I am playing with fire

apollonia10

DS is ready for a nap around 11. It's a crappy time for a nap, because it's too early for lunch (breakfast is usually around 8), but it cuts in the middle of when lunch would be because he sleeps for 3 hours. When he gets up at 2 or 2:30, he's starving, so he has a huge lunch and then isn't very hungry for dinner at 6.

So this week I've been trying to push him to 12:00 nap, so he can have lunch at 11:45. So far it's been working - getting up at 3 is much better, plus he's already eaten, so he just has a snack and then a good sized dinner.

But part of me is afraid that I'm playing a dangerous game, and he might just drop the nap all together...

apollonia10

The nice part about pushing back the nap is that he never, ever fights it now. He just reads a book for about 10 seconds, then lies down and goes to sleep. Not a peep!

reinedecajun

That is our schedule. It's the only one that works for us, he gets lunch around 11:30 is down by noon and up by 2:30-3 and eats a good dinner at 6ish and bed at 8. I am not complaining!

nesenotes

I do a snack before the nap. Then a light lunch after nap. But noon isnt a bad time to shoot for.

britbratjf

reinedecajun said:

That is our schedule. It's the only one that works for us, he gets lunch around 11:30 is down by noon and up by 2:30-3 and eats a good dinner at 6ish and bed at 8. I am not complaining!

This is us too!