Oh oh oh!
Getting on the bandwagon here because my (almost) seven-month old is doing the exact same thing!
Routine:
0600 - 0630 - Starts to squawk a little in her crib - she plays quite happily until I get her
0700 - BF for 10 minutes and get her ready for the day
0930 - 1000 - Down for a nap
1000 - 1045 - Wakes up crying
1100 - BF and Lunch
1330 - 1400 - Nap
1415 - 1530 - Wakes up screaming
1530 - 1600 - Bottle
1800 - Supper
1900 - Walk with mummy and daddy
1945 - Bed time bottle
2000 - Bath
2015 - Down for the count
2330 - Daddy sneaks in for a DF
I've tried W2S, shush-pat, PU/PD to get her to extend her naps. I've tried to reduce A time, lengthen A time... She sleeps perfect at night. Just resists those naps. Her room is pretty much black, I've swaddled, not swaddled, put her in her sleeping bag (we do at night and she's fine - nap time, forget it!), radio on, radio off. I'm getting to the point of resigning myself to the fact that I have a Catnap Charlie and live with it. She's happy through the rest of the day. She's a trooper in the evenings, getting squirmy when it is close to her walk. We wait for her to tell us when she is tired - she yawns. We do not let it get to the eye rubbing but sometimes, she forgets to yawn she is so excited about looking at everything.
Help too please?
Wendy