Help with 3 to 2 transition (now 2-1 transition!)

[Kellyjs]

Gotta love a plan, got everything crossed for you here x

[LittleSplasherMum]

I think we need a plan B He woke at 5 this morning, so I think 4 hours before bt was too much after a less than an hour nap.
Morning nap at 8.10, let him sleep, he woke at 10. Afternoon nap at 1.30, woke at 30 mins crying, so clearly still tired. Maybe 3.5h is too much AT? Now we're back to square one as I'm gonna have to put him down before 6 tonight 

[LittleSplasherMum]

well in the end he had a mini catnap in the pushchair this afternoon at 5 (15 mins), so we managed to get him down for 6.45, quite a long day considering he woke at 5, but we'll see what happens...
Do you think I should keep the same AT tomorrow? I think I'm gonna wake him from his first nap if he sleeps more than 1.5hrs though, wdyt?

[Kellyjs]

Can only try hun. Sometimes it's a good idea to do a one-off CN to try and get them to a reasonable BT. Especially as you don't want that long A to BT again.

How's the wu this morning? X

[LittleSplasherMum]

Well he woke at 5.10, played and talked till 5.45 then he was asleep again at around 5.55 till 6.35  so I'm not sure how long I should keep him up now before his first nap, will see how he is at 9, wdyt?

[LittleSplasherMum]

Went down at 9.25 in the end, a little bit of crying, but still sleeping now after an hour phew...

[Kellyjs]

Sorry for the late reply hun, my ipad has been playing up 

How did the nap go? Excellent news about the morning wu!! Xx

[LittleSplasherMum]

Hi, no worries!
Yesterday's naps:
AT: 2.50h S:9.25- 10.35
AT: 3.20h S: 1.55-2.25 

Today so far:
WU- 5.10, then back to sleep (on his own) 5.30-6.15ish
AT: 3h S: 9.10-10.30
AT: 3.30h S: 2-? (not awake yet)

A bit worried about his pm nap, as it's been 30 mins most of the week. Maybe he hasn't adjusted to the AT yet?

[LittleSplasherMum]

Afternoon nap went better, 1h, not great but better than 30 mins! BT 6.35, fell asleep at 6.45, finger crossed for the morning!

[Kellyjs]

This is looking good hun, so much better than when we started eh?! 

So,I'm definitely thinking the slightly longer A time of 3.5hrs for the afternoon is working a bit better than the slightly shorter time isn't it? It may be those afternoon naps were UT too. 3hrs first thing also yielded a good nap too 

Hmm, let's hold these A times for a couple of days and see what happens. I do think we'll need to increase ever so slightly again soon as ideally those naps could be a little longer and we've got room in your day to stretch it a little (going by an ideal wu time not his EW obviously  ) x

[LittleSplasherMum]

Agreed! Yesterday I was really disheartened but today I feel like we've finally moved forward a bit! fingers crossed for a decent WU tomorrow! thanks! x

[Kellyjs]

Got everything crossed for you here hun 

[LittleSplasherMum]

So today pretty much like yesterday, will give it another day and see... I think he could be teething and today it was hard enough to keep him up for 3.5hrs, don't think he could have managed more. At least he's going back to sleep in the morning after he wakes at 5.10, I only wish I was too 

[Kellyjs]

I have that too hun, annoying isn't it? I really struggle to get back to sleep. Good luck for today x

[LittleSplasherMum]

Not a great start, first nap 35mins!