HELP! 6 month old naps/sleep going to shambles

[lolsyb1982]

Glad the morning nap is working well 

It could be he needs that slightly longer A before his 2nd nap. It's not completely unreasonable for his age. If it doesn't work after a couple of days you can scale it back x

[peepip]

oh my gosh! He will be 7 months on the 8th March, and his A times are so long now - around 3h 45m - this seems way longer than average

Will I have to cut one of his naps shorter to fit everything into the day. This morning he woke at 7am so he won't take a good nap until 10.45am, in which he (hopefully) wont wake until 12/12.15pm...a 4pm nap just seems way too late for a 7.30pm bedtime 

What should I do??

[LaraAndrea]

To add I would say you know if you've pushed A too much as you'll get 30min naps with him waking crying and generally grumpy.

So I have also been trying to increase AT due to recent short naps. Since increasing her AM nap is still 45 min I usually try to extend with PU PD (rather unsuccessfully) then her next two naps she wakes after 25min and I have to help her through transition.

Would you say she is UT in the AM and OT with the PM naps??

[LaraAndrea]

To add I would say you know if you've pushed A too much as you'll get 30min naps with him waking crying and generally grumpy.

Hello, I have also been trying to increase AT to address short naps of my 5 month old.

I have been trying to extend her naps by supporting through transitions and or PU PD with limited success.

Her AM nap continues to be 45 min and her PM naps only 25 min.

Would you say she is UT for AM nap but OT with her PM naps???

[LaraAndrea]

Apologies for double post... My internet is being funny
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[peepip]

How long is her current A time? Did you take a look at the link that lolsy shared near the top of this thread?

From what I have learnt, if they wake up either happy, or seem frustrated it's UT
if they wake up really grumpy and continue to be in a bad mood it's OT

It sounds like you may be right about UT for morning nap and OT for afternoon nap. I think if you get a short nap you need to decrease the A time before the next nap because otherwise they will just be too tired.
It's all so confusing!!

[LaraAndrea]

Thanks for your insight.

It is so confusing!! And to think 2 weeks ago I had a beautifully napping/sleeping baby. I can't even remember those days now...

I will focus on improving AM nap with longer AT but be more conservative with PM naps until that improves.

Wish me luck

[peepip]

GOOD LUCK!

Things change so quickly its hard to keep up!

[peepip]

It was all going so well until his A time increased again to around 3h 40m

To fit the day in I have been trying to cap his morning nap and having a longer afternoon nap but its just not working. I have been doing longer morning nap and shorter afternoon but his NW has increased so I thought maybe he needs a longer afternoon nap instead.

Here is what we're doing

6.15am WU
10am - 11am Nap
11am-2.40pm A
2.45pm-3.20pm Nap <- I'm trying to make this nap go from 2.45-4pm but its just not working, what am I doing wrong?
3.20pm-6.30 A
7pm Sleep

Edit- he's 7 months now