I decided to go ahead with naps thinking this might be the problem. It has been helping but still needs some work. I'm also stepping out of the room more if he's not super upset but just fussing as I felt I was getting in his way. If he gets upset I go back in. I'm posting day 2 and 3 of nap training as well so maybe this is still too early in the process for timing advise but I thought I would see what you had to say.
7:37 awake
9:33 in crib. Went to sleep 9:39(no intervention). Woke 10:29.
12:44 in crib. Went to sleep at 12:58(had to go in). Woke 1:27
3:35 in crib. Went to sleep at 3:49(had to go in) Woke 4:24
6:24 in crib. Asleep 6:27(miracle yet to be repeated!)
*Woke many times between now an 10. Put himself back to sleep but constantly waking. After 10pm didn't stir. Wondering if he's hearing my husband and I? We went to bed around then.
Woke 6:50.
9:04 in crib. 9:11 asleep(no intervention). Woke 9:45 **was trying a slightly longer time here because I felt like I've been seeing no tired signs and thought maybe I was going to early....but nap length suggests this was wrong...
11:53 in bed. 12:13 asleep(had to go in). Woke 12:42
In bed 2:42. 3:00 asleep(had to go in). Woke 3:27
In bed 5:54(later than I intended due to a few issues Perhaps the problem). Seemed like he was putting himself right to sleep but after 4 minutes started to cry. He kept almost falling asleep and then waking up. Had to go in. Didn't sleep until 6:27. Worse night in a few days, since I've been doing naps. Woke every hour and usually put himself back to sleep for the next few hours. Around 9:30 had to go in. Quiet after 10 again until he woke at 5:30.
Any thoughts?? I was trying to experiment with times a bit. Just had a first nap where he fell asleep almost exactly 2 hours after waking(was acting tired so I put him in a bit early and he took him about 14 minutes to fall asleep, and then he only slept 19 minutes
Won't post the whole first day with naps because it sucked but for reference sake, the first nap was amazing(yet to be repeated) Woke around 7:25. In crib 9:20. Fell asleep in 4.5m without intervention(9:25). Woke 10:35.