My DS has just turned 1 and has naturally dropped to 1 nap of his own accord. This nap is usually 2-3 hours and he goes down between 10 and 11 am.
Bedtime is 7pm and sometimes he will go straight through until 7am, other times he's up once or twice to be resettled. I'd say the nights are 50:50 straight through or interrupted which I think is pretty good.
The problem is bedtime. We always have tears when he goes down which often results in him coming back out of bed because he's so upset and then he has a much later bedtime. We've tried earlier bedtimes. He has a good bedtime routine - tea, bath, milk, white noise, blackout etc.
I think he's getting overtired and he's dropped to one nap too early, but I don't know where to slip in the extra nap. I'm always worried that if I slip it in in the afternoon he won't be tired enough to go to sleep at 7pm. Maybe I need to wake him up from his long morning nap so that he's tired after lunch and has another then? What is the total nap time a 1 year old should have?
He has 2 bottles of cows milk (morning and evening) per day plus 3 meals, plenty of carbs and some protein (not keen on meat). He's a big boy (98th centimetres height and weight) so eats a fair bit, I don't think he's hungry.
I'd love to hear your nap schedules for your one year olds if you care to share them.