10 month old sleeping late

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Please don't flame me - I know this is a nice problem to have but I'm genuinely concerned and there's nobody in real life I can ask for advice because they'd all kill me!

My 10 month old has always been a good night time sleeper, usually going 6.30pm to 7.30am (I know, I'm so lucky). However, the last month or so she's been sleeping 6.30pm to 8.30 - 9am, and the last couple of days she's been going to 10am! This doesn't feel right to me - 15 hours without any food or drink. Has anyone else experienced this?

She's not starving when she wakes up, just eats her breakfast normally. She has two bottles a day (about 10oz in total), three meals and one snack, and tons of water. She's a good eater and is very active and happy during the day (she literally never stops). She's always been a bad napper and will usually have half an hour in the morning and maybe 40 minutes after lunch but recently this has been more like 10 minutes of quiet time in the morning and 30 minutes after lunch. I can wake her in the mornings but she's inconsolable and grumpy for the rest of the day so I tend not to.

Thing is she starts nursery in Feb (3 days a week) and will have to be up at 6.45am! I'm really concerned about how she's going to handle it. Would really appreciate any advice. I know this isn't really a problem compared to some of the sleep issues people have and I'm so sorry for posting!

So it sounds like she not getting enough sleep at a nap time during the day, so she's now adding the extra time at night. I would slowly start waking he up earlier in the morning and encourage a longer sleep, for example after lunch. This will help fit in with nursery and for you to go back to work.

@Zebedee88 She's always been such a terrible napper, I just can't get her to sleep for longer than 1 cycle - I have to rock her to sleep and she'll only nap in my arms, whereas at night she self-settles from wide awake in her cot. I hate waking her as she hates it so much but I think you're right, it might be the only option. Thank you for the advice.

If she’s happy at the moment and you are with the lovely long sleeps then I wouldn’t change anything. Feb is agessss away and her sleep will probably be all different by then and if not she will adapt ( why force her to adapt early if she doesn’t have to and is happy) . Why ruin a good thing? Enjoy it!

If she’s tired and wants to sleep then let her. As long as she’s been checked out by the doctor and isn’t unwell, there’s no reason why she can’t sleep if she needs to. My baby has always slept till 10am (he won’t go to bed until 10pm but that’s another story).

Thank you both It does seem to be her natural pattern, she hates sleeping during the day and always has done, but loves her bed at night. She's napping now for the first time today and will probably be awake in 15 minutes! She's happy and bright and meeting all her milestones so maybe it's just who she is?

Yes to leaving things at the moment. She is clearly happy and content, and hopefuly you are well rested too. Be daft to try to change for the sake of it just before Christmas.

Her pattern might change, or she might start to nap at nursery. She'll work it out herself possibly once she starts. Enjoy the long lies while you can!

Some days my DD (13mo) will have a bottle at 7 and sleep for 2 or 3 more hours plus a 3 hour nap during the day BUT she wakes up earlier on nursery days and is starting to need an earlier bed time. Her routine changed naturally when she started nursery as will your LO. Don't force it unnecessarily, she'll get there by herself. Enjoy the lie ins!

Thanks everyone! She napped for a full hour this afternoon so she may well wake up earlier tomorrow. But I'm going to enjoy it while I can as you suggest!