1h naps

[ENMS]

Is the 2hr15 min A after a short first nap?

Yes. Since it was just 50 min this morning after a much longer A than usual, I put him down based on his cues after 2h15 - and he slept 1h40!

[ZacsMumme]

That is awesome! I think your right though, once he can do 3 hrs he I'll be fine, if he can do 2.15 on 50 mins then he can def do 3hrs on a solid nap did you get a CN or EBT?

[ENMS]

A CN, I got too scared of the 4h A time it would've needed until EBT. I'll try it though this week, maybe it won't be too bad.

[jennandsophie]

Wow 4hrs before bed!  I would have done the same Elise and gone for the CN. 

J can only handle that long an A time in the morning.  By the end of the day he's just grumpy and fussy and 3hrs 15mins at most before bed.  I think he's in one of those early waking phases and he's just had it by about 5pm since he's getting up at 5-5:30am these days.  This morning he woke at 5:30 and it was a battle until I just gave up at 6:45am.  Was fine until nap time of 9am.  He was even in the car with me and DD doing the school run for 30 mins and didn't fall asleep.  Very cheerful.  I cannot figure this kid out!

[ENMS]

Yay!! 3h of A time, 1h20 nap!!

I won't be able to test the second A properly though because I have a lunch today. I'll try to keep him up if I can, but if he really wants to sleep in the stroller, I won't fight it.

I'm so happy to see that he can do 3h, and have a good nap!

[mickey44]

That is awesome Elise.  We did 2h40/2h45 this morning and got 1h10 nap.  Think I am going to keep with that for a few days then stretch again, she can't seem to handle big stretches but I found if I do it on 5/10 minute increments we are usually good.

[ENMS]

she can't seem to handle big stretches

Yeah M is like that too, I'm actually quite amazed that I got him to 3h today.

Good luck and keep us posted when you start to stretch her!

[jennandsophie]

Yeah Elise!

[ENMS]

it gets getter... 3h second A, 1h40 nap!

3.5h to EBT so will try no CN tonight. fingers crossed!

[ZacsMumme]

it gets getter... 3h second A, 1h40 nap!

3.5h to EBT so will try no CN tonight. fingers crossed!

good luck...now the tough part, trying to stick with those A times for a few days if you can

[ENMS]

now the tough part

yes, and having LO take good naps with those same A times... it seems like he's still pretty inconsistent so with the exact same A times tomorrow, I could end up with two 30 minute naps!! 

[jennandsophie]

Fingers crossed for you.

[mickey44]

it seems like he's still pretty inconsistent so with the exact same A times tomorrow, I could end up with two 30 minute naps!!

That is my life too!  Last week I had 2x2hr naps on 2h35 min A and did the exact same thing the rest of the week and got 1h10/1h20 min naps. 

[Papaya]

Micky44, could be that she actually needs a bit more of an increase but needed those two good naps that day to catch up on a bit of OT?

[mickey44]

Nuala - thank you!  That is what I was kind of figuring.  I have been slowly bumping to 2h45 A and so far so good, still short...ish naps of 1h10/1h20 but I don't want to do to much to fast so will keep with 2h45 for a few days then bump again.