25 Minute Nap Intruder

[kimbermaxine]

I have a 3month old that awakes exactly at 25 minutes every nap. He is put down awake - cries a little to fall asleep, doesn't use a paci, is swaddled and has a sound machine. He has done this since around 2 months old. If I go in a rock him - he falls right back to sleep and will sleep for 2 hours. Any suggestions from moms out there??

Schedule today: wakes up at different times daily (still working on that - he is not his sister
Wakes 7
7 - Eats
Sleeps 845
(25 minutes later awake but I coax him into an hour and a half)
11 - Eats
Sleeps 1245
3 - Eats
Sleeps 445
6 - Baths
630/7 - Eats
Bed
1am - wakes
5am - wakes
REPEAT

[Eva's Mummy]

Hi and welcome to the site. Just having a look at your routine, so are you saying he only sleep for 25mins for every nap or are you extending all his naps to 1.5 / 2hrs?

Either way from looking at your current routine I would say he is OT. Average A time for a 3 month old are around 1hr 20 to 30mins. Generally speaking OT naps leads to 30min short naps but they are easier to re-settle as they are tired. At 3 months you would be looking for a routine more like this:

WU 7
A
S 8:30 - 10:30
A
S 12:00 - 14:00
A
S 16:30 - 17:30
A
S 19:00

Average A times- BOOKMARK ME!

Let me know what you think?

[kimbermaxine]

I usually get him 2 hours by going in and rocking the rock n play. So I think the harder issue is getting him to fall asleep at 1hr 20/30 - I put him in there today at 1hr 20 and he kicked and played and then finally at around 2hr fell asleep. Then only slept for 40 minutes and couldnt even be coaxed into returning to sleep. So I gave up and now I have a very tired baby

[Eva's Mummy]

Sorry we have been full of sickness at the moment. Could it be OS what do you do for his A time. At that age babies can get OS very easily which makes it difficult for them to switch off at fall asleep, which also leads to short naps?