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Question about nap length when they wake up in middle
« on: February 26, 2013, 20:41:49 pm »
My question is. If my baby say is having a 2 hour nap and I would wake him normally after 2 hours....

If he wakes up in middle and say it takes me 20 minutes to put him back to sleep can I then add 20 minutes to the end of the nap before I wake him so that he actually sleeps for 2 whole hours? Provided it will not go into feeding time...

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Re: Question about nap length when they wake up in middle
« Reply #1 on: February 27, 2013, 04:52:09 am »
How old is LO?  Any disrupted nap is not going to be as restorative as a good, peaceful one - especially if the resettle takes longer than a few mins...

Maybe post a typical day and we can see if you just need a small change to get baby to nap without a resettle?



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Re: Question about nap length when they wake up in middle
« Reply #2 on: February 27, 2013, 16:58:49 pm »
How old is LO?  Any disrupted nap is not going to be as restorative as a good, peaceful one - especially if the resettle takes longer than a few mins...

Maybe post a typical day and we can see if you just need a small change to get baby to nap without a resettle?
He's 4 months thank G-d. He is sleeping an hour and 45 min. So I'm not too worried. I am working on my schedule in the pupd forum so was just asking a general question. Because after an hour and 45 min I could just get him up but say I put him back to sleep can I then let him sleep the amount of time it took him to go back to sleep?

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Re: Question about nap length when they wake up in middle
« Reply #3 on: February 28, 2013, 02:15:00 am »
If he naps longer than 1 hr 30 mins, I would get him up.  Otherwise, it will just mess your routine.. you really don't want to wake baby if you don't have to at this age...