How to Fix Oversleeping
As your infant grows and grows, their sleep cycles become shorter and shorter. It’s a fact of life, and no matter how much they love sleep, the average infant sleep cycle of 12 overnight hours is NOT what they want.
So when they reach those terrible twos, how do you shift bed time and not cause World War 3? Amy Corbett Storch goes into more detail, and she suggests slowly widdling away at bedtime. When your child needs to sleep, they need to sleep, but you can try to push bedtime off by 10-15 minutes here and there.