Jack is a really good sleeper, we got lucky with that. Starting in early July when he was about 10 weeks old, he made a decision to sleep through the night and hasn't gone off-course since. Maybe he's adopting some of his parents 110% commitment issues ;) His naps, on the other hand, haven't always been as solid/predictable. Up until the past month or so, he was on a 4 to 5-naps-a-day schedule. Which theoretically sounds great, but the length of the naps, the timing of the naps, the location of the naps - nothing was routine. He would basically nap at some point after each feeding/bottle.
While at home, he typically wakes up around 6-6:30am and is ready for a nap (rubbing eyes, yawning, etc) by 7:30-8. During the week, however, 7:30-8am is the time that he usually arrives at daycare. When he gets to daycare, he perks right up when he sees all of his girlfriends (teachers), kicking his feet wildly, screeching, ready to play. So I decided it was time to try to skip that nap while at home too. It went pretty well this past weekend, we just have to be more creative with how we entertain him. So depending on what time he wakes up, the goal is to keep him awake for his 1st & 2nd bottle (he currently gets 5 bottles a day, ~6.5oz/bottle) then put him down for a nap around 10. On Saturday, he napped for THREE hours, from 10:15 until 1:15 - I probably checked the monitor 145 times in those 3 hours.
We'll see if we can switch to a solid 2 naps a day in the next few weeks. Yesterday he took 2 great naps at daycare (9:30-11 & 12:30-3) and then decided to skip his ~5pm-ish nap. He was showing signs of being tired earlier than usual, but he was in pretty good spirits all night and made it until his usual 7:30pm bedtime. We've learned that typically, he's in charge but we're not giving up on our attempts to maintain some semblance of control!
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