13 month old Nap only 1hr15min

[pareeta]

Hi Everyone,

My 13 month old has never been a good napper from the beginning. She started to refuse her 2nd nap at 8.5 months old. Around 11/12 months, I would at least 1 nap for 1.5hrs to 2 hours a day.  But now for the past week at 13 months, she started taking 1hr and 15 min naps.   Currently, her schedule is as follows:

6:15 - 6:45: WU
10:30: PD
10:40: Asleep
11:55: Awake
6:10: Asleep

Today I had to put her down at 11:30 for her nap since we had music class, and she only slept for 1hr10min.  I put her down at 6:10 and she didn't sleep until 7:20.  Any help is appreciated.

Thanks!

[jessmum46]

Sounds like an UT/OT loop to me - as in she is having her nap too early so isn't tired enough to sleep longer, but then is overtired by bedtime because of the short nap and long afternoon A time.  I would try pushing your nap 15 mins later every few days to a week aiming eventually for her to have an early lunch then go for nap closer to midday.  It will take time to get there but a nap closer to midday/early afternoon will probably help.  The short nap today was probably because her nap was much later than normal and she hasn't had a chance to get used to the longer A time x

[pareeta]

Thanks for replying!  That's what I'm trying to do is move her nap time to noon, but I'm doing it a week at a time with 30 min increments.  Are 30 min too much for her?

[jessmum46]

It might be a bit much, I'd try 15 instead and see how you go x