2.5 month old - 45 min naps

[Kathie11]

Hi,

This is our typical routine:

7am wake
7-7:15 eat
7:15 - 8:15 activity

Then I swaddle him, sing a song while rocking him (sometimes he gets a bit fussy but quickly relaxes) when his eyes start closing I start to shhh him. When he is quite peaceful I put him down. This process takes between 15-20 min unless my 3 year old interupts.

He will then sleep 45 minutes and again

9:30 wake up
9:30-9:45 eat
9:45 - 11:00 activity
then again he will sleep for another 45 minutes.

He generally has 4 of these naps .

If the last nap is over by 3:30 he is then awake til about 6ish and will have in cat nap in our arms for maybe 10-15 minutes and then he has a final feeding about 6:30. This feeding is usually quite long. Then generally after the feeding while he is still awake I just put him in his crib and he will fall asleep on his own. He will then sleep from 7pm to 7am. However, he will wake up usually after 5 hours for first feeding and then again one more feeding 3-4 hours later and then again another 3-4 hours later. He feeds for under 10 minutes and I put him back in his crib and he will fall asleep on his own.

I need help with 2 things.

1 - getting his naps to be longer
2 - getting him to fall asleep on his own for naps.

I tried the shh/pat and it used to work for the first nap but now he cries or gets fussy if I put him in the crib.

[*Jo*]

hi there, well usually a 45 min nap can mean slightly undertired (UT) so perhaps try another 5mins more A time. as for falling asleep on his own in his cot it could all be down to the first nap being too short and then the subsequent A time needing to be shorter to account for the lack of a full nap prior to it. so try extending the A time a little bit then if you still get a short nap then shorten the following A time by about 20mins or so if you can, they cant handle a normal A time if they havent had a long enough nap.

[deb]

We went thru this too. See if anything in here rings true for your situation: http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=649.0

Also wanted to mention that reflux was part of the problem getting Josie to fall asleep, as we didn't understand yet that she was in pain when she was horizontal. Might want to check the Reflux101 Sticky here http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=654.0 and see if anything raises a red flag for you.