Anyone want to talk about the 3-2 Nap transition? Part 2

[Eva's Mummy]

Has anyone just kind of dropped it cold turkey. My DD is very HSN so we are only on 2hrs 20 A time but she is starting to refuse the CN or it getting too late. Yesterday she refused to I just took her downstairs pj's on, milk cuddles then BT so that was a 2hrs 55mins A time she was rather grumpy but went out like a light, I had 1 resettle after 45mins then a 5am WU where I fed and she went back to sleep. So I was thinking if I get her to 2hrs 30mins A time, let her sleep as long as she wants for her naps (at the moment I wake her after 1.5hrs) but she would do 2hrs or longer then just try to drop it like that, so our day would be a bit like this.

WU 7:30 (I wake her she would sleep longer)
Nap 10:00 - 12:00ish
Nap 14:30 - 16:30
BT 19:00

Or so you not think she would be getting enough A time during the day?

[trimbler]

Tbh that doesn't sound like enough A time to me, what's her total sleep atm? If she really does do 16.5h currently then maybe you'll get away with it? We had days where DD wasn't getting to sleep easily for the CN, sometimes taking over half an hour but we persisted until just a couple of weeks ago when she'd reached 3h A time. Sometimes she'd just sleep 10mins but that was enough to get her to BT.

[Eva's Mummy]

Her total sleep is between 15.5 on a bad day and 17 on a good day ( we have more good than bad). I'm just so not used to hsn that I'm not sure what to do.

[Martini~]

Hi Eva! I think two 2h nap is very fine if she is HSN. Then when her nights go shorter, you can proactively lenghten A times and cut 1 or both naps. If one of her nap starts to be short I would also work towards lengthening A times. If you have 15.5-17h sleep per 24 it means 11,5-12h night and at least 4h of daytime sleep.

[trimbler]

Wow I didn't think that sort of HSN was possible! In that case I'm sure Martii's right

[Eva's Mummy]

Ok im going to give it a go. Yesterday was a nightmare, we  were at the parkin the evening as it was lovely outside but she refused to CN in her buggy or in the car on the way home so her A time was almost 4 hrs. BT was easy then she woke at 12 and I could get her back to sleep until 5am she as soooooo OT. The of course DD1 woke for the day at 6.

[trimbler]

Oh nooooo well in that case I'd definitely want to stick to two naps today so she can get EBT and catch up... If she does decent naps, that is...

[jessmum46]

Yikes that is a rough night (((hugs))) hun xx

[Martini~]

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