How much A time for 7 1/2month old????

[mparker]

Hi. I have a 7 1/2 month old, who was recently on the 4hr E.A.S.Y routine. I would put her down at exactly 2.15hr after her A time & she would just fall asleep quite easily. This week I have noticed she just plays in her cot. So I increased her A time to 3hr (after reading some of the postings).
Yesterday, her day went something like this...
6.00w & BF
7.00 cereal with fruit.
9.00s
10.30w - morning tea (fruit)
11.30 lunch then bf
12.30 s (she didn't fall asleep until 1.30)
3.15w - afternoon tea
6.15s (she didn't fall asleep until after 7.00)

This morning was the same, except she didn't fall asleep in her cot until 10.00am.
I have never had a problem with my LO falling asleep. She has self settled since 3months, but am wondering what's going on now. Do I need to increase her A time even more. Am finding it hard to look for tired signs.
Any help would be much appreciated.

Maria

[*Natasha*]

This was our routine at 7.5months DD had an awake time of 2.5,3 then 3.5hrs.

7am - Wake Bottle
8am - Breakfast
9.30am - Sleep 1.5-2hrs
12pm - Lunch
1pm - Bottle
2pm - Sleep 1.5hrs
5pm - Dinner
6pm - Bath
6.30pm - Bottle
7pm - Bed

When we transitioned from 3-2naps i had to play around with her awake time in the afternoon as she started only having 45mins for her PM nap.

[mparker]

Thanks for that. Did the A time increase slowly to 3hr & 3.5?
I guess I'm just a little concerned that for 2 days, she has had a 4hr A time & I thought that this was a little strange.

[*Natasha*]

Yes around 9months when she started crawling she moved to 3.5/4hrs awake time.

[torontomamma]

My lo is 7.5 mos and is awake for about 3.5 hours in the morning then a good nap, than awake for about 3.5 hrs in the pm, then a short nap, then 3hrs before bed.  This changed pretty drastically in the last month (used to be 2-2.5 hrs max) so in one month increased by about an hour, and her pm nap shortened by about 1 hr. 

It seems it is always changing - keeping us on our toes!

Jaime