I have a 8 month old little girl who is very happy, sociable and clever. We are currently learning to crawl and pull up on things and eating lots of different foods. She is a great sleeper at night and has been since around 5 months, bathtime starts at 7 and down and self soothed asleep by 8pm (bar nights with teeth pain and a cold) she wakes between 6.30 and 7 am most mornings. However I would like to try and schedule naps. Its probably our fault as we have always been pretty laid back with nap times and places. We are very busy active family so napping 3 times in a cot really limits our daytime activities and socialising. About 2 months ago she has been having her morning nap in her cot around 8.30/9am. This nap is normally under an hr. Then the other 2 naps can be very sporadic and sometimes short and sometimes long. As I think we are moving towards 2 naps as her last nap is a really difficult one to get her to sleep I think I should start schedule day naps to morning, lunchtime and possibly a cat nap around 4pm. Could I ask how you started a schedule and will she naturally start sleeping longer for naps if I schedule then? She is due to go to a childminder in October so trying to get a loose routine set for her and the minders sake
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