EASY for a 12 mo baby going down to one nap!

[nikkibr]

I'm a second time mom, but I don't remember how I did it the first time.

I'm looking for some advice about helping transition my 12 m/o DD (Angel/textbook) into one nap.  What should her EASY schedule look like??  How many bottles should she have as she is having 3 solid meals a day??

Currently, her routine looks like this:

EAT
5:30-6:45 Wake + bottle
7:30 - Breakfast
Activity.... play etc
EAT (but sometimes needs a catnap here)
10:00/10:30 - bottle
11:30 / 12:00 lunch
SLEEP
EAT
2:00/3:00 - snack/bottle
ACTIVITY
EAT
5:00 dinner
SLEEP
7:00 - bedtime

Am I doing this right??  I am worried she is having too many bottles.

Any advice is greatly appreciated!

[momofclaire]

At 12 months I was giving all milk with meals.  Not everyone does this though.  I think the most important thing with milk is that she is getting the amount adviced by your doctor. 

Is she waking at night?

[Grace's Mom]

At 12 months we only had the night time bottle left.  We started whole milk at 11. 5 months (formula for the last feed only) and just gave sippys of milk through out the day along with water sippys.  It took Grace a good month or more to really like milk but she now chugs it.

For the nap switch, be sure to check out the 2-1 nap thread under TODDLER SLEEP!

It looks like she has a whole lot of A time in the morning (with out the cat nap).  When they normally switch to one nap they have about 5 hours of A time in the morning and nap and then about 5 hours of A time before bed...give or take.

You also show that you lo sleeps after dinner and then comes bed time.  I am a bit confused by that....could you clarify.  Thanks 

A typical one nap day looks something like this....

6am wake up
11-1 nap
6/6:30 bed

of course it all depends on when your lo woke up.  When they move to one nap you may have to bring bed time up just a tad to compensate. 

Melissa