My 14 month old recently has become a nightmare at bedtime. He dropped to one nap quite consistently about 6 weeks ago, sleeping 12-2 and then bedtime for 7.
In the last two weeks, bedtime has been getting later and later. Bedtime took 80 mins tonight, and eventually his dad came in as he was not upset but just bouncing around his cot. I can’t deal with the lack of evenings - I literally have an hour to tidy up, shower and talk to my husband before I’m ready for bed myself.
Nursery have tried two naps and he just is not having any of it. He woke up at 2pm yesterday having gone down at 1pm and was up 3 times in the night.
Wake up is typically 7.15am, nap 12-2 and I would love bedtime to be 7.15-7.30.
Him sleeping through is a totally separate issue - he typically does 3 hours in his cot & then he co-sleeps with one of us. There is absolutely no putting him back down in the cot after 11pm.
I don’t know whether to:
Embrace the 8-8.30pm bedtime and forgo my evenings.
Keep one nap but move it forward to the morning (which will impact his nursery routine)
Try putting him down to sleep earlier (6.30/6.45pm if we can) but would mean probably not eating with him.
Try him again on 2 naps, knowing he probably wouldn’t play ball at nursery.
Another scenario that my sleep deprived self hasn’t thought of!