Is this different than 2-1 transition?

[Papaya]

Glad you had a good couple of days I'd be careful about having too long an A to bed - he may just crash for the first few days, but it could lead to OT quite quickly, so I would keep offering the catnap. He really needs to be able to do 4.5 - 5hrs A time to be on one nap consistently If he does a good morning nap, you can offer a later catnap and cap to 20-30 mins so he'll still go down at bedtime. He'll only need a short A to bed after such a short nap.

You can get more support here: Anyone want to talk about the 2-1 transition? Thread #24

[blondie91582]

I've still been trying to get him to take a CN in the afternoon, but he keeps refusing. He either plays & doesn't act tired at all or he'll cry off & on & keep standing up. I don't know if I should be giving him car naps or try something else. I don't want him to get in the habit of taking naps in the car every afternoon either though.

I was thinking about trying to push his A time back a little bit every 4 days (as mentioned in the 2-1 transition thread) & see how that goes.

I also just saw that you asked about his EASY awhile back. It looks like this lately:

Wake 7
E 730 BF
E 830 solids
S 1045-1300 (give or take 15 mins)
E BF
E 1400 solids
E 1600 BF
E 1700 solids
S 1830 (sometimes it's earlier or later, depending on how long his first nap is & when we stop trying for the second nap)

[Papaya]

What time are you trying for the catnap? With such a long first nap, I wouldn't think there's much chance of him going down before 5 - would he do 20 mins here, and then bedtime around 7/7.15?

He is doing really long nights, so if you can push the morning A time out and balance your day up he may be ok on one nap soon. The other option to consider is to cap the morning nap so he'll be ready for a long pm nap.

[scruffymax]

I also was going to suggest capping the morning nap.  Our afternoon nap got better when we capped the morning nap at 1.5 hrs and had the set time for pm nap.  I think the variable duration of the morning nap was a contributor towards the afternoon nap being variable!  Even though your LO may end up with total day sleep the same over 2 shorter naps than he does with one big nap, he still needs 2 naps at his age.

[blondie91582]

So, if I cap the morning nap & he starts taking an afternoon nap again, I'll just keep doing that until he's old enough to start the transition? Or do I do something else after that as well? How will I know when he's ready?

[scruffymax]

How will I know when he's ready?

Good question!  I think you can then try capping the morning nap further or capping the afternoon nap further.  We had 3 refused afternoon naps last week so I've moved the afternoon  nap from 2:30pm to 3pm with the same maximum WU time of 4:15pm so effectively shortening the pm nap.  I think you can then move both naps later until the afternoon nap is capped at even 20-30 mins (or the morning nap, whichever works) and then drop one nap/consolidate the 2. 

[Papaya]

^^^yup, this. As LO starts to need longer A times, you can push both naps gradually later, leave the am one long and cap the pm nap shorter and shorter until you drop it entirely and the morning nap is in the middle of the day.
OR, if you're getting EWs and/or consistent complete pm nap resistance, you can cap the am nap shorter and shorter, which will mean you need to offer the pm one gradually earlier, until it is in the middle of the day and you drop the am one. Did you read the 2-1 links I posted above? There's more info there