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8 month EASY - Dreaded 45 minute nap returns
« on: July 11, 2015, 19:21:02 pm »
So grateful for help in the past.  The BW has never led me wrong before! :)
DD is 8 1/2 months and her naps have started to deteriorate; incidentally she has also started to lose some interest in 1-2 bottles per day, but never the same bottle.  Mercifully, she's sleeping well at night.

Our schedule had been:
7:00 Wake up -8oz bottle
8:00 Solids
9-9:30 Sleep
11:00 Up, 8oz bottle
1:00 Solids
2-2:30 Sleep
4:00 Up, 8oz bottle
6:00 Solids
7:00 Wind down, 8oz bottle
7:30 Sleep

Yesterday it was:
7:00 Wake up -8oz bottle
8:00 Solids
9:20 Sleep
10:30 Up, 1-2oz bottle
1:00 Solids
2:20- Sleep
3:10:00 Up, Held bottle until 3:45, ate all 8oz
6:00 Solids
7:00 Wind down, 4oz bottle
7:30 Sleep

I don't want to complain too much; I'm thrilled that she's sleeping well at night.  I'm concerned if her naps continue like this, her night sleep may suffer.  I'm thinking I probably need to increase her A time, especially in the morning, but I'm just not sure what that would look like.  She genuinely seems tired still, especially that afternoon nap.

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Re: 8 month EASY - Dreaded 45 minute nap returns
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2015, 10:33:08 am »
And now we're having EW.
Yesterday, her naps were 9:30-10:30 and 2:30-3:15. She's been trying to get up since 6:00 this AM. Please advise.

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Re: 8 month EASY - Dreaded 45 minute nap returns
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2015, 08:35:22 am »
Hi there so sorry your post got missed.  How are things now?

I think you are right on track with extending A time :). You are getting some short classic UT length first naps on a fairly low A time for her age so pushing that a bit seems a sensible step.  Then as you didn't move her second nap earlier after a shorter first nap on the second day you posted I think your afternoon nap was OT and you probably got some EWs because of that. 

As you extend A times you may find the day gets a little longer and/or you have to start waking from one of the naps to fit two naps in and preserve a decent bedtime.