Hi,
This is my first post and I hope someone can help me out. I've been trying the BW method for months, however, my sweet monkey just will not nap more than 45 minutes, never has. Well, used to be 45 minutes. Lately, each nap has been 30 minutes or less. I've been trying to extend them using shush/pat. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. I know she could use more sleep throughout the day because the poor thing is always rubbing her eyes and falls asleep in the stroller and car often. I've tried shortening awake time, lengthening it, but nothing seems to work. And, with the naps getting shorter and shorter instead of longer, I'm afraid that she'll give up napping altogether. She used to take 4-5 naps a day, but lately it's only 2.
Our day looks like this:
7:30 - up
8:00 - bf
9:00 breakfast
10:30 - 11:00 nap
11:30 - bf
12:30 lunch
2:30 - 3:00 nap - usually I nurse her a little bit before in case I can extend the nap...
4:30 - bf
5:30 - supper
7:00 bath, bf, in bed by 7:30-8
She usually feeds at 4 or 5 am and then goes back to sleep till morning.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Thanks!!!!