My daughter has been pretty consistently taking 3 naps a day - 1.5/2 hours in the morning and afternoon and a late afternoon catnap. A sample schedule:
6:30 am awake and BF
7:30 am breakfast
8:30 - 10 am nap#1
10:30 am bottle
11:30 am lunch
12:30 - 2 pm nap #2
2:30 pm bottle
4-5 pm nap #3 (This time can vary a bit)
5:30 pm dinner
7 pm BF and to bed
In the past few days, she has suddenly only been sleeping 1 hour in the morning. Consequently, she is not making it until 12:30 for nap#2 - mostly, she is becoming a crying mess by 11 - 11:30 am - and is sleeping through lunch.
My only thought on what could be doing this -- I have been breastfeeding her at the beginning and the end of the day. I feel as though my milk supply is really drying up so I cannot tell if she is waking up early from her first nap because she is hungry. I was going to move to all formula this week and see if it helped.
Anyone have any other ideas?? Could this be a sign of teething??? Should I just go with this new pattern?? I feel as though it is a step backwards for her, toward more often but shorter naps. And It is hard to plan anything because I do not know what she is going to do day to day.