8 month started waking early- please help!!

[Asha G]

Hi there, hoping someone can help me!! I have read though the early waking link under the FAQs but none of the reasons listed seem to connect with my lo and why she is now waking earlier in the morning ( that I can tell anyway)!!

She is about to turn 8 months next week and My easy is

7am wake up
E 715/730 formula up to 8 ounces
830 breakfast-solids
S 10 am nap for about an hour n half
1130/12pm formula 7 ounces
1pm lunch solids
230/3pm nap for about an hour n half
4/430 formula 5 ounces
(Not started solids dinner as yet )
630/7pm formula up to 8 ounces
7/730pm bed time sleep

My lo has been following this Routine  well for at least the last 2 months and has been sleeping through the night since she was 4 months old with the odd waking here and there... So I know Ive been very lucky!!
But now she is waking its throwing the routine off and I'm not sure why she is waking or how to handle it with her routine...
I don't go to her until 7am usually but she has started waking up at 530/6am!!!! She sometimes would go back to sleep after half an hour or so but lately when she wakes she is then up and playing u till I go to her
Any thoughts , advice and help would really appreciated!!!!
Thank you!

[Martini~]

It looks like 2:1 is starting but it doesn't mean that she will be on 1 nap soon, but that probably one of her naps should be capped. Have you read the links about nap transition?

[Asha G]

Thank u for replying!!
I read the 3-2 transition 2/3 months back but not the 2-1 as I didn't think she was nearing that stage yet!
She does pretty much do 1 hour 30 for both naps.. Sometimes they go on for 2 hours... I wil definitely read the 2-1 transition but am nervous that she will struggle in the day on 1 nap given she stil has 2 quite lengthy naps in the day?
Should I wake her up then in order to cap the nap? Even if she looks like she is in deep sleep?
Thank you again!

[Martini~]

Definitely she is not ready for one nap so don't worry. Starting the transition means that two full naps a day start to be too much for her. In general you should start to limit her sleep a bit. It can mean moving the whole routine and accept a later BT (8pm?), or think of moving first nap, and making second nap later and cap it to preserve 7pm BT or capping morning nap (I would then leave it at 10am as you do now) and probably bring second nap slightly earlier as after shorter morning nap she will probably be a bit more tired.

I am typing one phone so cannot link so please let me know if you found the link about 2:1 transition!

[Asha G]

Ok thanks for that! I've looked for the link but not sure I'm reading the right one as it seems to be more of a thread than a guide on how to transition to the 2-1....
Could you please let me know which link I need to read? Much appreciated!
I'm thinking i will start capping the morning nap as you have suggested but how much sleep should I let her have? 1 hour or 1.5 hrs? Also if I do this then how long should her afternoon nap be?
Thank you!!

[Asha G]

I just found the link so don't worry about sending..! Ive also posted on the naps board about my questions below !
Thank you again. For all your help! 😃

[Martini~]

here is the link just to make sure you have right one:
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=163278.0

[Asha G]

Thank u yes this is the link I have read! But I'm not sure which nap I should start Capping or shall I just cap both to 1.5 hours for now?
This morning she woke at 5am and pretty much didn't go back to sleep so she was awake from 5 am.. I tried to keep her up until 10 but I've just put her down now At 950am as she just didn't want to stay awake any longer... So I wil wake her up now at about 1120 ... I've posted on the naps board but just waiting for another reply..

[Martini~]

As you have other thread open, I will close this one - so you don'tget misleading answers and I will pop onto your new thread to help, ok:)?