Hayden's routine has been as follows for the last almost year (all give or take 15-30 minutes:
6:30 ish wake
12:30 ish nap for 2 hours
6:30 wind-down, jammies, etc., asleep by 7.
She broke her arm 10 days ago falling off her sister's toy horse and currently has her right arm in a splint (kind of a 1/2 cast, from her wrist to her armpit). She's a tummy sleeper and had difficulty for the first two nights until she figured out how to roll onto her tummy with the splint. For the last several weeks she's been resisting bedtime somewhat off and on, but for the last 4 nights she's been consistently resisting bedtime until 8:00, when she promptly falls asleep. She is sometimes happy and chatting away to her stuffies, sometimes she's upset and wants me with her. Since she broke her arm, I have noticed that she is more clingy, so maybe she's just recovering still from that. However, if I'm in her room with her she's quite happy (but won't go to sleep any sooner!), and she snuggles my arm and tells me she loves me and begs me to stay with her. It's all quite sweet, but it pushes my evening back by an hour, and I need that time to get everything ready for the next day at daycare/work etc. Plus Maren is asleep by 7:15 and I need to maintain that bedtime - if Hayden stays up then Maren thinks she should too and she's only getting a 10.5 hour night tops, so moving bedtime later isn't really the solution.
Hayden loves her nap, has no problem going down for it and still seems to need it. However, she has gone without it or with a quick catnap in the car when we've been traveling and she doesn't seem too bothered. Should I cut back her nap and by how much if so? Should I just wait until her splint is off before I try anything?
