EW 19 month - help tweak routine?..

[Saree18]

Please HELP!,,,

Daniel keeps waking at 530/6am...please can you help me get out of this messs....its getting me down and ive been in tears for the last 4 days!

Wup - 530/6am
Nap - 1245/1 (anything from 1- 1.50 wakes himself)
BT - 645

Please help ANY advise would be so appreciated....(ideally a wake up between 630 and 7 would be fine with me - he us just so grumpy and tired and only doing 10 to 10.5 hours a night)

[j.and.e]

What if u try nap 12-2, then bt 7.30? If he wakes before 6.00 settle like a NW? Maybe bt needs to be a bit later? Is he teething? Xx

[Saree18]

Hi thanks for your reply..i thoight the idea was to push the nap later otherwise its allows the EW to continue?. Or am i pushing to hard?. With regards to his teeth he cut two new teeth about 3 weeks ago, so presume the worst of that part is over?. I keep inspecting his mouth but cant see any new teeth on the way...this morning awake 5:15am..left him til 630 (quite happy just figeting around) the managed to get him back to sleep 7am is that the right thing to do.....just feel really low at the moment xx

[Kay Dee]

Hiya, an early nap can reinforce EW but so can a short A to bed, and I think you're A to bed may be too short It's tricky getting the balance right.

Personally, I would leave the nap as it is for now and slowly push bedtime later until it's more like 7.30pm and see how his WU does. Since he slept till 7 today it's a good chance to try a later bedtime.

If this doesn't help then there are lots of LO's of this age on the site who are needing their naps capped to lengthen their nights, but try the later bedtime for a few days first.

Hope this helps x

[j.and.e]

At 19 mo.ish my ds1 did wu 7ish nap 1-3 bt 8/8.30. He was v happy on this routine, but at 17mo he did same wu and nap, but 7pm bt. Hth xX