We are going for 2 naps days now but are starting to get EWs. Is this commen for 2 nap days?
We got a lot of this on 2 naps. I found that if her second nap was within 4 hours of bedtime, then it shaved about an hour off her night time sleep, regardless of how tired she was. We were also really struggling to fit 2 naps in and if she didn't go down for her second one easily cos she wasn't tired enough, then we'd end up with 2 short naps, a 13 - 14 hour day and an OT baby at night! The next day was ALWAYS a one nap day to tire her out again cos she got so UT she wouldn't nap properly.
Ccaawc - if the 20 minute nap approach doesn't work for you (and I think it's definitely worth a go - it kept us on 2 naps for another month or two I think), then it might be worth trying a one nap day every now and again. Does your LO get OT easily? You might find one or two 1 nap days tire her out enough to get a decent night, and then you might manage a 1 nap day again after that, or less A time in which case you can do 2 naps. We had a weekly cycle which generally went, starting Monday, 1 nap, 1 nap, 1 nap (get a bit OT here or the next day), 1/2 naps, 2 naps, 2 naps, 2 naps (get UT and end up with 2 rubbish short naps), and then back to Monday and one nap again!
Alternatively, have you tried putting her back to sleep within an hour or two of WU? We got away with that for a few weeks. We'd get Lily up, give her some milk and then try putting her back down (after about an hours A time). If that didn't work, we'd change her nappy, get her dressed, (sometimes also do breakfast) and then try again. It worked for a while, and when she stopped going down within 4.75 hours of WU she moved to one nap. It was a bit wierd and we never would have done it otherwise, but it did work sometimes following a short night. It also meant she could then have 2 decent A times and a big nap in the middle instead of little bits here and there.
