13 month old ew

[Shiv52]

Hugs xx

How is she settling to sleep for her nap?   

[arabesque]

Thanks

No prob going down for naps...sometimes straight to sleep, sometimes mantra crying for a few mins first. Nap is almost always 1h15-1h30 mins.

I feel like I should just suck it up, get used to 5:30, and fit in two naps

[Emami]

So her night is 7-5:30 at the moment? And has the nap still been at 12 for 1.5hrs?  If she's really struggling but two naps don't work for you timing-wise could you squeeze in a micro nap in the morning after the school run?  Not even a CN, but like 10-15mins just to take the edge off and get her to the lunchtime nap a bit easier?

[arabesque]

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I did that yesterday and today, about 1/2 hour each, but may cut it back. She's gone better yesterday, had that short nap then an hour. But today with school it was a 25 min first nap, and a 35 min second nap :/

[Emami]

So when you do 2 naps what times are they and what times are the school runs?

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So nap 1 was about 10:15-45 both days, and nap 2 was around 2:35 both days. Sunday was in her cot, she mantra cried from 2:25-2:35 and then slept til 3:40.

Monday I had school pickup so she had to sleep in the car, she slept 2:35-3:07 when I had to wake her to get the kids.

This morning she has "slept in" until 5:50!! Yay progress! I'm thinking I'll try one nap today, I have the ability to be home more hopefully so she doesn't nod off in the car. Tomorrow I will be out all day (not by my own choosing) so will be two naps in pram/car.

[Emami]

It seems to me like she's most of the way to one nap but not quite ready to do it every day. Could you maybe switch between one and two nap days depending what time she wakes up? I know it's a bit of a faff and you might prefer going cold turkey to one nap, but if that made things worse I would try to go with the flow a bit more. I did it for about 3 months with my DD1 so if she woke before 6:30 we would do 2 naps and otherwise one. After that she was at the point where she could make it to lunchtime either way.

So with yours, say if she is up before 5:30 you do give her 20mins or so in the car on the way back from school, and then put her down for her 'real' nap about 2.5hrs later. Would she have time for a good 1.5hrs if she sleeps that long? This is why I keep asking about school run times, I'm still not sure when you have to be out!  But it could look something like this:
WU 5:30
Nap 10-10:20
Nap 1-2:30/3
BT 7

If she wakes up later in the morning you know she's ok to make it to 12:00 as she was doing before, and presumably you can let her sleep for as long as she wants then?

[arabesque]

Thanks, sounds like a plan. School run is 7:50-8:50ish, some days I go to do errands/work after (she comes with me). Afternoon pickup is 2:30-3:45ish, but I have to get her out of the car around 3:10 to sign out my preschooler.

[Emami]

How have the last few days been?

[arabesque]

Better thanks! Seems she needs to alternate between 1 and two naps. Morning wake up has been between 6 and 6:30! Hurrah! Thanks for your help

[Emami]

That's great! Hope it continues and it's not too long until she settles on one nap