getting started - query about sleeping time?

[gill_nl]

Hi,

I'm new and just about to start my 10 week old on EASY.  I hope this is the right place for this question!

We already follow a loose routine that is very similar to EASY - food (BF), activity and sleep, and are on a 3 to 4 hour cycle during the day.  He already sleeps well at night, typically going to bed around 7ish and feeding again at 11 and 4.

How long should his daytime naps be.  Having read some of the posts on the sleep forumn it looks like we should be aiming at naps of around 1hour on a 3hour cycle or 1.5 hours on a 4 hour cycle.  But my son starts yawning almost as soon as he finishes eating ( I ignore what I call his post milk stupor - he often dozes for upto 5 mins after he finishes eating, but always wakes up alert).  Even with a wind down thats has him sleeping for 2 hours plus......

Could this be because we haven't started on EASY proper yet - and as we follow it activity time increases more in line with the nap times above, or do I just go with his natural timing determined by his signals?  I feel bad putting him down to sleep almost as soon as he finishes eating.....

Any advise gladly recieved.

Thanks

Gill

[LŠuren]

Gil
Sounds like your doing a great job already

I am going to move your post to the sleep forum so they can help with with your specific sleepy questions.

Lauren

[SallyDom]

Hi Gill, it could be that you just have a sleepy baby; I've got a little boy aged 22 weeks and he still has 2 hour plus naps or would but I tend to wake him at 2 hours). Until being about 16 weeks he was on a 3 hour EASY with 2 of those hours being sleep. I would say as long as your little one is sleeping well at night, not waking too early or anything count yourself lucky!

Sal
x

[gill_nl]

That was exactly what I wanted to know.  So I just follow Olivers signals and see how it goes.

Thanks alot

Gill