Help for 45 minute napper

[rhi2005]

My 8 week old baby wakes up from her naps after 45 minutes. What does this mean? I always put her down for a nap after an hour of being awake. For example this morning I woke her up at 7.10am and fed her etc then put her down for a nap at 8.10am which she went down very easy, only for her to wake at 9am. Any ideas??

[knackered]

Did she used to take longer naps? If so then it could be that your baby is ready for a bit more A time - could you try extending her A time by say 5 minutes and see if that gives you a longer nap. If you still get 45 mins you could try another 5 mins. I think by 8 weeks she may be able to stay up a bit longer than an hour.

What do you think?
Anna x

[rhi2005]

Yes she did used to take longer naps but in the last few days these have turned into 45 mins. I will try to give her more A time to see if that makes a difference. I just thought an hour was enough for her age. Hopefully this will work.

Sarah x

[rhi2005]

Also I have just had to wake her up from one of her naps for a feed and she was falling asleep when I was feeding her. Would you put her straight back down for another nap or try to have some activity time?

[Kat73]

Hi, from what I've read babies have a sleep cycle of around 45 minutes (whereas an adult sleep cycle is double that) - it could just be that she's naturally coming into lighter sleep, (which I notice with my 4.5 month old) and can't stay asleep as she hasn't yet learned to settle herself back again at such a young age.  You could try settling her again and see if she'll get through another cycle... which she may well need at that age.