when should I extend his A time to 2 hours?

[duoduo]

Hi , my boy is 5-month-old, this moth is his 6th month, according to normal A time, for his age, his A time should be 2 hours, but now I am still doing 1 hour 45mins A time as I don't know when I should extend it to 2 hours, is there any sign?

I normal put him to nap after 1 hour 35 mins A time, and he fall in sleep 5~10 mins before 2 hours A time, which makes his A time 1 hour 50~55 mins, and his nap times are vary, from 30 mins ~ 2 hours.

thanks.

[jessmum46]

Usually it's time to extend A time when naps shorten, typically into the 45 mins to 1h25 range with a happy WU (or at least happy mood in the following A time).  Or if you get long happy NWs.  How's your routine going right now?

[duoduo]

Usually it's time to extend A time when naps shorten, typically into the 45 mins to 1h25 range with a happy WU (or at least happy mood in the following A time).  Or if you get long happy NWs.  How's your routine going right now?



Thank u for reply, but I don’t get it, do u mean if the naps is 45 mins ~ 1h25, that means I need to extend A time?
Anyway, I extend his A time to 2hs today, so far so good, but here comes the new problem: how do I keep the day time to 12 hours? Below is today’s EASY:
7:50  wake up
7:50 ~ 9:50   2hs A time
9:50 ~ 11:45   1h55 nap
11:45 ~ 1:57   2hs10 A time
1:57 ~ 3:45   1h48 Nap (with grandma, grandma uses shh/pat extends his nap, otherwise he would wakes up @ 1h
3:45 ~ 5:45   2hs A time
5:45 ~ 6:30   45mins Nap
6:30 ~ 8:35    2h5mins A time
8:35 ~    he is still sleeping

Even though we are still on 4th nap, the day time already passes 12 hours, if he wakes up from this nap, what should I do? Using Shh/pat to let him continue sleeping?

Did I do something wrong? Or he starts transferring from 4 naps to 3?

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

At this age they usually are on 3 naps already (2 naps and a catnap) and heading towards two naps. I would have considered 8:35 pm bedtime not a nap, especially given the 7:50 am start to the day. Sometimes before a transition like the 3-2 nap switch the day does get a bit longer than 12 hours just to fit enough A time in and then goes back once the nap is dropped.

[jessmum46]

Yes I agree, that's a good three nap day with 8.35pm being bedtime.

[duoduo]

thank u  everyone.