excellent question on the nap length with A times....this is what I'm beginning to wonder about. Right now, my dd's A times are right at 3 hrs, naps at 1.5, sometimes 2, so it works out beautifully. But when she's up longer than 3 hrs, I think the idea is then she moves to a 12.5/13 hr day...so something like this maybe:
7:30 - wake
11 - sleep
12:30 - wake
4 - sleep
5:30 - wake
8 - bed
hmmm....I"m not sure that would work for my dd as I look at it.....maybe try shortening both naps 10 or 15 min?
Have you checked out the sample EASY routines on this page:
sample EASY for 6-12 mosI found some good ones there when my dd was 6 mos, and I've modified it now that she's doing 3 hrs of A time. I believe, eventually, it's the morning nap that you shorten and finally they go to just one nap.
I know one of the other nap mods has an older lo who I'm sure does more than 3 hrs of A time - Aly, can you post Lily's routine? I'll PM her if she doesn't see this and ask her to post it.
About the wind down - Abby is pretty sleepy when I put her in her crib, but she does not fall asleep while eating. Every once in a blue moon she will, but after she eats, I put her in her sleep sack and we do prayers and a song, so that will wake her up so that she still goes in the crib awake. Does that help?
