Hi all
My 6mo has recently started napping well after months of catnaps, I owe it to the diagnosis of a cows milk allergy so we’re both dairy free and he’s much happier and settled. But now we’re at 3 regular naps, but not quite ready for 2 yet and the day isn’t long enough!
His current routine is
WU 7 (give or take 15-30 mins)
WT 2.5hr
Nap 1 9.30-11.30 (2hr)
WT 2.5hr
Nap 2 14.00-15.00 (1hr) - usually capped by me, so we can collect big brother from school and leave enough time for Nap 3
WT 2.25hr
Nap 3 5.15-5.45/6 (usually wakes himself crying)
WT 2-2.2.5hr
Bedtime 8ish (hard to settle most days)
(NW 3-4 night feeds but recently more unsettled from 5/6am onwards)
I’ve just started extending WT this week from 2.25 hour to 2.5hr bc naps were starting to shorten again. But now - we’re running out of hours in the day. It’s hard to settle him for Nap 3 so there’s lots of cuddling, rocking, etc to get him to settle.
Going forward - will I need to cap the naps further as I extend WT more? If so, which naps to cap and how much? Should I be continuing to extend WT or leave as it is for now until naps start to shorten?
Thanks
