Hello, posted quite a few times about my DD's sleep so apologies if you are getting sick of me!! :) we have been trying to get into a vague routine and now she is getting good at napping in her cot or in the sling if we are out and about. She generally wakes after. 30-45 mins and sometimes I can resettle her but most of the time I can't! I often put her in the sling and go out to get a longer nap if she seems to really need it. I aim for a nap in the morning, lunchtime and afternoon. If she has only had tiny naps I try to stick in a 4th a couple of hours before bedtime (6.30 bath, asleep by 7.30 generally...) Night sleep is variable but she is generally easy to settle and wakes for the day between 6.30&7.30.
My question is... I am trying to lengthen her naps but which should I focus on? It seems easiest for her first nap of the day, which she seemed to used to need about an hour after getting up but I'm trying to stretch this to 1.5/2 hours to see if that lengthens things naturally... But should I really be trying to get a long lunchtime nap? Selfishly this sees me tied to the house for most of the day as there's not enough time to go out and back in the morning or the afternoon.
I know lots of people have advised me to read my baby and see what she thinks she needs. The problem is she thinks she doesn't need any sleep at all, so I have to force sleep upon her so I may as well now when to force a long sleep iyswim!! :) thanks in advance for any replies!