Help with nap schedule please...

[Jumperoo222]

Hi guys my 8.5 month old is a great sleeper at night but naps are being a bit odd...she usually
6.30 wake
9.30 nap - 10.00 wake
12.30 nap - 2.30 wake
18.30 bed, sleeps through till 6.30am

Ideal! But for the last week I've put her down at 12.30 but she's not fallen asleep till 13.20. Do you think I should just put her down a bit later,maybe 13.00? Or is this a sleep regression? Or maybe bedtime shoukd be later? I heard the lunchtime nap is the one to keep so keen to get a full two hours if possible!!

Thanks for any advice

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As your LO gets older, she will be able to stay awake longer between naps, so I would just move the second nap to 1.30. My 8 month old naps at 9am for an hour, and then at 1.30 for two hours - she used to go down at 1pm, but she started to take ages to fall asleep for that nap, so I just pushed it back half an hour. I expect to have to do the same with the morning nap at some point, but at the minute she does seem to like a shorter wake period first thing. It’s just about tweaking it as they grow. You have a great schedule there, so I reckon just a minor adjustment to reflect her getting older, and you’ll be all set!

Wake windows should get longer through the day, to build up some tiredness for a good night's sleep. You have 3 hours between morning wake and nap one, and 4 hours between nap two and bedtime, but only 2.5 hours between the two naps. It sounds like currently she's not tired enough for her second nap.

I would put second nap later, and aim for wake windows of 3, then 3.5, then 4 hours. So bedtime is later too.

Hope that helps. Xx

Thanks so much!!! I've put her down at 1pm today and she's just fallen asleep - hopefully she will sleep till 3 and then we can put her to bed at 7. Thanks for the really helpful tips!!! :-)

Great news OP! Hope she had a lovely long sleep

She did thanks!! I woke her up at 3...maybe I should have left her a bit longer but I feel 1.45 hr at lunch and then let her have a full 45 min nap in the morning might be the best solution for us. Thanks so much for your help!