About 7 weeks ago Max stopped going down easily at night. I am convinced that it is due to an ear infection brewing but I am also convinced that it is due to a late nap schedule. I used to not allow Max to sleep past 4 pm then it was 4 15 pm then 4 30 then 5 pm and you get the picture. Well that was ok when he was a baby but now now-because he can stay up for 4 to 5 or 6 hours easily.So today I tested my theory. I did not allow him to nap if it was past 4 pm,. He took his first nap at 9:45 to 11:45 am and then he was awake for the rest of the day. Max, like before, took his bath and laid his head on the floor and then we had a bottle and rocked in the chair and then he went to sleep only after 4 minutes of rocking.The past 7 weeks have not been this way. It has been a fight. It has been tough and it started to make me feel like I was a bad mom. I started to feel like maybe I did not know how to put him to sleep. So we will see if my theory is correct over the next few weeks.What is your experience with napping and sleeping?
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