quick question about nap length

[LovelyLilyandJack]

We get random nights sometimes, and often J catches up the next day or the one after. You might find the same...

[AMJ]

OMG she slept from 7:30pm to 6:55am with some stirring from 12:30-1:00am!! I think this is her first time EVER!!!!! WOW but I have no idea how this happened. HEr day looked like this:

WU 5:30 am
A(8hrs)
Crib 1:00
Nap 1:30 for (45m)

WU 2:15
A(
crib 6:45
BT 7:34

stirring from 12:30-1:00am

WU 6:55am !!! I can't make sense of this? HEr day ended up being 14hrs so I was sure it is not going to be a good night.

Today She was pretty hyper before nap. Originally I thought she will not be ready for nap at 1pm but since she was hyper I put her in the crib at 1:15 and of course she refused the nap.

Would you suggest BT at 7pm or 6:30? I'm not sure cause she WU for the day at 6:55am but then having NND and 7 is being her normal BT maybe 6:30 is better. TIA

[jessmum46]

I'd do 6.30 what a great night you got!!

[AMJ]

thanks for a quick reply Katherine but she just passed out at 2:25pm. I was going to get her up at 2:30.

I'll give her 20m so till 2:45pm. Do you think 7pm BT is OK? or 7:30?

[LovelyLilyandJack]

I would do 7.30 with a nap at that time.

Yay for the great night btw! I guess that's the capping kicking in.  We occasionally get a night like that randomly where jack needs to catch up. That's great she's starting to use overnight sleep to do it too 

[AMJ]

Thanks LL&J I planned for 7:30 like you said but she got tired much sooner so 7:05 BT.

Oh I sure hope this continues and she keep using the overnight sleep to catch up!

[jessmum46]

How was last night?

[AMJ]

Not bad, she was up at 5:30am so 10.5hr night. I wonder if she would have had an 11hr night if she didn't have that 20m nap yesterday. Thanks for asking

[jessmum46]

Could be worse up at 5ish here today - ugh! Hope you have a good one x

[AMJ]

That's right, I'll take 10.5hr night!
And I feel you pain, 5am WUs are no fun
You have a great day too

[LovelyLilyandJack]

Yep, we had a 1hr NW last night, and then Jack was up every hour afterwards...  I'm very very tired today - it was like having a newborn.  All because we let him have a long catch up nap yesterday cos he was ill.  Obviously he didn't need it as much as we thought.  Not doing that again!

[AMJ]

Oh no, sorry to hear that. I hope J gets better and you both have a good day and some rest tonight!

We also had a NWU today although I'm not sure when she woke up. I heard her lovey making a noise just after 12 and then she was laying very quiet and back to sleep at 12:30. If not for the lovey (it has a little chime noise to it) I wouldn't even know that she was awake. She also is back to taking longer to fall asleep at BT (it's been 7:30 instead of 7pm lately with a 45m nap) so I think I'll try a 30m nap today.


P. S. I just realized that the name of my post is " Quick question about nap length" and my post is 15 pages long.... Haha

[lolsyb1982]

Hey AMJ

We're also capping at 30 mins these days otherwise K's not going to bed until 9pm and only sleeps 10hrs with a NW.

Seems to have stopped since capping further and she seems to be self regulating more. Some days she might only have 10hr 45 ons and then sat night she pulled a 12.5hr night!!!! Couldn't believe it, that hasn't happened since she was tiny!

I'm hoping for a steady 11hr night once we drop the nap...

[AMJ]

Nice Lauren I'm glad you found what works for your LO! What does your day look like? What time is the nap and BT?

[AMJ]

P.S. Darn her nights are slowly getting shorter again. After few days of 45m nap the nights got to 10hr15m. Yesterday I gave her 30m nap and she had a 10hr night. Today she is just a mess. I was sure 30m nap would give us close to 11hr night