My 6 month old is just in that awkward bit in the 3-2 transition where he's almost at 3 hours A time, is doing 11 hour nights so is either moving bedtime earlier and earlier by up to an hour each day til we start the day at 5ish, then we have 3 naps, a 14 hour day and we start again! He's roughly doing the following:
WU: 6
E: 7ish
A: 3 hrs
S: 1hr 20-25
E: 11ish
A: 2hrs 50
S: 1hr 30. Often awake at 3pmish
E: 3ish
A: 3ish hours takes us to a 6pm bedtime, which then leads to a 5 - 5.30am wakeup.
nf somewhere between 2 & 5 usually.
Should I just keep gently pushing his A times til we can do a 13 hour day without a massive A time at the end, or stick with a catnap every few days? Will he get used to it if I keep pushing him anyway? Is there a point where that stops happening?! He often does 34-38 minute naps if his routine is off and I still haven't figured out what they mean. It's like sometimes it's OT and other times UT so I find that hard as a pointer as to whether I've gone too far or not. For example, if I push his first A, he'll do a 1.5 hour nap but will be grumpy after it, like he's still tired, and then will do a 34-38 minute nap. Does that mean he was OT from pushing him from his first nap or UT cos the extra 5-10 minutes sleep on his first nap refreshed him more than usual?!
Can you tell I'm overthinking it?! This is why I wonder if he'd just catch up eventually and whether I'm actually confusing things by APing the cat nap now and I should accept a few short naps and push through anyway?
ETA: I should add that he's been quite grumpy during the day for a few days now after having some big A times before bed. We're also getting the occasional wake up around 9pm which I know means he's got background OT building up. I'm just not sure whether to keep pushing him through it or not?
