My LO woke up around 8.30am (would have been 7.30am obv) which feels illegal 😂 although there are definitely worse problems to have and wondering how to work naps now?
He normally naps twice a day and has 1.5 hours for each, although sometimes will have a longer nap in the morning and then a shorter one in the afternoon. His wake windows are around 3/3.25/3.5 so it’s going to be a late bedtime as it stands.
Thoughts? Should I cap his naps so I can put him to bed earlier and get things back on track or just let things take their course? He’s likely to eventually get back to an earlier wake up anyway.
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I’m only doing one nap today. I’ll try and keep his first week window as long as I can. And put him for a nap around 12 and hope he sleeps for a good two hours! If not, it’ll be a long afternoon!

I’m just going with the flow 🤷♀️ I’m not going to put any pressure on it or myself 😂 x

Just do naps 15 min later (old time) than normal and then bedtime, their body clocks will still be on old times but hopefully that way they won't be over tired. And adjust to this evryday til back to normal xx

Omg that’s so true about it feeling illegal I woke up like sorry what??? We’ve had a long lie in??? Then remembered about the clocks

I agree with putting things back by 15 minute intervals over the next few days, we're going to aim to do that, but also just follow little ones lead. Thankfully we're both on Easter hols for the next few weeks so feel less pressure to be up and out of the house by a certain time for work/nursery!

My little one is actually unwell so getting her to sleep is going to be easy... it's just keeping her asleep that won't be 😅

I’ve capped his naps today 🥰usually has 2X 1 hour naps. Doing 2X 45 mins

Lucky you.... Our little one usually wakes up between 6.00-7.00 am ... Looks like he didn't care about that "stolen" hour and woke up at 6.30 am this morning, which would have been 5.30am...
My partner and I were hopeful that he'd sleep at least until 7.30am this morning 🤦🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
More specifically during night feeds and wakings. Just curious to see.
If so please comment your nightly routines with your babies and partners!
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