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So, LO is turning 6months old next week and we've been running into a few napping problems. Up until 1.5 weeks ago, she would take 3 solid naps:
1) Approx. 1 hour after waking up in the morning, she would go down for nap #1 very easily, no fussing, and sleep for a good 2 hours.
2) Nap #2 would happen two hours after waking from her first nap and she would nap for a good 2 hours.
3) Nap #3 would happen two hours after waking from her second nap and this was the hardest for her. Crying/fussing and barely sleeping an hour. Often, she'd sleep for 30-40 minutes and I would maker her CIO until the hour was met.

From nap #3 until bedtime was when she was her crankiest and would result in an early bedtime (as early as 5:15pm). That was then.

Now, or, for the last 1.5 weeks, she will only take two naps.
Nap #1: Approx. 1.5 hours after waking up in the morning, she'll go down but only sleep for 30-40 minutes before waking up (babbling, not even crying) but I make her stay in her crib until the hour has been met.
Nap #2: Approx. 2 -2.5 hours after waking from her first nap, she'll go down and this nap is LOOOONG. Up to 3.5 hours! Minimum 1.5 hours.

She won't take a third nap but I had to put her down to bed SUPER early this week (5pm)...It didn't intefere with her morning wakeup but it changed her night feedings a little bit.

Basically, these days, her bedtime is now determined by her last nap. Last night, she woke up from nap #2 at 3:15pm and by 4:30, for some reason, she was ready for bed. So I stretched out her bedtime routine as long as possible with a super long bath...taking my time getting her into her pjs, etc.

I hope this sort of helps?

Sleep gets funner and funner as LOs get older! At 9 months LO became super aware of her surroundings so nap time was fight time with mommy.
She napped for 25 mins this am, then like 40mins at noon. Kills me.

@Rubies: Oy, we're having the same problem! LO skips her 3rd nap and then wants to go to bed super early. But if she goes to bed early, she wakes up early. So spend our evenings trying to entertain her to keep her happy and stay up, and then stretch out the bed time routine. But when she's that exhausted, she doesn't even giggle during our pre bath naked time And that's my favorite time with her!

@Mrs. Yoyo: yay for sleeping babies! Hope you get good sleep tonight ... we need it to deal with our cranky pants bad nappers!