Weird Napping - Anyone else have similar situation?

[triony]

So my 5 mo ds has just recently decided he was going from 3 naps to 2 last week. The past 3 days however, nap #2 is HOURS after the first nap.

He wakes up at 7am and goes to bed at 7pm. (approximately)
His first nap is right around 9am (or 2 hours after waking) and he's always ready and tired for that one.
Saturday he didn't want nap #2 until 2pm which was 4 hours after nap #1 ended.
Sunday he didn't want nap #2 until 3pm which was 5 hours after nap #1 ended. This means he went to bed late because he wasn't tired.
Today he didn't want nap #3 until 4pm which was almost 6 hours after nap #1 ended. Holy cow! He had two quick naps in the car because I don't want a repeat of yesterday's late bedtime.
He's been in a very good mood even with missing the naps. We only jsut got a nap routine worked out in the past 3 weeks. Now it's gone haywire. I know he needs more sleep than this, and he PASSED out cold in the car at 4:10 today.
I tried 3 times to get him to nap when he was rubbing his eyes, but each time he ate, and then was ready to play. I tried to convince him otherwise, but no way Jose!

I'm really hoping things will get back to normal soon... anyone else had similar experiences?

[ShwarmaQueen]

Car trips, illnesses, teething, growth spurts, and age all change a baby's sleep patterns.

DS sometimes takes a loooong nap and I get get all excited, hoping it will repeat the next day, but nope, it usually goes back to his usual 30 min nap.

[momto4plus4]

My babe's been having crazy nap schedules too. He used to be so consistent with 3 naps/day. Now he's down to 2, sometimes only 1 and he can be ready for his first nap an hour after waking then not be ready for second nap for 4 hrs or so after the first one.

I wonder if he'd be more consistent if we were more consistently home for his naps.

[tzs]

my babe was always consistent with an more "odd" schedule.
first nap at 9:30 about 1.5 hours after waking and sleep 1.5 hours, second nap at 3 or 3:30 and also sleep 1.5 hours.
her bedtime was later though....around 8 but that's because i didn't want her up so early. now that she goes down around 7 the 3:00 still pretty much works for us.
(on days when she's at daycare in the am she only naps once around 12 or 1 but that's a major mommy guilt issue...i feel like i'm depriving her of sleep...well, i am, actually....but i feel like i'm really setting her up for some negative effects.)

[julie80]

You are not the only one with consistency problems. I've been trying to get my son to nap consistently for months and months but everytime I think I'm making progress, something goes awry.

I can't complain too much since I'm a SAHM but it's drives me crazy since I can't really plan my day around anything.