NW's..here we go again...

[nolansmommy]

i posted about 2 months ago when dd turned 4 months and her routine was not "working" and we had many night wakings.  She was doing great up until this last growth spurt.  She is turning 6 months next week.  She is also starting to get up and rock on her knees to crawl.  I don't know if these nw's are b/c of needing more "a" time or mobility but how do i make them stop???  Her naps have been short as well.   She was on a beautiful 4 hour EASY.  Here is her "routine" since she started the NW's..

6:45 Awake
7 BF
8 Fruit
9 Sleep (for about 45  min)
11 BF
12 Sleep  (for about 45 min)
3 BF (usually starts to fall asleep because of the short naps)
3:15 pm sleep (for about 45 min)
5 pm veggie/cereal
6:40 pm BF
7 pm Bed

I started to bump the "a" time from 2 hours to 2.25 hours last week and got one long 2 hour nap in the morning and I thought that would do the trick but that was 1 out of 4 days.  Should I just keep trying to get her to do the 2.25 between each nap?  Sometimes I cut down to 2 hours if her nap was short and she is cranky.  I don't think she needs the CN anymore. 

[nolansmommy]

That probably sounds just right.  We had a good night last night.  Bed at 8:15 pm and she was up once at 4:00 am and ate on one side and then up for the day at 7:30 am.  So far today she went 2.5 hours for "A" time and STILL took a 45 min nap.  She is gearing up for that second nap now with another round of 2.5 hours of A time so we'll see what happens. 

[nolansmommy]

This morning she was happy after her 45 min nap.  She did wake at 30 mins for the second nap...so she was definitely OT.  Got her back to sleep.  Do you think she should have gone longer than a 2.5 hour A time this morning??  Do I just keep pushing it until she takes a long nap or do I try to stick with the 2.5 hour until it works?

[nolansmommy]

The good news is that she is easily adaptable (not like DS1!).  I just need confirmation that it's her routine that needs tweaking.