I have a lovely (almost) 7 month old daughter who sleeps great at night. However, bedtime has been sneaking forward (it has been around 6.40pm for the last few nights due to resisting a fourth nap) and as a result (I think) her wake up time is now around 6.15am instead of 7am. This has thrown us a little bit for the rest of the day. I am not sure what time her first nap should be? She usually starts yawning around 90 minutes (sometimes only 60) after she first wakes and I put her down and she will fall asleep usually within 15 minutes. I am wondering if this is too early? These naps are always 30 minutes long (almost exactly to the minute). Today's nap was from 8.15 - 8.45am. We have classes on most days always around 11am for about an hour. This means that unless I try and squeeze in another 30 minute nap on the way to class (by driving around until she falls asleep) then she is awake from 8.45am until after 12pm. This also makes trying to fit in lunch before nap 2 almost impossible.
Her daytime naps almost always last for 30 minutes. If she wakes up happy, I usually get her up. If she wakes up crying I try to get her back to sleep. Should I leave her to see if she will go back to sleep even if she wakes up happy? She is not crawling yet and so I don't know if perhaps she isn't tiring herself out enough? Today she had her second nap from 12.05 - 12.35pm and seemed happy when she woke up but was then constantly yawning until I put her down at 2.45. (I had tried putting her down at 1.40 but she wouldn't have it.) She cried blue murder for a while but then eventually fell asleep to some white noise. She has a cold and is teething at the moment (tooth number 3 is through, and I suspect 4 is on its way).
I am wondering how I can push back both her wake up time to 7am and her first nap, and also how to get her to take an afternoon nap that is longer than 30 minutes.
Thanks in advance!