I go back and forth in my mind with this. Do I wake her or let her sleep? DD has a loose nap schedule. Mainly becauseI can't always predict how long they will be. Sometimes her afternoon nap is short and I can get her fussy self back down 30 minutes later, other times not. That means she's desperate for a nap at 5pm and would never make it to her 6:30/7pm bedtime.
I currently let her sleep until she awakens, then wait an hour (instead of normal 1.5/2) and start her bedtime routing. This puts her down closer to 8pm.
How do you handle late naps, say within 2-3 hrs of bedtime?
Re: How do you handle a late nap?
I once woke LO up early from a late nap to make sure he stuck to his bedtime and ended up with a Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th type scream fest in my house. IT.WAS.HORRIBLE.
I ended up having to put him right back to sleep. Of course he ended up waking up earlier than his normal middle of the night wake up time but it wasn't so bad. He was right back on schedule the next day.
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