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@Bubbles: Its not an either/or situation, it is both! I've been having to wake her up at 730 am AND wake her at 1115 from her first nap. bah.

@twodoghouse: also this... lol. I'm not terribly anxious for a 1 nap schedule because that means I only get one nap/break all day! Being home alone past bedtime three days a week is already really challenging and I just don't know how I'd keep her entertained for 4-5 hours at a time twice per day all by myself! DH is done with school in a month and I really thought we'd be on 2 naps at LEAST until then (really I thought much longer because she has always dropped naps late).

@illumina: wow that just seems so early to me! She did well on 1 nap though?

Also--- f-u DST! Everything was perfect before that hit. stupid stupid stupid lol.

@illumina: see fiona has always been just the opposite. She has had HIGH sleep needs and very low awake times. She was on 4 naps until just past 6 months and 3 naps until just past 9 months! I think that is why moving to 1 nap now at 10 mo seems so bonkers to me. But I guess I may have to try it if this continues.

@illumina: She's always been a pretty good night sleeper. I noticed when we went from 3 to 2 naps that she did fall asleep a bit faster. Used to take her 10-20 minutes sometimes (not unhappily, just flopping around trying to get comfortable) but now more often then not she is asleep before I can even get to our room to grab the monitor. I haven't noticed any change at all in her overnight sleep otherwise (she did before and still does wake up several times/night but generally just needs me to replace her pacifier and she is good to go).

@Mamasig: LO seems to suck at giving me clear tired signals (or maybe I suck at reading them lol). Like usually her first awake time is 2.5 hours. But this morning she got super cranky and kept rubbing her eyes (usual tired signals) right before 2 hours so I put her down at the 2 hr mark. Took her 35 minutes to fall asleep! (usually takes her less than 5). So I feel like just guessing day by day what she needs is a recipe for disaster.

@twodoghouse: maybe! I missed that thread. Her night sleep never really seems affected either way, once she's asleep. The only issue is her fighting sleep at bed time if I let her sleep later than 4:30 in the afternoon! Maybe I should just try to stick it out with this forced schedule another week or two and see if things resolve themselves before making any more schedule shifts. I just feel crazy every morning waking her up. Especially because I really like sleeping in Also because I just feel bad. She always gives me this groggy look like... whyyyyyyyy. lol

@twodoghouse: yesss do. She is IN bed at 8(ish). Bedtime routine starts at 7:30. So 3.5 hours of awake time. For a long time Fiona was really incapable of staying awake at night. Her awake time in the evening was only 1.5 hours even when we got to 3 naps (so her last nap was usually from 5 or 5:30 until 6:30) and she would be yawning after 30 min! But then she started fighting that nap so I moved her 2nd nap later and within 2 days she adjusted and seems to do great with 3.5-4 (sometimes 4.5 if she wakes early) hours of awake time at night. Overtired doesn't really seem to be a problem for her anymore though. When she was younger, if we missed that sweet spot she'd get overtired and just cry and cry. Now the more tired she is, the faster she sleeps (although if she gets too tired she is a cranky mess to deal with until you get her into bed so it isn't exactly fun to deal with her... haha)