DS dropped from 3 day sleeps to 2 day sleeps at about 10 months, and since then it has been great: he has been having two days sleeps of about 1.5 hours each, occasionally two hours.

But in the last week, his two naps have gone down to 45 minutes each. I've tried all the usual nap lengthening techniques (re-settling, staying up longer etc), and none of it has worked.

My theory is that he seems to have undergone an emotional/social growth spurt of late, and he is just so excited about life all the time- everything is so much fun for him, its like the whole world has become even more big and exciting lately, and I think he just fights sleep so he can play, play, play!

He is tired when he wakes up, but perks up pretty well. He is hard to get to sleep too- plays around in his cot for ages!

I am just wondering is this sounds usual- ie- either a stage of development, or him just needing less sleep, or if I need to really work on getting him to sleep more. Sometimes I think he is tired and needs more sleep, and other times I think he seems fine and will sleep if he's tired.

I miss his long sleeps!