I think 11 m.o. DS is working on changing from 2 naps to 1 (it's young for that, I know, but he was earlier than many babies to drop his third nap).
His routine was:
6.30 up
9am nap for 30-35 mins
1pm nap for 2 hours
7pm bedtime
Now it's:
6.30 up
9.30/10.00 nap 30-35 mins
14.00 nap for 2+ hours
20.00/20.30 bedtime
He gets tired after a longer period awake, but is wanting to sleep for more than 2 hours at the second nap - up to 3 hours if I let him. However, if he sleeps 2 hours it'll be 4 - 4.5 hours before he'll get sleepy again, and even longer if he's napped longer. That's making bedtime really late.
The late bedtime doesn't result in later waking the next morning, although we've had a few 5am wakings lately.
I'm going to shuffle his first nap a bit later which hopefully should stop the 5am waking, but that will make the second nap even later.
Should I try to shorten his second nap so that I can make bedtime earlier, or try for a single nap starting late morning, and then go for a really early bedtime?
He seems tired in that he's trying to sleep for more than 2 hours for his second nap, and is self-settling between sleep cycles then, which he only does when very tired. But he's not showing signs of overtiredness like being awake for long periods in the night.