almost 9 month old going to 2 naps, question......

[Layla]

I am sorry I didn't reply back.... how's things going at the moment???

[lin7604]

well all but yesterday he had catnaps as i made sure if i had to go out i did it around that point so he would sleep in the car on the way home.  If he did, great, if not bed at 6.  So 2 days in a row he had a catnap about 30 min max but he would have to be up atleast 3 hrs before bed otherwise he would just roll, talk, etc in bed, which a 8:30-9 bedtime is too late and that is what was happening, so..... back to square one.
As he still gets up at 6-7 am no matter what.  Yesterday he didn't get up till 7 ( YAHOO) and then had a nap at 10 ( almost a 2h nap yet) and 3 ( 45 min nap), by 6pm at dinner he was rubbing his eyes , getting fussy adn not wanting to eat so i got him ready for bed and he was sleeping at 6:37 and slept till 6:30am. so it's just one day at a time as naps seem to be at different times.  One day he can do 3 hrs and the next barely 2-2.5hrs.  then one nap will be 45 min and the next will be almost 2 hrs??  i give up.....

[Layla]

Try & not let him take a 2hr nap in the morning cause he probably wont sleep so well in the pm.

[lin7604]

i really have never been one to wake him up from a nap, unless he's in teh car, well then it's a given.  I feel that if he is sleeping that long he needs it and i know that in my case if i wake him he will be very fussy and cranky and will still take a short nap in p.m backfiring on me!  There have been times ( dr appt, etc ) that i have had to wake him and that is what has happened.

[Layla]

I understand. If you aren't comfortable with waking from naps, you don't have to... but then he probably won't have a long pm nap & will be overtired by bedtime. I on the other hand have had to wake Jasmine up from her morning nap starting around 9 months so that she would sleep better in the afternoon & not be so tired/cranky by bedtime

[Cari]

Hey!  Just wanted to let you know that we are going thru the same thing!  My LO is 9.5 months and has been going to bed at 6pm alot lately!  I hate doing it because then she wakes up at 5:30am!  And the whole process starts over again!  So then she is ready for her first nap by 8 or 8:30.  She usually sleeps 1 hr to 1.5 hours, and then I struggle to keep her up 3 hrs, so she is down again at 12:30/1:00 and up by 2 or 2:30 if I am lucky.  I am thinking that her "A" time should be longer at this age??  We haven't had a night waking, thank goodness, but the early morning or taking a toll on me.  Let me know how everything works out