8 mt old not settling anymore at bedtime

[jessmum46]

What's your EASY at the moment?  It's not just the last A time that can cause issues with BT....

[carolina_bug]

I was thinking possibly overstimulation as well, so I've tried being really chilled at the end of the day as well, but it's still the same thing.

Here's his EASY:

7:00 wake

E:  7:00-7:30
A:  7:30-10:00
S:  10:00-11:30

E: 11:30-12
A: 12:00-2:45
S: 2:45-4:00

E: 4:00-4:30
A: 4:30-6:30

I've tried doing 2.30, 2.45 and 3.0 A time before bed, but nothing is working.  He's definitely not tired before then.  His A time is chilled before bed and I do bath, books, bottle and bed.

Thanks.

[jessmum46]

I think at that age we were typically doing a 1.5h am nap and 40/45 min pm nap, with a 12/12.5h day.  I wonder if you might need to limit your pm nap to an hour for him to be tired enough to go down for bed?

[carolina_bug]

Okay, I'll try that.  So how long should I do the A time if he only takes a 45 min pm nap?

[jessmum46]

I think we did about 2-2h15 ish after a 45 min pm nap (that was with roughly 4h for the other A times)

[carolina_bug]

That's the tricky part.  He started teething and is only going 3 hrs between naps, so I can't do the 45 min 2nd nap because it will be way to early for his bedtime, and I don't want to start the catnap again.  Ugh.

He's waking just after 6:00 am so first nap is at 9:00-10:30, then second is at 1:30, so if I do the 45 min, then he'd be up at 2:15 and that's way too early for the next sleep to be bedtime.

[jessmum46]

Ok just let him sleep for the second nap then, and do another 3h A time before bed presuming the nap is a decent one

[carolina_bug]

I did that last night and he went right to sleep, however, he woke up around the 45-60 min mark and started screaming.  I'm guessing that was OT?  I went in and he seemed uncomfortable so I gave him a little Advil and he settled soon after.

Will see what tonight brings.

[jessmum46]

(((Hugs))), hope it's a better one for you.  Teeth are awful

[carolina_bug]

Knock on wood, he seems to be doing better.  Has regressed his A time back for both naps, and is not settling better after 2.5 hrs A time before his night time sleep.

It's a constant guessing game isn't it!

Thanks so much for all the suggestions.

[jessmum46]