I'm basically in my own sleep hell. Lemme just make this short by saying we have crazy motn wakeups as wel as early morning wakeups despite careful attention to wakeup times and preserving naps-I've even managed to be at home for almost all naps the last 3 weeks. I am verging on fully crazed. There are just not enough hours in te day because my 10 month old takes longer and longer to settle and he's up for almost 4 hours before each nap but by then I'm having to wake him up just to give him dinner , play a little then go right bak to bed. He settled but had a lot of wakeups and then pops right up at 5, even though he's still tired. Should I try 1nap? What is your 10 month old schedule like? I'm so crazed over here...tired and crying. Encouragement needed 
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Aww...hugs to you! Can you post a somewhat typical schedule?
My LO is 9.5 months and our days look like:
6:30 WU
9:30-10:45/11 nap
2:30-3:45/4 nap
6:30 bedThe schedule varies a little because his afternoon naps aren't consistent so bedtime can be as early as 6:15. Otherwise, the rest stays the same.
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My little one is almost a year, but she's been on the same schedule since this summer:
6-7am WU
9:30 to 10- down for first nap
1:30 to 2:30- down for second nap
(One nap is about an hour and one nap can be up to 2 hours).
7-7:30 bed time (earlier when she has had bad naps in the day).Good luck. I know people swear by the 2/3/4 schedule- up for two hours, nap, up for 3 hours, nap, up for four hours, sleep for the night.
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@sugar: I've never heard of the 2/3/4 thing, interesting!
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My LO is 18mo now but from about 7/8mo to about 13mo, he was on the same schedule
8:00AM - WU
10:00 - 2hr Nap
2:00 - 2hr Nap
7:30 BedWe started with the idea of 2/3/4 but since he took 2hr naps and 12hrs at night that didn't quite work for us. Then we determined that 2hrs was the max awake time in the morning/night and it worked great. Good luck!
ETA: This was only at home. Napping at daycare was a nightmare for us!!
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@sugar: when do people start their LOs on 2/3/4?
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I'm so sorry
2am - wake up (this is new and she needs 4-6 oz before she'll go back to sleep)
7:30 wake up
9:30 1 hr nap (2 hr if she's at home instead of daycare)
12:30 1 hr nap
5:30 30 min power nap
7:00 bed time -
olive still can't stay awake long enough to do 2-3-4 at 14 months, but it does work for a lot of people. she's pretty much been on the same schedule since she was 9 months old:
8:00am - wake up
10:30am - Nap #1 (1 1/2 hour)
3:00pm - Nap #2 (1 hour)
7:00pm - Bedtime -
@caffeinated we sleep trained at 16 weeks, but she was still on a 90-ish minute cycle in the day. I'd say somewhere about 6-7 months day care really got her on a 2 nap a day schedule that is pretty close to 2/3/4.
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My duaghter is 11 mths and her schedule looks smthng like this for the past month
7:30 - wake up
10- 1st nap (30 min to 1.5 hrs)
2 pm (or 3 hrs from last nap) - 1-2 hours
7pm (or 3 hrs from last nap) - bedtime -
Wow I wonder if my LO is on the lower end of sleep needs? Before the crazy wakeups, he was waking up between 6 and 7, taking his first nap about 3-3.25 hours after that, then taking his second nap about 3.5-4 hours after that. Bedtime usually ended up around 7 or 7:30, depending on how naps went so that we could maintain about 10 or 10.5 hours of wake time. Naps ranged from 40min to 1.5 hours (occasionally a 2 he nap but this was more rare). At this point though the craze is hittin me and I'm not sure what to do about his wake times. He will NOt settle earlier than the times listed above whether I hold him to sleep or let him fuss/cry. But then there are hardly enough hours in the day because he's been fighting naps so much even though he's tired. Sigh. I wish he would go down 2 hours after waking up. It's backwards for him-at this point he goes down 2.5 hours after his last nap because he's awake so much during the day. Thanks for chiming in ladies.
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@sugar: i WISH the 2/3/4 schedule worked for us. DD can barely stay awake that long in the morning and if she does she will only take 20 minute naps all day
lately this is my 7 month olds....
7am : WU & feed
7:15: back to bed
9:45: WU/feed/play
1pm: nap (1 - 1.5 hrs)
6-8pm bedtimedepending on the length of the second nap LO may or may not go to bed earlier
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