6mo inconsistent naps!...a times high already, increase?

[Natbug22]

My dd just turned 6mo yesterday.. We've been all over with her a times lately, good morning nap for a while and now lessening! I feel like she has high a times already and I'm skeptical about increasing. I'll post my day yesterday and today so far. I wish i knew how much sleep she needed during the day so that it won't effect her night sleep but I'm lost here... I don't know if it's okay to get one good nap and one not-so-good nap.

Any help would be appreciated.

6:45/7   wu
7:15 bf (top up at 9ish bc nap has been close to 2hrs)
10:30  broken nap 1.10/40 min (3.30 a...prolonged due to her filling her diaper  )
12:35 wu
1pm  bf
4pm nap (3.25 a....45mins!?!? I shh/pat but only got 5 more minutes)
 5:10pm wu
6:30 bf
Bath
Bedtime at 7:50pm (2.40 a time..she faught bt)

Nw @ 9:35..shh/pat.. Wu 9:55 I fed her.. Wu 12:35 she ss.. 2:40 bf...

Today:
7  wu
7:15 bf   top-up at 9ish
10:20 nap (laid her down at 3.05 a she fell asleep at 3.20 a....55 min)
11:15 wu
12:30 bf
2:20pm nap...(she woke at 50min, ss, has been sleeping for 5 min so far).........

How can I adjust my A times bc like I said she had high a already. So if I increase more, how will the nap times be distributed? I have the next 4 days with her...ds has spring break and staying with family for a few days  :-D  so I'd take any suggestions. She recently has been waking up more during the night but the EAS from above shows the best night in 2-3 weeks! Sorry so long but I feel like I understand everything I read but then my brain fizzles when ours my lo   :-P

[Natbug22]

Oh ya, I'd also like any suggestions on a time before bed.... Lower?..

[Natbug22]

EAS continued....

40 more minutes...
4pm wu (so that's broken nap 50/40)....now what?....

[*Becky*]

Hi there,
Yes, her A times do seem high for her age. Is she waking from naps happy?
Have you tried putting her down earlier to check she is not actually OT?

I must admit on the first day you posted I am a bit unclear as to when she went down for the nap and when she woke? 

It is ok to get one good nap and one not so good, ideally you want 2 good ones but tbh neither of mine did that and we managed 

[Natbug22]

First nap was 1.50 min and second nap was 45 min(after 3hr 25min a time!!) If she's awake for 3hr20min she only gives my 55-1.15 nap. I thought they were high too. I guess I just want to make sure she gets enough daytime sleep and with high a times that seems like I might have to cap her second nap. How much a tine to bed do you think?

[Natbug22]

Would you suggest lowering her a time for a few days and see what happens? Or should I get a long 1st nap and short (45 min) 2nd nap? Her 1st can sometimes run over 2 if I let her. will that effect her night sleep? Maybe she is OT. Some naps she wakes crying and sometimes not. I would be nervous about lowering a times....would I need to stick it our for a few days if I do? And if so, do I use same a times for 1st and 2nd nap? 
Btw, she just rolled over today for the first time!  :-D But that kind of fun pushed her second nap waay out and she had an OT nap. 

[*Becky*]

I think a long first nap and shorter pm are fine, that way you should not have too long a day.
So if you are doing 3.25 for the first 2 naps then I would cut back for the last A time to about 2.5 (if she does a 45 min nap)

One thing I would say is 45 mins is usually UT so it may be she can handle a touch more after the first good nap.
What do you think?

[Natbug22]

Okay, I'm glad I can get away with those naps. I thought about capping the first nap at 1 1/2hrs so I could possibly get a longer pm nap... Can she have built up OT and that's why Ashes sleeping so good after long a's?...like crashing through sleep cycles? I just don't know my plan of attack yet I guess. A week or two ago she had 3 days in a row of her 1st nap 2 hrs after 3-3.10 a time..now she won't asleep past 55 min if I use that a time!!

Steadily confused......

[*Becky*]

yup - they are confusing. Keep us posted xx