14 months & switched to 1 nap ... waking after 40 mins!!

[sair]

Hi there,
My DS is 14.5 months and I have just switched to one nap per day (a few days ago), as he was not going down well for his 2 naps and sometimes wasn't sleeping at the 4 pm nap at all.  But for the last couple of days he has woken after 40 mins - much to my disgust (I was hoping I would have 2.5-3 hours to myself!).  His routine before the switch was this:

8 am wake - breakfast, A
11 am sleep
1pm wake - lunch, A
4 pm 40 minute nap
6 pm dinner - bath
7.30 bedtime

Now I am trying this:

8 am wake - breakfast, A
12 pm lunch
1 pm sleep
6pm dinner - bath, etc
7.00 bed

Any idea why he is waking so soon after I put him down.  As you can see, he used to enjoy 2 hours each morning and sometimes I would even have to go in and wake him for his lunch.

Thanks any advice would be most useful.
Sarah

[jordiwes]

Hi there, Could the 1pm be too late so he is over tired? Have you tried gradually moving up his morning nap time from 11am? You might want to do 11:30 and 12:00 nap times, let him sleep and do an earlier bed time for now.

[sair]

Hi - yes thanks for that.  When I went out for a walk today he naturally fell to sleep at 11.45, so perhaps I will try that.  But then what do you recommend I do about lunch - very early lunch or late lunch when he wakes?  Also, should I just leave him to sleep until he wakes himself?  Thanks for your advice ...