Ok EASY ladies, what do you think...

[Rose.]

Hi,

So some progress has been made... I think?!

Saturday he woke at 5:45 and slept 2 h in his first nap (hasn't done that in a long time!) and so his second nap didn't start until 12:45pm. Woke at 2pm and we dared to keep him up until 6:15pm (4h15 A time-crazy!) Went to bed fairly well. Woke fussing a bit after 40 min but only needed some shh/pat. Slept rest of night fine.

Same sort of pattern repeated Sunday except he didn't sleep 2h in first nap, only 1h 10 min. Pushed second A time to 3 h 30 min to help move day ahead but resulted in very fitful nap where we had to httj for 40 min!!! But still put him down at 6:15pm ... but it took until 7 pm for him to fall asleep! (he was cooing in his crib even though he'd been up for almost 5 h!) He was fine all night.

But he woke at 5:30 am this morning (meaning he only had 10.5 h of sleep last night!!!) I figured he'd make up for lost sleep in his naps but NO, both naps were only 1h 10 min! So I gave him a catnap at 4 today and he just woke up after 30 min. Woke up fussy as is typical after his catnap.

So I'm not sure how to interpret these results. We continue to work on extending his first A time. It's still only 2 h long and he still gets very fussy towards the end of it. Any insight? Something I am missing? Are there any other 8 month olds taking three naps?

[Jiinx]

Hmm I find that happens a lot when they get older.

One night they could sleep really well, and then their first nap replenishes them and "fills up" their sleep meter, so to speak. Thus their A times become wonky and sleep gets a bit shifted here and there.

I think it is progress, and I also think his A time is starting to climb and he's needing less sleep -somewhere-. I'm interpreting his nap at 1 hour and 10 mins as UT. Does he wake up babbling? Happy? Crying?

I would be tempted to do sort of like a set nap kind of thing.

So even if he woke up at 10 hours and 30 mins (which is restorative - this is a good night) I would still put him down 3 hours and xx amount of time after that. I'm not sure what A time you've got him down at.

Oh just read your last sentence - he's only doing 2 hours of A time for his first A? I think some nights he's making up for the lost sleep during his day and some nights he wakes up early possibly due to a smaller amount of A time from his day.

It's possible that some 8 month olds are taking 3 naps..esp if one nap is short..45 mins or so. By 8 months though..A times are usually 3-4 hours long so catnap usually vanishes and is added to their nights..

Hope that helps a bit..

[Rose.]

Hi,

He wakes from his first two naps happily and from his short catnap (which used to be 40 min but recently has been shorter-30min or less) very cranky and often needs to be held for a few minutes before playing independently.

In any case, he put himself to sleep by 7pm last night and woke up at 6:10 am! He is now sleeping in his first nap, and has been for the last 1h and 40 min... let's see how long he lasts! This is shaping up to be a great day!

[Jiinx]

yay!!