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please advise on 7 month olds schedule...TIA!
« on: August 31, 2005, 12:34:44 pm »
My 7 mo old DS is not sleeping as indicated by Tracy's guidelines.  Here is his schedule:

5:45-6:00 wake and bf
6:00-7:30/8:00 play
7:30/8:00-9:30/9:45 nap #1
9:30/9:45 wake
10:00 bf
9:45-11:00 play
11:00 solid food meal
11:00-12:15/12:30 play
12:30-2:00/2:15 nap #2
2:00/2:15 wake and bf
2:15-4:00/4:30 play
4:00/4:30-5:00 nap #3
5:00-5:45 play
5:45 solid food meal
5:45-7:00 play and wind down
7:00-start bedtime routine, in bed by 7:30 or so

According to the guidelines he should be having 2 naps now and 12 hrs of night sleep.  Instead he is sleeping 9.5/20 hrs at night with three naps.  The naps are pretty consistently 1.5 hrs, 1.5 hrs and 35-45 min.  Should I be pushing him to get to 2 naps?  If I follow his lead then I would not do this.  The big thing is that he cannot seem ot stay awake for more than 1.5 hrs during his first wake time.  He gets cranky.  He's also lost all of his tired signs so I have to watch really, really carefully and pick him up often as it seems that his only sign now is burrowing his head in my shirt.  If I miss his one subtle cue there is lots of crying before a nap and then it tends to only last 35 min.

So should I really be doing 2 naps only?  What are others doing w/ 7 month olds?

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please advise on 7 month olds schedule...TIA!
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2005, 21:55:10 pm »
my 7 month old only does 2 naps - 3 if he has a lousy afternoon nap.

i think the key is to follow your baby's cues.  if he seems happy with your current schedule, i wouldn't change it.

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