This was our routine yesterday;
6am
E730
A
S0945 (opening his curtains after 1hr. he woke 15mins later)
E1200
A
S1345 - 1hr 20min
E1630
A inc bath
E1850
S1900
he woke at 1940 screaming - I had to resettle with a hand on his chest and he was off again Smiley
0430 he woke and starts talking loudly - (if this has been his 'normal bedtime of about 1945 it would have made it it 0515 and of course we would have brough him in with us because it was so close to the 6am mark IYKWIM) - I went to him after 30 min of talking progressed to crying, I changed his nappy and sat with him and "sang" winnie the pooh to him, he was starting to cuddle in but still wide awake and watching everything.
I decided just to put him back in his cot, he had no intention of returning to sleep at that point, he wasn't cry either - so I put his pooh lightshow on and went back to bed. I think he fell asleep again about 0530
I then woke at 0730 (bit more civilised) and went through, as soon as he heard me the eye sprung open. I think in all he had 9.5hrs from 7pm to 0430, then max another 2 until 7am = 11.5hr, because everything was shifted back 45mins to 1hr, it was easier for him to go back to sleep until 0730. I ideally I want him to cut out the 1hr waking and move him bedtime back to 1930ish if he needs 11.5 hours Huh
So my thoughts are now;
1.caught in a cycle of tiredness - I know its only been 1 night, however Dh and I noticed straightaway he is happier and actually talking again today (although he's only been up an hour), depending on how todays naps go I will put him to bed earlier again, although it may be because he is up at a sensible time, his naps will be later anyway and I won't be playing catch-up at the end of the day resulting in a huge 'A' time.
Today Gage had 2.5, 4.0, and 4.0 of activity time This a little boy who had a h*ell of a time getting past 45 min!
Our guy couldn't stay up past 1.5 last month! Now we're at about 2.0 regularly. We've had a 3.5 and a 4.0 in the past week or so and it's been fine -- a little overtiredness, but nighttime sleep not affected; it's the last period of the day when by the log he should really need a nap, and we've put him down, but he's made it clear he doesn't want one. 
Of course, were I to actually try and keep him up for that long, there would be hell to pay. 
Katriona - would you mind posting your routine? your LO is not that much older than Calum. Your post above about the jump in A times is like us a bit, I have posted my log, had to transfer to PDF, becasue you can't upload excels docs
Kelly/Kate - I went to bed after the film last night about wetting myself with laughter about your posts (I think the wine had something to do with it as well
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Alice - what is your routine like now, how muach Nap time does Gage get?
Natasha - funny you should mention that about he PM nap, CAlum usually goes 3hr but yesterday she started rubbing his eyes at 2.5hr, so I whisked him up to bed, he played for 15mins then fell asleep for 1hr 20min.
