Margot ( 24mos) has had some variability in her sleep lately--some nights she sleeps close to 11 hours with a nap of 1 hour 15 minutes, other nights sleeping 9.5 hours with a 3 hour nap. Before that she was had a very regular sleep pattern of a 10 hour night sleep from 8-6 with a 2 hour nap at 1. For the last few days she has gone back closer to her regular night sleep with the exception of shaving 15 minutes off each side so she is sleeping 8:15 to 5:45--only 9.5 hours, but as I said she doesn't usually sleep a particularly long time at night. the problem is that her naps are still between 1.5 and 2 hours so some days she is only getting 11 hours sleep, instead of the longer sleep she used to take when she would have a particularly short night's sleep. Last night she woke at 4 and didn't fall asleep again until 6, when she slept an extra 45 minutes. Her night wakings in the past are usually from overtiredness. She seems healthy and isn't showing any signs of 2 year molars.
My question is whether I should move her nap earlier. I know that sometime during the 3rd year the nap usually gets shorter so I was wondering if the time was coming off her night sleep instead. I know when she gets overtired a long nap is helpful but what she really needs to get her back on track is a good long nights' sleep. That's why I was wondering if I moved the nap earlier if it would allow an earlier bedtime and more sleep. My only concern is that it won't help the problem--only shift her day earlier and 5:45 is already early enough, thank you!!
anyone else experience something similar or have any thoughts on this?
