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SLEEP => Naps => Topic started by: SofisMom on May 31, 2016, 21:55:23 pm
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My 11 week old wakes up somewhere between 35-45 mins for about half of her naps. Her first nap of the day is usually great (and I have to wake her up from it), but the other naps vary. What causes the 45 min wake up? Being over tired or under tired? Right now her A time ranges from 1 hour to 1 hour 20 mins, I'm not sure which would be better for her at this age? I usually try for an hour because she starts fussing, but perhaps A time should be extended at 11 weeks?
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Hi!
Have you seen the average A times in FAQ:
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Sounds like your A times might be a little low which could be contributing to short naps (under tired). Sometimes babies fuss a bit early but a change of room or activity can keep them going a bit longer.
If you want to post your typical routine in EASY format we can have a look at it.
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Thanks for the reply!
The reason I didn't think she was under tired because she sometimes cries a lot while we are swaddling or while I put her in her crib, and then falls asleep fairly quickly (3-4 minutes) once I put her down and shush-pat. Would you agree she may be over-tired at this point, or am I reading her cues wrong?
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Hard to say, that does sound like she's tired, but some babies cry at WD when UT too.
Could you post your typical day? Or last 2-3 days if they vary a lot.
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Following. My 9 week old has been catnapping horribly since being sick.
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Just putting this out thete - Do we really believe catnapping is caused by anything we can control? Maybe it's just something we need to work through with baby until he grows out of it. (I.e. not caused by over or under tired or hunger). I say this as I've tried all solutions supposedly relating to causes of catnapping and none of them work. My son hasn't slept through a day sleep without assistance for 2 weeks since he was sick actually. Maybe it is just a stage that needs to be helped through and they learn to resettle if helped to do so? Awake time might influence catnapping as well as hunger but nominally my experience is showing that even when I have eliminated these factors catnapping is still occurring and all I can do atm is ride it out and hope that my efforts to assist to next cycle will pay dividends soon. There's been a random day sleep here and there with a resettle independently including this morning.
I don't remember this being as bad with my first son. Problems with him though were different as ds2 has been on a routine and self settling far earlier than ds1. Ds1 would not settle to sleep independently so it affected day and night sleeps so maybe the catnapping was lost in the resettles for that reason and I don't remember it being as significant. Anyway am rambling a bit... i too wondered about catnapping and why it occurs but it seems that 90% of babies do it at this age so it must be a developmental thing in part.
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Interesting discussion :)
I think some catnapping is developmental and some babies catnap more often than others, so it is also an individual baby thing. That said, there are things to try that can help lengthen naps e.g. time awake (A time), stimulation level, independent sleep etc.
Feel free to start a thread if you'd like another pair of eyes on your LO's nap routine.
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I'm following this too. My LO naps 30 minutes in the first half of the day, and then a 2-3 hour nap in the afternoon.
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Hi alwaystired. If you want to start a new thread with your EASY then we can try to help fix the 30min nap problem.
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Always tired - how old is your LO? My DS did a similar short-long routine after he went to 2 naps at about 7mo & was fine on that pattern.
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Hes only 11 weeks, but its almost identical to the first posters problem! Although today he flipped it, an hour long nap in the morning and so far several 30 minutes ones.
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At least he's getting at least 1 long nap! Feel free to start a new thread and post your typical EASY routine and some background info there is you want to chat about his naps a bit more
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