ok...its not working.
We have tried a combination of things over the last couple of weeks and now i dont know what to do.
1 nap strategy - looks great, I can keep him up til 12 by doing lunch etc, then he goes to bed real nice, no fussing or anything (apart from putting light on in his room!) but only stays there for 2 cycles so about 1hr 25 minutes. because of settling down time, it means he is in bed for just short of 2 hours in total (because when he wakes i always leave him and hope that he resettles).
Extending this nap does not work. But he is GROTTY all afternoon, and needs a bedtime of about 6.30. I have tried a catnap, and this doesnt work either. Is the A too long (almost 5 hours?) or too short?
Short am/ long pm seems to be the best for us, which is fine, apart from the days where we need to go out somewhere at catnap time. Then it all goes wrong.
So routines on short nap time is like this
Awake 7am
Sleep 10-10.40
2nd A time 4 hours
Sleep 2.40-3.40/4.00 (sometimes this is only 1 hour long)
I know some babies hit decreased sleep needs around this time, but 1 nap is killing me because its not working, and not giving me the nice 2 hour nap that we both need.
So, I can stick with short am/long pm but what do i do on days he cant go to bed till 11am?
Lili xx
