Cyndie - YAY J!!!! So you managed it even despite the school run then?! Are you capping his nap at 1.5hrs or is that just what he sleeps?
We are still battling on, with a new EW problem. O is well & truly on 1 nap, but b/c we started from EW, we have nap at 11-11.30. I keep trying to shift it later & after a couple of weeks of improvement we get hit by EW again & we're back to square one. I think his A's are increasing again & this may be what's causing his WU getting even earlier. Back at 5.30am. Of course b/c of shorter iffy nights he sleeps a longer nap of around 2hrs. So.... I am thinking we need to get our nap to something like yours. How the heck did you push it so much later??? J was napping at 10am ish wasn't he? Did you just keep him up one day & stay with it for a week or 2
Am just thinking this may just shock O into it rather than trying the gradual approach b/c it takes sooooo long that by the time we're getting close to where we need to be his sleep needs have changed again!
Oceanmagic - have you read the 2-1 stickys?
If he's taking a long time to fall asleep at the AM nap, or resisting his PM nap, the PM nap has shortened or his nights have shortened with EW &/or NW, they are the usual signs that the AM nap needs to go. HTH.xx
dancer1007 - it sounds like he might not be *quite* tired enough at naptime, esp at that PM nap since its taking 1hr to fall asleep. If you don't feel he's ready to make the jump you could try shortening that AM nap a bit more - maybe try 20mins? You could always push it a tad later too - so its 9.40-10 rather than 9.15/9.30. The A time before that PM nap should shorten a touch too, maybe try 2.75-3hrs as a start. This will bring the PM nap earlier, therefore increasing the A time to BT which may help him sleep a longer night. If you do feel he is ready you can make the jump to 1 nap, but perhaps start with nap at 11/11.30 instead of pushing him all the way to 12 as that is quite a long A time when he's not used to it. Once he's used to it you can push nap later. When you first make the jump to 1 nap, LO's can get very tired/OT so if naps are short for a while, EBT often helps. And if he is struggling you can always throw in the odd 2 nap day to keep OT at bay.
ETA. I also meant to say, if you are usually able to rock him at naptime & he's not waking at night needing to be resettled in this way then the rocking isnt a problem. But if he is depending on you to help him fall asleep bc he doesnt know how to then I'd say that its become a prop & may be worth considering some sleep training to help him sleep independently. HTH.x
