't that make all other naps UT naps bc the A time will be shorter than the first?
Thanks for your help and tips! I'll keep you posted on how we make out.

[ZacsMumme]

Nope keep the other a times the same, your day may be a touch longer

[~*erin*~]

okie dokie! So, extended 1st A time today by 15 min - she did great actually - but then woke at 30min (surprisingly not crying, just sort of sqeaking, so I left her for a few minutes, but then thought that if I leave her much longer, she'll be wide wide awake, so up I went to get her to go back down)  and settled quite quickly ....

will she have a few OT naps as she gets used to the longer time, or should I just try 10min tomorrow instead of 15? Thanks!

[~*erin*~]

hmmm... so next A time was 1hr30 and she woke 45min into her nap .... I was able to get her to go back to sleep though ....

[ZacsMumme]

She may struggle to transition but wonderful you got her back down I found UT naps harder to extend than OT. Short naps are developmental to some extent too. Have you tried W2S at all?

[~Lori~]

Yay that she was able to get back down!!  DS has just started to be able to extend his naps in his crib a little bit.  i was always moving him to the swing when he woke between 35-45 min and after trying to resettle him in his crib without success.  So much of it is developmental.  Keep trying the resettling/W2S/anything.  Soon it WILL pay off!  it is hard with the short naps to stay on routine and with my Type A personality that is hard   But from experience 2 other times, it DOES get better!!!

[~*erin*~]

so we tried to extend the 1st A time today, I was only able to increase it by about 10 minutes, and of course, a 30 min nap that I couldn't extend. She wasn't unhappy though, but now of course our whole routine is thrown. Her 2nd A time was actually quite long, which surprises me .... 915-1055 .... I'm sure I'll get another 30 min nap.... Is it possible that the 1st A time is not the best one for her to extend first?

[ZacsMumme]

It is possible....you can try a shorter one too and see if it helps. A lot of shorts naps at this age are developmental. Hugs, they are hard!