Hi. I have a 10month old and we are struggling to find a consistent routine that helps him to sleep soundly at night and would appreciate some guidance. Currently we are alternating between two and three naps a day. We have been trying to stick with two however are finding that the earlier bedtimes mean he wakes earlier and then eventually needs three naps to 'reset' almost. On days he has three naps he sleeps much better at night (only waking twice which is good for us!) However he also wakes later the next morning which means we can't fit three naps in the following day without a really late bedtime. On days he only has two naps he wakes multiple times after going to bed around 6:30 until around 10:30 before having a longer stretch. We're unsure if he is overtired on these days. We can only ever get him to nap for an hour at a time during a day and he wakes happy most times so also not sure how to extend naps to possibly push bedtime later. Hope this makes some sense! We would be grateful for any ideas or tweaking of routines.
Two Nap Day
6:45 Wake up and feed
7:45 Breakfast
9:45 Nap
10:45 Awake
11:15 Feed
12:15 Lunch
1:45 Nap
2:45 Awake and snack
3:45 Feed
5:15 Dinner
5:45 Bedtime Routine (bath, book, top up feed)
6:15 Bed
Three Nap Day
6am Wakeup and feed
7am Breakfast
8am Sleep
9am Awake and snack
10:30am Feed
12pm Sleep
1pm Awake and lunch
3pm Feed
4pm Catnap
4:30pm Awake
6pm Dinner
7pm Bedtime Routine
7:30pm Bed
Thank you!
Karen
