Is this part of the transition?

[scucci1979]

We are in the middle of 1-0 and on days that Madi does not nap she will give me 11.5-12hrs and no nws. If she naps for one hour during the day her nights are down to 10-10hrs and 20mins with at least one nw.

Just wondering is this normal for the transition? It seems we are stuck now b/c she is waking earlier and needs a nap to catch up.

[Roseii]

I think it is normal...Doesn't make it easy though hey How early is she waking? Could you cap the nap to 30 mins?x

[scucci1979]

She is waking now 6-6:30am.  I have tried a 30min CN once this week. It was from 2:30-3pm and she was in bed and asleep by 7:30pm.  She woke up at 6:30am the next day. 
I am really hating this transition and it feels like it is never going to end.

[huntersmummyinoz]

that's exactly what H would do. and yep, by far the worst transition!

we finally had H doing 11.5hr nights consistently and then this last month he has had either a nw or ew to wee as has decided to work on night time dryness, yet will only nap once or twice a week so wont catch it up

[Roseii]

We had 2 no nap days so far this week, first night was 12.5 hours  Last night was 11 1/4 hours, up at 6.15am, so I'm going to attempt a car nap today although she's resisting them now too

[scucci1979]

they are just so puzzling!  I gave her a nap from 1:18-2:18pm and was asleep by 8pm. She woke up after 7am.  Was it the shorter A to bed or was it b/c we are pushing her nap out?

[Roseii]

I would *guess* it's the later nap but then again you could try the same tomo and have no luck DD slept 10.45-11.30, aiming for half 7/8 bed. No idea what to expect tonight! She already seems really tired at not even 5pm

[scucci1979]

Fingers crossed for you. 
Wendy brought this to my attention. We went for a hike yesterday and I think the fresh air and running around made her tired. That means I have to make her run every day. Yikes.

[Kay Dee]

I don't know if it helps but when DS was at that stage I never allowed him a long nap, I was always afraid he'd be up half the night! I let him have a 15min catnap if he seemed to need it that got him through the day and didn't eat into his night. I think it helped the transition as it meant his nights stayed solid so he was then able to last better without the nap IYKWIM.

K x

[scucci1979]

Yup! Those long naps cause many nws here. Anything over one hour now gives us at least one nw and a 6am start. 

[Roseii]

Fresh air always helps DD1 sleep, only problem is I have to keep her awake in the car if we're not to close to home, which means me singing nursery rhymes like a maniac the whole way home!! LAst night bedtime was a disaster Messing around for ages, ended up back downstairs, finally asleep at 10pm But up at 8am which was a bonus Spent all afternoon at the zoo (10 min nap on the way there) and she was asleep no problems by 8.15 tonight which is good. I def think the fresh air and activity at the zoo helped...
xx

[scucci1979]

That is awesome. Fresh air always does the trick.

 She seems to be on a napping streak lately.