Last night LO slept fine during the night, she woke around 5 am and fell asleep again. She woke during both naps today, (am nap I got her to fall back asleep after 5 mins, pm nap woke after 1 hr and then I tried to get her back to sleep but it was hard) and took over an hour for her to fall asleep in the evening. Do you think she might be OT as she hasn't slept properly for her naps for a few days now? I guess it takes some time for her to adapt to new A time?
Yeah, it sounds like she's still adjusting and might be a bit OT.
You say I should hold for 3-5 days when increasing A time in the future, should not do it longer as i.e. now we are on 3rd day and still not sleeping naps well?
Honestly, it's kind of a feel thing and you have to look at the whole picture. You've increased A time a lot in the last 6 weeks, so right now it seems like she's still adjusting to the times, rather than needing more, iyswim. I think you have to go by her temperament and sleep overall to gauge whether you need to increase more. Right now, I'd say stick with what you're doing. You may even go back to 2h45m in the morning, as she was sleeping well for that nap and just extend the middle A time. Unfortunately, it's not always a science (as much as we'd like it to be) and it takes a bit of trial and error. Is she working on any teeth/developmental stuff? She's close to a WW too, I think. Those might be factors as well.
Not sure I totally understand all these questions.
Great info to go by regarding your children and how different it can be. Was their WU and BT 7?
My DD's WU and BT were 6:30am and 6:30-7pm. My DS was a 7-7 kid.
Is there min/max amount of time for this nap?
Do you mean min/max amount of time for the one nap? I'd say min is 1h30min (although 2hr would be best, some just don't nap that long) and max is probably 3hr.
Did you push A time before nap 10-15 mins at a time when nap and night time wakings would appear?
On one nap? It was probably more like 30min and was really more by feel rather than mandated by nap refusal/NW (although that did happen every now and then).
How much can you push that one nap so that there is enough A time in afternoon?
Not sure what you're asking here. I've always ended up cutting the nap at some point rather than continuing to push it out in order to preserve BT... but I'm not sure that's what you mean.
Do you cap nap bit by bit when you see that there are regular NW until it is like a CN of 30 mins and then remove nap completely?
Different for each kid... I ended up capping to 30-45min on the days my DD napped and then she ended up going to an afternoon preschool and refused to nap on the days she was home. I'll likely do similar with my DS, but we're going along the route of just allowing more and more no nap days and keeping the nap days at around an hr for now. We'll see what happens. The 1-0 is often the longest of the transitions and can last for what seems like ages!
Just wanted to ask how your children were/are at wonder weeks, did they cry a lot or was that more when they were very young (up to 5 mo) and did their sleep get very affected? Just nice to know what to compare with and what to expect as it seems to be very individual also.
Yes, very individual. I didn't know much about WW with my DD, so can't say I noticed much, but probably just chalked it up to her going through something developmental. My DS1 is really easy-going and very textbook/angel. So, while I may have noticed some extra fussiness or sleep blips, they were minor. My DS2 is definitely more touchy and I see that he is clingy and does have sleep disturbances during a WW, but his sleep on the whole has never been very stable, so he seems thrown off by a lot.
