2-1 with EW's, how do I do it?!

[chirojaz]

My DS is starting to show signs of needing to switch to 1 nap.  He is almost 14 months and has been starting to wake up earlier and earlier.  This morning was 5:30am! Soooo, because of the early wakes his is now happily taking two solid naps.  How do I get him to transition to 1 nap/day if he wakes up so early?!
EASY looks something like this…
WU 5:30am
Nap 9:30am
WU 10:35am (I woke him)
Nap 2:50pm
WU 4:20
Bed 8:10

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

It's tough when they get stuck in a loop like that! I would def work on pushing the first A out a bit and doing just a quick catnap to get the second nap at an earlier time and bt earlier as well. That way hopefully he will tack on to the morning and you will be able to merge the two naps.

[chirojaz]

could the 5:30am wake ups and night wakes be due to molars coming in?  I just noticed tonight that part of his first molar has finally poked through.  Or is it possible that he is waking up early/having night wakes due to being in an OT loop from the decreased overall sleep? He used to get 11 hours night sleep plus 2-2.5 hours daytime sleep.  Now he's getting like 9 hours of night sleep and 2.5 hours of daytime sleep.  He has been sooooo cranky in the evenings around dinner (might just be hungry) but it is different than usual. 

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

It could be both things at once! Molars are rough...have you tried pain meds at all? DD3 is quite the grump when teething, and sometimes it seems like tiredness but really she is just cranky!