2-3-4 napping. How old?

[lazzaroo]

Up until now I have been, more or less, following 2 hour awake before naps for my 8 month old. Thisgenerally works. I can't stick to certina times of the day as the length of time she sleeps can vary from 30mins to 1hour and half.

Have heard mention of moving towards the 2 hours after first nap, then 3 hours, then 4 before bed and wondered if anyone else was using this? and at what age did you go from 3 naps to 2?

ds is 8.5 months and from 6 months to now he has done 2-3-4. so up 7am. nap 9am til 10am. next nap 1pm til 3pm. bed 7pm. worked very nicely.

but then at 8 months he started crawling, got a tooth, and started cruising. with this he seems to have decided to do his 2 hours in the morning and drop the afternoon nap. so this week he's done up 7am (sometimes as late as 8am though), nap 9.30am til 11.30pm. bed 7pm . he is very very cranky by 4pm, and will only rarely nap in the afternoon if we're out in the car/pram.

he seems ok though!

I never paid that much attention to it! My babies all catnapped when they got a chance - in the buggy, in the sling, in the car, or occassionally if they were lucky, in bed after feeding to sleep at home!