Needing less sleep or overtired?

JJ&BB1146

DD is almost 22 months old. Her usual sleep routine HAD been sleeping 11-12 hrs a night (bedtime at 8 and waking around 7:30-8:00 ) and a 2.5-3 hr nap in the afternoon. For the last few weeks, she has cut her afternoon naps to just 1.5-2 hrs. But the kicker is that the last 3 days she has woken up around 6:30 or 6:45 which is really unusual for her. She has had a bit of a cold for the last week, too.

I'm trying to decide if she's overtired and thus waking early or if she's really just needing less sleep for some reason. Any thoughts?

ali-1411

Is she happy as normal or more cranky than usual?

If she's happy, then she might just not need the sleep right now.  If she's cranky, then I'd say she's overtired.  Try putting her to bed earlier and see how that goes.

Mainer-in-Texas

DD goes through these phases. Granted, she has always slept less than other kids her age, but sometimes she only sleeps about 9 hours at night and 1.25 hrs at naptime. And she's cranky. After trying everything to get her to sleep more and having nothing work, and noticing it seems to happen when she is sick or teething, I decided that it must be related to her not feeling well. It sucks because then she's cranky because she's not feeling well AND tired. So it could be related to the cold. Luckily, it eventually passes, but sometimes it will go on for a month or more! Good luck! I hope it passes quickly!

JJ&BB1146

Aaaaand today was Day 5 of waking at 6:30. Ugh!

Overall she's been pretty happy. She's been sick this week, but other than the horrible D arth V ader cough you'd never know it. It's just really unusual for her.