for about a year now DD's rough routine has been
7am I wake her up
13:30 nap
15:30 I wake her up
17:00 tea
18:00 bath
18:45 stories in bed
19:00 lights off
19:15 sound asleep
but for the last few weeks she has been taking longer to get to sleep (she just lays in her bed singing or talking to her toys
) - it's more like 20:00 that she's actually asleep and has been waking up herself around 6:30-7am (again, she just lays in bed amusing herself)
She is absolutely sound asleep when I go in to wake her up from her nap - I have to wake her very gently & slowly otherwise she gets everso upset!
I was planning to cut her nap-time down, but one friend told me I shouldn't bother changing anything until her night-time sleep became an issue
, and another told me I should move her bedtime later - do either of these suggestions sound sensible to you?
I'm expecting #2 in April, so would really like to make any changes to DD's routine now before it becomes an issue rather than having to think about it when I have no brain due to a screaming newborn keeping us all awake!