Actually M almost never has short nights. He has always slept 12 hour nights up until lately, now he is doing 11hour nights. His nights only got shorter because his first A has gotten longer. He has been an extremely spirited/low sleep needs boy since birth.
If 13 hours is average then I would say he is basically right on track, he used to do 12hr nights and 45 min nap which is only 15min shy of 13 hours and now he is doing 11hour nights and 30-45 min nap so anywhere from 1hr15-1hr30 short of 13 hours. Which for him is much better than I would have expected at this age. I dont see him keeping the nap as long as most LO's his age. I am betting he is nap free by the time he is 2.
Anyway, so far all is well. The new schedule seems to be working perfectly. He has been sttn again, what a relief. And last night he fell asleep right at 8:pm and we woke him at 7:00 giving him an 11 hour night. I sort of jumped the gun today and put him down a little early, dont know what I was thinking, but for today he will get a 1hr nap. Just because I dont feel like waking him, lol. I feel lazy today. Every now and then its nice to have him sleep long enough for me to sit and relax a bit.
Claire.. I wanted to say, that M is the same way on no nap days, he does great until about 4-4:30 then he becomes clearly tired and gets grumpy. I think once he is able to last until 6:00 before getting really tired, thats when we will start dropping the nap... How did O do that night? Any NW's or an EW?
Kara.. you have a great memory, I cant believe you remember that M was 8 months when he dropped to 1 nap. .. Those were the days, 1 2hr long nap a day. I was so happy. Too bad it didnt last longer than 3 months, lol
