15 month old with nap issues?

[Evilmena]

Thanks for the tip!  The preschool isn't decided upon YET, but we are certainly looking into it so he could start as early as the next couple of months.  He won't be there for nap time but it may make sense to have him have his lunch there then come home to nap or leave there at the end of the session 11:45am and then drive home to eat then nap so there's no way he's be in bed at 12pm.  I'll definitely play with the times if need be.  I guess 5-6 A time is okay at this age??

[becky1969]

6 is REALLY pushing it, but 5-5.5 is within the norm.

[Evilmena]

Thanks, just thinking of the times when he'd wake at 6am and actually be up up...guess if they aren't consistent we'll be okay.

[Evilmena]

Hello again ladies,

just posting a little update and a question!

So Jack is now a few days from being 20 months old and wakes generally at 6:30am or afterwards and I get him out of bed at about 7:30am.  He has his first nap generally between 12-12:30pm (if he's teething and cranky sometimes 11:30am) but usually it falls at noon.

His nap is on average 1.5hours to the time, sometimes just over an hour, sometimes 2 hours, sometimes 2.5 hours but the usual seems to be 1.5hours. 

I put him to bed at 6:45pm but sometimes he isn't fully asleep (he'll be quiet and then babble a little later) until 7:30pm.

Is 1.5 hours okay for total nap time?  If I put him to bed later chances are it takes even longer for him to fall asleep so I don't necessarily think I'm putting him to bed too early.

Also, he starts Montessori/daycare for 3 x 1/2 mornings a week and at some point we'll be allowing him to stay for lunch which means by the time he gets home he may be napping at or after 12:30pm...at his age is 6 hours A time okay?  Even if we don't let him stay for lunch by the time he gets home and eats and then naps it will be at the same time.  Just want to be sure he should be fine at this age.

Thanks again for all your help!

[becky1969]

1.5 hours is fine.  The range you give is what we see at this age.

6 hours will probably be fine as well, although at first he may seem extra tired from all lthe new stimulation.  You may find with 6 hours A time + preschool that he may nap longer than he does now.

Sounds good!

[Evilmena]

Just wanted to update:

so Jack has started to wake at 7am (which is a little better for mommy!) and he's going to bed mostly anywhere from 6pm-7pm (again, taking awhile in his crib soothing to sleep.  The range has been large because ever since he started school (and started a cough/cold the same day) he's been napping less than 30 minutes.  In the last week he's only napped longer once and it was just under an hour.  That day he had awaken 20 min. in coughing and then actually went back to sleep.  But all other days, he's soothing and falling asleep and he's only actually asleep less than 30 minutes...sometimes it seems like 15-20min.  I know he's having a hard time adjusting to school so could that be it? 

Strangely enough his nighttime sleep has not been disturbed, even the coughing fits from the cold so I guess I should be thankful for that.  But I just really want to see him get a better nap.  He's also napping a little later than usual because of daycare so could it just be an ajustment?  Sometimes he cries when he wakes for a few minutes then settles.  Sometimes he just starts talking so I wonder if it's new things he's learning, he's pretty advanced in speech as it is so being in that environment I think will only expand his vocabulary immensely.  I also wanted to add that we usually leave him in his crib for about another hour for quiet time.

Please tell me this will change??

[becky1969]

would you mind putting this post in a new thread? We like BW members to be able to read along with other people's questions and this thread is getting pretty out of date now! 

Just post your new link here and I'll be sure to help you! 

[Evilmena]

Thanks I've been meaning to start a thread but didn't want to lose your great advice and figured the background might help.

Here's the new link!

http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=155911.0