Always wakes at 35 minutes. help!

[ahollifield]

I am having sleep issues with my 4.5 month old. She wakes up at 35 minutes during every nap. 1 time out of 10 she may go back to sleep on her own. I've tried W2S, putting her down sooner, down later, etc. Nothing has worked. She obviously doesn't know how to transition. I can go in and give her her paci and put her back on her side pat her for  minute and usually she'll nod back off. SHe'll then finish her nap -1 1/2 hour for a total of 2 hours. She doesn't have this problem when I lay her down at night. But she does still wake 3-4 times a night, sometime for paci replug, sometimes it's gas.  She sleeps on her side, (seems to be the only way she'll sleep) but I wonder if her arm starts hurting... and that's why she wakes sometimes. I just don't know how to get past this 35 min wake up for her naps. She is currently handling about 2 hours of A time. I put her down at 1 hr 50 min this morning cause she looked tired and same thing. Help!

[brenda2]

sometimes LOs can be slow to handle 2 hours of A time...we weren't there until about 5 months.  so 2 things really jump out at me...either she's OT and that's causing your short naps and you should try putting her down earlier and stay consistent with it...especially after a 35 min nap 2 hours is probably way too long because the short naps aren't as restful, or it's a paci problem and you should consider weaning it.  it's not uncommon for LOs to become addicted  at 4 or 5 mo, and then they wake just for a replug.

do you want to post your routine and i'll take a look?

[ahollifield]

She never just has a 35 min nap. SHe'll always finish it for a total of 2 hour or more..so she's not having 2 hours of A time after a 2 hr nap.

E 8am
A 8:15
S 9:50-10
E 12
A 12:15
S 2
E 4
A 4:15
S 6
A 6:45
E 7-7:15 Lately has been fighting this feed and sometimes won't eat at all...
S 7:30-8

It probably is a paci problem. I weaned the paci for a week when she was 3 months old and she never woke from naps...slept 1 1/2 straight through. Still wakes for it at night. I am scared to not have it when we are out though as when she gets fussy it calms her immedietely most of the time, especially if we are in the car. Could you not use it for sleep but use it for emergencies like that?

[brenda2]

your routine looks good.  i think it's a paci problem. 

i know what you're saying about the car emergencies and wanting to use the paci...when i weaned it i weaned cold turkey from everything and things got much better quite quickly, after about 2 weeks she had forgotten all about it.  you need to decide which method of weaning is right for you, cold turkey or the gentle removal plan.  if you go cold turkey i would not use it at all for 2 weeks and see how it goes.  if she's sleeping well by then and you want to use it during awake time then i think it would be ok.  maybe pop over to props and see if they have any different advice for you.