@benedix Mine is almost 16 months old and the schedule is very loose. Yes, she does have a regular bedtime, 95% of the time around 7/7:30pm, but she wakes when she wants to. Sometimes she wakes around 6am, sometimes 7am. She’s down to 1 nap now, and it’s anywhere between 11am and 1pm. The nap is anywhere between 45 min to 2.5 hours, depending on how she feels.
I am typically a very structured person, so all that i said above probably sounds very wishy-washy. The thing is, i work in the sleep field and i don’t particularly want to put my kid on a super strict schedule. Sleep is so important— if she’s growing, teething, ill, etc, she might need more sleep some days than others. We all know how we feel when we’re sick and can’t sleep in or when we’re woken up from REM with an alarm clock.
I’m not saying what i’m doing is how it should be done, it just works for us. We all do the best we can in our own personal situations.