Naps have gotten too good at 9 months, should I be capping them more?
I cant believe I’m saying this after months of short contact naps, but the last few weeks my almost 9 month old has started really extending naps in her crib. A typical day for us looks like:
Wake: 6:30
2.75 hour wake window
Nap 1: 9:15-11:15
3 hour wake window
Nap 2: 2:15-3:45
4.25 hour wake window
Bedtime: 8:00
At night she wakes up 2-4 times, and it isnt uncommon for one of those wakes to be ~45 minutes.
We average 12.5 total sleep with 9.5 hours at night and 3 hours of day. It feels like that is shifting more towards day now. I cap naps at 2 hours or 4pm, and I’m having to wake her up everyday because a nap will hit 2 hours. Should I be capping naps even more? If she’s only going to sleep 12.5-13 hours a day, and I hope for 10.5 at night, then I have to start doing that right?
I feel so mean waking her up and I know everyone else in my life is going to think I’m crazy for it because you don’t wake a sleeping baby. Is there a gentler way to cap naps? Like trying to sync it up with sleep cycles so it is less jarring for her?