Confused about total napping time???

[newmum27]

My little boy is 4.5 months old and since Christmas he was moved onto the 4-hour routine. By nature is quite spirited so I need to keep a close eye on when he is tired. Lately he has been waking up frequently throughout the night-sometimes 6-7 times (not hungry just needs repositioning and settles to sleep again within 5-10 mins). I would like to know how much total nap time a 4.5 month old is supposed to have. At the moment he gets 2x 1.5 hour naps and a 45min nap in the afternoon (total of 3.75 hours) Is this enough?

Routine:
6am wake up and bottle
7:30 am nap (1.5-2hours)
10 am bottle
11:30 nap 1.5 hours
2 pm bottle
3:30pm nap 45 mins
5pm bottle
7 pm bottle and bed

I haven't ever had a DF should I have one now? He doesn't seem hungry at night. 

[deckchariot]

Your routine looks great, and it looks like he's napping really well for you.  The only think I might possible tweak is putting him to bed just a bit earlier to aim for roughly a 12 hr day.  That being said, if he's happy on this routine, I wouldn't change it.  From 4-6 mos, typical sleep is about 10-12 hrs a night, plus 2 or 3 naps a day for 4-5 hrs of day sleep.  It looks like he's fine on night sleep, and just barely low on day sleep, so if he's happy, don't change it.  I wouldn't add a df at this point, he's not waking to feed, so he doesn't seem to need it.  Babies are not super sound sleepers - it's really normal for them to wake up during the night and resettle themselves (we do the same thing, we just don't think about it), so it sounds like he's doing great at night as well!

HTH
michelle

[newmum27]

Thanks Michelle,
Sometimes you just need a little reassurance from someone else in the same boat.

[deckchariot]

I'm so with you on that!!!  That's what the boards are here for!!!