Hey ya'll! My 7 month old has THRIVED on EASY since about 3 months old.
She switched to naps 2x a day (3 hour A time with 1.5-2 hr nap) around 6 months. She would generally wake around 6:30 or 7 and go to sleep around 6:30 or 7, depending on how the day went.
She's 7 months, 1 weeks now and we've hit a few potholes and wanted to know what you guys think. It may be because of daylight savings, or the tooth that she's cutting, but she's been off.
She's been waking at around 5 or 5:30. We let her play in her crib until she really cries, which tends to be around 6:30 or 7. Then the day looks like this:
A 5:30
Bottle @ 7
Breakfast at 7:30
S 8:30
A 10:30
Bottle @ 10:30
Lunch at 12
S 1 or 1:30 (depending on how sleepy she gets, today she only lasted 2 hrs before losing it)
A 3 or 3:30
Bottle @ 3 or 3:30
... so here's where the question lies.
I've been generally doing dinner around 5:30, then bath and bed... usually putting her to bed at 6:30. (Generally 3 hours after she wakes up from her 2nd nap)
- Am I extending her bed time too late? (I've read that bed time should be 12 hours after wake time, but it feels insane to put her to bed at 5 or 5:30)
- Should I give her a 3rd cat nap around 5:30-6 and then extend bed time to 7:30?
- Should I keep doing what I'm doing and see where it goes?
Thoughts based on your experience?
xo