2hour to 1 hour nap

[mrswalsh]

Hi

After some brilliant advice from you guys I managed to stop evening wakings by switching from 2 to 1 nap a day.  This was great and my ds who is 17months old began taking one big 1.5 - 2 hour nap a day.  Over the past week and half he has only been having between 45mins and 1.15hr.  He doesn't wake up crying and I leave him in the cot for a further half hour to see if he goes back off but he won't.  Is this time sufficient for him as he seems happy all day?

Routine something like this

6.30 wake and play in cot
7am plays in my room whilst I get dressed
7.45 milk and breakfast
10am snack
12am lunch
1pm nap 45min-1.15hour
3pm snack
5pm tea
6.30 bath
7.30pm bed

[Mom to M&M]

His nap looks rather late in the day. If he's waking at 6:30, perhaps a nap at 12 or 12:30 absolute latest would lead to a longer one?

[yaya]

I was going to suggest te same thing, wil DS is 18 mos and goes down 12.30 max that beibng said, his naps get shorter and shorter if he sleeps too long he has early wakings so I guess he doesnt need that much daysleep anymore

[mrswalsh]

Put DS down today at 12.40 and he didn't go to sleep until 1.15 and still only had an hour and fifteen!!  do I need to put him down at 12pm?  If so and he wakes after 1 hour he will never make it to 7pm bedtime.  Help!

[Mom to M&M]

I'd keep moving it up by 10-15 minutes until you get a minimum of 1.5 hours (preferably 2 hours).

[yaya]

if he's used to going to sleep at 1 then he may fight it till that time to start with and it'll take afew days for him to resettle to this new time IMO, I would do what PP suggests. I take DS to the park in the am so that he's wacked for his nap