ncss mamas - is my 6mth old napping too long?

[preciousstone]

My 6mth old started napping for two 2hr naps - one at 10 and another at 2. He goes down at 8-8:30 for night time and I used to get 3 hours wake to nurse and right back to sleep for another 2-3 hours. But now he's waking after 2-3hrs of night time sleep and STAYING AWAKE for 45mins-1hr!!! I mean wide awake and wanna laugh and play awake. Is he napping too long during the day? I'm dying for a 4-5hr stretch.

I don't have the book handy - waitin on it from library. If you have your book handy can you tell me what she says about how long daytime naps should be?

thanks.

[snowyriver03]

Book says:
6 month old should get 2 naps, 3-4 total naptime hours, 10-11 nighttime sleep hours, with a total of 14-15 sleep hours