16 Month Routine?

Hi,

We are having a reasonable wake time period atm, so are regularly getting 11- 11 1/2 hours onight.

DD is slowly doing more and more moving so on some days is very tired and so has been going down for her nap at aroind 11.15 ish and going to sleep at 7.15. We have had some minior victories will her resettling at pre 6am wakings and going back to sleep after waking in the middle of a nap.

Now I think she's caught up on sleep and is prehaps resisting her nap at 11.30 and crying/grizzling for 10 mins before dropping to sleep at around 11.45. Given she's waking at 7am rather than 6am I guess this makes sense. I rather avoid this behaviour if possible as its easier on us both.

I was wondering what other's routines are for this age for toddlers on 1 nap a day (she refuses to have more than 1)? What time is the first nap - how many hours after waking?

At 16 months Ella was awake at 7am, sleep 11.30-2ish and in bed at 6.30/7pm.

DD 16months at the moment wakes generally between 6-7am, down for a nap at about 1pm for 2-2.5hours and bed at 7pm.

She doesnt have more than one nap either, even if it was just a quickee in the car. SO I avoid driving when she is due for a nap.

About once a week she might wake pre 6am. There is no way in hell we wouuld get her back down, and if she has a morning sleep cause she was up early she would only has a short one, so I prefer to wait till midday for a decent length nap.

My DD is 14 months, but has dropped to one sleep.

She gets up for the day around 7am (can be up to 45 mins either side). Her sleep is at 11.30, and she is down until at least 1.15 - today I ended up waking her just after 2pm. Bedtime is officially 7pm, but we are usually running a bit late so she is asleep by 7.30.

Like a PP, I avoid car rides of any distance when she is due for her sleep. I can usually transfer her if I have to, but its a PITA so would rather avoid it if possible!

jjands - early waking is the bane of everyone's life! Am not sure why it happens sometimes, a slightly earlier bedtime sometimes works though and complete physicial tiredness so they are so exhausted they crash out.

My 16 month old is up 6.30-7am and naps again at 12.30pm. Any longer than 1.5 hours sleep really messes his nights. He has never needed a lot of day sleep but on the days I let him sleep for 2+ hours then he won't settle at night for ages or else wakes through the night or very early the next day!!

jjands - the early morning nap at 9 could encourage an early wake up (so lots of people say anyway) - so perhaps keeping your little one super busy and distracted to try and stretch that wake time out a bit - very hard though when your DD has been up since 5.30am - but in the long run it may work....
and just to confuse matters more - the stretch from 10.30 to 7.30pm is very long so perhaps she is going to bed overtired which in my experience leads to a very unsettled night and an early wake up. Could you bring bedtime to around 7 or even a bit earlier?

edited to add more stuff!!

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