Catch up for OT 2.5 year old?

[Haribo2012]

Can you just offer 20 min CN mid afternoon to see him though to BT, it might just keep ot at bay x

[JennVanessa1083]

Rather than no nap right? 

Also if he naps for about an hour-1:15 and gets less than 10 hours at night that would indicate cutting his nap again right? Or is it I am putting him down too late for his nap then waking him then not putting him down for bedtime atthe right time then he’s just OT?

An example is yesterday, he did:
WU 7:20
S 2:30-3:45pm (cried hysterically in the car for over a half hour; woke up crying, OT?)
BT 8:50 pm

Up at 6:30 am with no nightwakings.

[Haribo2012]

20 mins got us with DS1 used to just get us to normal ish BT with no OT. We did get really short nights with a nap with DS1 before we dropped nap.
DS2 is 27 months and only has hour nap his day is WU 6.30-7 nap 2-3 BT 8pm as a comparison for you x

[JennVanessa1083]

That helps a lot!

I guess bc he’s starting to get cranky and tired earlier that I’m like ok he’s OT but then has short nights and wakes up after a short night ssaying he’s not tired.

[Haribo2012]

They can get in a bit of an ot/ut loop when it’s a transition in between nap stages.

How many months is he now?x

[JennVanessa1083]

He’s around 34 months now.

[Haribo2012]

I think you are getting to the age when that nap needs to go.

[Conniesmummy]

No advice really but support as we are going through similar with our dd at almost 33 months. We’ve just this week cut the nap to 45 mins from an hour in the hope we can wean her down that way. We were having ew as opposed to delaying bedtime, although a longer nap would result in delayed by and ew!!! 

[JennVanessa1083]

Yes!!! That’s happening now! I’m about to cut again because he’s taking forever to go to sleep then ew

In the last week it’s been 8.5-9.5 nights 😬

Last night he did 10.25 waking up at 7:30 am, napped from 2:20-3:30 and is currently STILL up. It’s almost 10 pm! No crying at all just up.

I’m thinking cutting it again to an hour tops. I have been very conservatively cutting 15 minutes at a time bc his nights are so erratic it’s hard to gage what’s working and what’s not.

If I do maybe:
WU 7:30
N 2:30-3:30 pm
BT 8:30 pm

Is that reasonable for an almost 3 year old?

[Haribo2012]

I think it’s reasonable but if nights remain short I’d just do 20 mins and earlier BT. With DS1 I had to get rid of nap as days went like yours, DS2 at 28 months has dropped his and now does 12 hour nights. Such a tricky phase x

[JennVanessa1083]

It really is! What’s trickier is that both my husband and I work so doing an earlier bedtime just doesn’t work for us. The earliest we ever managed was 7:30/7:45 pm.

[Haribo2012]

Yeah I know it’s hard when you work, a 12 hour day is often needed when naps go so you should be ok on 7.30 WU x

[JennVanessa1083]

Yea 7:30 is really pushing it but I figure we are hopefully a few weeks away from that then I will be able to be home earlier and aimfor the 7:30 bedtime.

He cried today for a half hour before finally falling asleep at about. 2:15. His wakeup was 7:15 after a 9.5 hour night.

He also woke up at a half hour and cried for 5 morning mutes then went back to sleep.

Is he super overtired? He’s been averaging 9.5-10.5 in a 24hr period for the last 4 days 😳😩

[Conniesmummy]

Following on from my previous post, my LG decided to go cold turkey and drop her nap saying she was now a big girl 🤦‍♀️
We’ve had some ups and downs but generally pulling at least 11 hour night. One night we got 12.5!!!
She is super tired at bedtime and car journeys late in the day are not pleasant but we’ve pushed through the bad moods. When she had a 30 min car nap the other day she had a terrible night, very unsettled 🙄

[Haribo2012]

I’m guessing he’s 3 next month? They do have developmental leaps on or around birthdays and half birthdays so that can sometimes be a reason for night time disruption! Could just be time for that nap to go 😬