Need to double check A time...

[sonimusical]

Hi Moms,

I just wanted to double check something with all you moms out there. My daughter is 28 months and I cut her nap from 2hr to 1:30hr and it helped for a couple of months...we're back to some UT NWs/EWs so I feel that I need to cut that nap to 1hr.

Her A time after her 2hr nap got to 7 hrs, thats when I cut her nap to 1:30hr, With 1:30hr nap, she used to go down at 6hr20mins. Now that I'm going to cut it to 1hr, how much A time do I need to give her ? 6hr or lesser ?

Her schedule these days is :
7am Wake up
1:30 Nap
3:00 Wake her up
9:20-9:30pm BT

These EWs are recent but I feel that if I cut her nap, I should get longer night sleep. Just need to figure out ideal A time after the nap.

Thoughts ?

[Lolly]

Are you sure the NWs and EWs are UT? That's a long day she is having even with a nap, if she is asleep by 9.30 that's not even a 10 hour night - my DD would have NWs and EW from OT with a bed time that late and a night that short really .

I would try an earlier bed time and cut the nap to 1 hour and see if that helps. We have a set bedtime of between 6.30 and 7.30, we tweak day by day depending on wake up time - but if we leave it later than that they get a second wind and it's much harder to get them to bed. I also find that A times aren't so critical at this age, I can't judge bedtime on A times any more unfortunately!

What do you think?

Laura

[sonimusical]

She was doing 10 hr night when I first cut her nap to 1:30hr, but her night is gone a little shorter now so I figured its her day sleep that needs cutting. I felt that its EW because she is cheerful/happy...May be wrong..

Today she woke up at 7:30, down for nap at 1:30pm and was awaken at 2:30pm. Would time should I put her to bed...8pm ??