My daughter, Parker, is ten weeks old. She goes down for bedtime (awake) at 10 pm and generally sleeps until 4:30 am. Eats and then goes back down around 5:00 until somewhere between 7:30 and 8:00. In the earlier part of the mornings, she is usually only up for about an hour and then is ready to go back down. For the past three days, she has gone back down after eating at around 9 and has been sleeping until 2 or 2:30 in the afternoon. Is that too long of a morning nap?
Like I said, this is a new thing and just started a few days ago. Normal routine was just up around two hours and then back down for a nap with no set nap times. When she naps at other times through the rest of the day, the naps are usually only 30 minutes to an hour.
Is that super long morning nap preventing her from sleeping completely through the night?
Should I start trying to move her bedtime up?
What time SHOULD she be going to bed? I read about the people who put their children down at like 7:00 pm-- should I be trying that this early? The 10pm bedtime is working for us now but should I start moving the bedtime up even though she is not sleeping until 6 or 7 in the morning yet?
Any suggestions or advice would be wonderful. Thanks!
By the way, she sleeps in her crib at night, the super long nap is in my bed, and other naps are in her swing-- she does not like to nap in her crib and will only nap for 20 minute increments when put in there.
