1yo nap all gone wrong!

[SusieQue]

Hi ladies, I really hope you can help with my LO who just turned 1 this week.  He's been on 1 nap for over a month now as he absolutely refuses a second nap. He was sleeping for 2 hours but in the past week his nap is getting shorter and shorter, to the point where yesterday he slept for just an hour! We've been doing EBT since he moved to 1 nap (always asleep by 6pm), but he's also started waking earlier (this morning woke at 4am). Here is our last few days' EASY:

Yesterday
Awake 5.45am
6.10 bottle
8am breakfast
11.15 sleep
12.45 wu
BT 6pm

Today
4am woke babbling, think he went back to sleep - heard him again at 5.30am
Bottle 6am - started on cows milk and he wasn't keen!
Breakfast 7.30
Sleep 10.00-10.40 - I put him down early this morning because he had a stuffy nose and was really tired, but obviously not that tired!
Lunch 12
2.15 put him down for a sleep but still babbling at 3pm. Walked him around for 30 minutes but still didn't fall asleep.
BT 5.30

He has previously been waking around 6 and going for a nap at 11, then waking around 12.30 and going to bed for 6. Is this bt too early do you think? We didn't want him to get OT so have been paranoid about the early bt. I've tried putting him down for a capped nap in the morning, but last time I tried that he refused to sleep in the afternoon. He is an independent sleeper and there are no prop issues. He can comfortably do 5 hours A time so maybe I should push his nap later to try and get a longer nap?  This 2-1 has really got me beaten! Any advice is appreciated!

[*Becky*]

hmm, tricky one tbh. He is pretty young so there could easily be some OT going here but if you say he was doing well to begin with then I wonder if it is either UT or teeth.
Is he teething atm? If so have you tried any meds?
The routine looks good and what I would be aiming for at this age on one nap.
I guess you have 2 options. The first is to pull the nap back a little so maybe 15 mins earlier and see if that helps and then if after a couple of days things are no better I would do as you say and push to more like 5.15 A
Hope that helps!

[SusieQue]

Thanks Becky. He is teething at the mo and we give him Nurofen so it could be that, but I think we're just stuck in an OT loop at the moment! He just slept for 2 hours, but he has a nasty cold so probably needed the rest. He woke on the hour every hour last night, just babbling to himself, which I think (or hope!) is just because of a blocked nose waking him up. Poor little guy must be shattered!

[*Becky*]

oh yes, if he is sick and teething it is not the right time to try and deal with a routine. I would keep up the meds and the comfort for him and see how things go over the next day or two xx

[SusieQue]

Well, naps seem to be getting worse!  Yesterday he woke at 5.50am (not a problem as he was in bed the previous night by 6pm), and then slept from 10.20 to 10.55.  He was at nursery, where he never likes to sleep because there's too much going on, so we put him to bed last night at 5.45 (asleep within minutes).  He slept until 6.30 this morning so I put him down at 11.15 for a nap.  He babbled away for an hour before finally falling asleep at 12.15, woke up at 12.50.  Is he OT or UT do you think?  I'm finding it so hard to read him at the moment.  His cold seems to have cleared up and he isn't grumpy or crying in the day, so I'm not sure how to play this going forward!  Am wondering if I am putting him down too early for his nap - what do you think?

[oliversmommy]

My DS just turned one and we are in the middle of the 2:1 transition - I've found that if DS has a long night and sleeps well, then he needs a longer first A time - I'm wondering if maybe your LO went down for his nap UT and then got OT by the time he fell asleep, since he slept almost 13 hrs the night before.  My DS is also hard to read so I just try to make educated guesses on nap times based on A times and hope for the best!  (sometimes works, sometimes not!)  If your LO seems to be feeling better, maybe you could go back to your original routine and see how things go - otherwise I think Becky gave good advice!

[SusieQue]

Hi oliversmommy, thanks for the post. I think you're right - in hindsight I should have kept him up longer. He had a 12 hour night last night and I put him to bed at 11 and he was asleep within minutes. I'll be glad when these pesky naps are over! How is your transition going?

[*Becky*]

yes I agree with Oliversmommy....we have the same here. Glad you had a better nap settling today

[SusieQue]

He settled fine but woke up after 50 minutes! He was crying when he woke and sounded like he was trying to resettle himself but after 20 minutes I had to get him up as there was no way he was going back to sleep! Tried putting him down for a nap at 3 and he protested for a whole hour, eventually getting himself all worked up so I had to go and get him. I'm now off the opinion that he's some kind of super baby who only needs 45 minutes sleep each day The funny thing is that you'd never know he was tired as he's happy and full of energy. He's a mystery to me at the moment!