My 6 month DTs are very sleepy babies and have only just staryed being able to stay awake for 2 hours at a time without eye rubbing, grizzling, etc. When they are rested they are happy little things so I am hesitant to deny them their sleep during the day, however, they are starting to wake earlier and earlier in the morning...it was 8am for a few weeks (a luxury , I know!), then it moved to around 7ish and now it's starting to creep towards the 6am mark. Now I know that on the grand scale of things this isn't bad but I did wonder if their later afternoon nap was casuing them to wake early.
Their daily routine (although it varies enormously!) is roughly this:
7am - wake/bf
8/8:15am - nap for 45 mins (they really can't seem to stretch any longer than this without getting tired)
10am - bf
11am - nap (sometimes 2 hours, more often 1.5 hours)
1pm - bf followed by solids a little while later (only just started weaning)
3pm - nap (anywhere from 45 mins - 1.5 hours)
4pmish - bf
5:30pm - catnap of no longer than 30 mins
6pm - bf
6:30pm - bath
7pm - bf then bed
They wake for a feed between 10 - 11pm and then again usually between 2 - 4am (this is down from 3 night wakings a week or so ago!)...then up at 6am.
Sorry for being long-winded but am not sure what to do about that last nap of the day!!
TIA