When do we start pushing the bedtime?

[SupermansMama]

I put him in bed at 6.50 and he cried for 10 min until i went in the room and literally held him down.  He found his thumb right away and was asleep in 45 sec.  It was great! He had been up since 1.20 since his 3rd nap was a no go.  I guess my 3 to 2 nap actually took and now he cant get a 3rd nap in if need be. 

Our routine is quite screwy, but ideally this is what i try to follow:

7am wake and potty (yes he's potty trained for poop)
breakfast and an hour later a bottle 6 oz
usually 2-3 hrs A time so bed by 9-10 am and awake usually 45 min later.
lunch at 11 and then another 6oz an hour later
nap around 1-2, 2 would be best if only want 2 naps, usually 45min at this time.  ( i remember him having one of the two for 1.5 hrs every day but in the past few days that stopped)
snack around 3ish
5-5.30 ish dinner
6.30 or 7 depending how sleepy/fussy he is, bottle 8oz
7 or 7.30 bedtime

We had been tinkering with the bedtime for the last two months and bouncing between 6.30 up to 7.30, is maybe that why he's soo off track?  He used to fall asleep instantly for naps and sleep and the past few days he's been fighting it big time.  We gave in a few times for a couple naps in our bed and last week if he had NW we'd bring him in our bed....big NONO and I dont want to do that again. I still can't believe we did that.  Its just this teething u never know when thats it or its just him being manipulative.

I'm so nervous about putting him to bed early too! I don't want to have him wake early.  DH was getting up at 5am and it seemed to wake DS up too (very small house here). I remember when he'd be in bed by 6.30 during 3-6 months old and it seemed so early but he'd always sleep til  at least 6. ... maybe I should just try to get him back on that.

whats ur routine like?

[SupermansMama]

Stacy, thats a great routine. similar to what i envisioned when starting the 2 naps.

today we did:
7.15 awake, after a NW at 3ish and only a few minutes of crying after i checked on him (yay from 7pm last night, havent seen that in months, i really think xmas threw him off too, is that possible it could go on for so long?)
9.45 (couldn't make it till 10, went down relatively OK, I swaddled which i havent done since before xmas, may have helped since once he starts crying he gets right up and cant settle)
still sleeping and its 10.30, pretty good so far.

I plan to go to the mall and be back so he can nap at home...its so hard to not have him fall asleep in the car though....it screws up the whole day!

So nap by 2 I say will be good. and bed by 7 again. thats 4 hrs A time at night but i think he'l lbe fine. 

good luck to us! and anyone else in my boat.

[lilmonkey]

We'll the same over here as well.  DS has been wavering between 2-3 naps for the last few weeks but I think that I will stick with 2 naps for a while.  Our day is roughly

W 8 am
nap 1: 10:30 -11am for about 45-1.5 hrs (on school days, he has a short nap so I can pick up dd)
nap 2: 2:30-3 pm for 1.5 hrs
bedtime: 7:30-8 pm

I'm experimenting with setting nap times and so far it does seem to work.

I know what you mean about falling asleep in the car, if we're almost home I can almost able to transfer him into the crib.  If not, I just drive around.

[SupermansMama]

so far so good. He's in bed and its 2.  The only way I knew it was time for sleep though was because he started fussying even a little.He went down perfectly, almost like he used to pre-OT.  Hopefully he's getting back on track and I think we're pretty much a 2 napper family now!  The transition was stupid I think.  I think I pushed it too quickly which is what I remember reading about on here regarding the 2-1 nap switch.  I have to not push that one,,... but I don't think people do since you probably start to like the two mommy breaks during the day rather than one.

I still plan to have him in bed by 7, assuming he gets up in 45min.  If he has a crazy 2 hr whopper I may push the bedtime to 7.30 but no later. 

Do you ever wake your los from naps? I'm soo undecided about this.

[Sarahboh]

Ella still goes to bed between 6:30 and 7pm and sleeps until between 7 and 7:30, her naps are usually only 45 minutes now though, she is 2.5 years. Should I be putting her to bed later now??? Never thought about this?

Ethan goes to bed to bed 6:45 sleeps until 7am when I wake him. His naps have been decent lately, 2x1.5.
His routine is
7am wake him
9:30-11am nap
2-3:30 nap
6;45 bed, sleep till morning.

[SupermansMama]

Very nice Sarah! Clark was still doing off and on 45min nap days but today after a nice long 12 hr night sleep, he had 45min the morning and so far 1.5 and its 3.30.  Not sure if I should wake him???  If they sleep longer on nap#2, do u put them to bed later??? Should I not be fiddling with that?

yay for us, Clark might be getting over his OT!

[Sarahboh]

Lisa-I love the pic of Clark on here, he is such a big boy in his highchair-cute!
I always wake Ethan after 1.5 in the afternoon or else I wouldn't have enough time to get his afternoon bottle, dinner and bedtime bottle in. Maybe see how Clark does going later but keep the bedtime relatively the same. They are so confusing sometimes aren't they? I will see ya tomorrow at Ang's.

[SupermansMama]

so funny that after I switched his pic I go on and see such a nice compliment about the old pic! LOL

Loved seeing you and ur beautiful girl today, can't wait to hang on Friday!