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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsmith123]I know a lot of kids sleep 11-12 hours over night, but my kids were always more like 10 - 10.5.  So if we wanted a 6 am wakeup, we had to put them to bed at 8.  We always heard and tried the whole "put them to bed earlier and they sleep longer" thing, but all that ever did was give us an earlier wakeup.

A typical schedule at this age is the "2-3-4" schedule, where kids are awake for 2 hours after initial wake up, 3 hours between naps, and then 4 hours before bedtime.  But my kids never slept 15 hours or whatever that works out to, so for us it was more like 3-3-4

One thing I noticed in your schedule is that your DS is going 5 hours in the morning before the first nap.  What if you tried to move that nap up to 9?  And then the second nap around 1?  Maybe he'll do longer naps and then will be able to last a little longer in the evening for a later bed time.[/quote]

I agree with PP. A 3/3.5/4 schedule is probably more age appropriate. But don’t keep moving nap 1 up to accommodate early wakes or you’ll just keep that cycle going.[/quote]

OP here.  Thanks for the tips!! Yes, the reason I have been keeping him up until 10 is because I read somewhere that you should try to keep baby awake for 3 hours past the desired wake up time, not actual wake up time.  Since ideally he would wake up at 7, we have been doing 10 am naps.  Obviously not working so I'll start naps a bit earlier and see how that goes. [/quote]

What time do you want baby to wake each day? 7? Then you’ll want nap 1 to start at 10. 6? Then you’ll want nap 1 to start at 9. If baby keeps waking up super early and can’t hang until 10 then you can meet him in the middle at like 9:30. But not pushing for that more desired first nap time, baby will just keep waking before you’d like each day. There’s only so much sleep he’ll want in 24 hours. It’s hard! I know! I’m in the cycle now myself.[/quote]

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