Tess, this method you have employed is just blowing my mind! :shock: I am dying to have Gracie sleep later in the a.m., but to put off her nap for 10 hours from the time she awakes just seems to me that it would backfire, i'd have a cranky mess on my hands who would likely be too overtired to nap.
With Gracie, the later bedtimes never worked either, even if we tried it for several days in a row. As it stands now, she wakes betw 6:15-6:45 and is really ready for a nap by 1pm, which is when i put her down. She usually manages up to three hours most days, and is perfectly refreshed and happy. So she wakes at 4pm (about) and goes down for the night by 8pm. I tried earlier and later bedtimes, and she will frequently stay up and chat with herself til 9:30 on occasion.
I imagine her day nap is simply too long, but were i to cut her off or wake her she is a miserable wretch until bedtime, and still keeps herself up somehow (and yawns every ten minutes or so) and still wakes before 7 just about every day. I would give anything for a later wake time and would then intend to push her nap off until 2-3 pm and be sure it is only an hour and a half to two hours. But even then to wake at 4:30 or 5 and go right back down by 8 seems like she'd be dancing around the room for an hour...i know they are all different but why does she take so long to get herself down?
Do you have any suggestions for this one? I am such a zombie in the morning (although with #2 on the way maybe this is how to prepare myself for less sleep! :wink: )
TIA!
Carla