Overtired? Undertired? LO no longer goes down at bedtime.

[becj86]

Ok, so I think you need to increase that A time a bit - all those 40 and 50min naps are UT and he's OT by the end of the day because he's not had any restorative naps, hence the difficult evening.

[Meghanwho]

Should I be aiming for 1h30m then, instead of 1h20m? 

This would all be so much easier if he showed any real tired signs lol. 

[becj86]

Yeah, it is easier as you get to know the tired signs but if you're putting hm down before he's tired, you won't see them

I would am for 1:30 and see how it goes.

[Meghanwho]

OK, so new issue related to the current issue...

This morning LO woke up at 6:30, when normal w/t has always been 7 until this random interruption in our routine (we run a 7-7 cycle).

When this happens, what do I do? Should I feed him at 6:30, or just do A time until 7 and then feed? He doesn't wake up through the night to eat, so his last feed is the 10:30-11pm d/f the night before.

He also was only awake for 1h10mins before he started fussing. We put him down right away, he fell asleep within 5 mins, and he napped for 1h30mins, which makes me think we got his w/t right for the first nap of the day at least.

But now the issue is that everything is shifted for the day and the 3h cycle isn't lasting a whole 3h. (From wake to wake was only 2h45min.) How do I make up the lost 15min? If this happens periodically through the day it will shift bedtime earlier.

[becj86]

Yes, he's not a robot, the day will shift a bit as his A time changes and he takes naps of different lengths. The point of this routine, EAS is that there is some predictability for LO and for you.