Hello!
I'm new to the BW board. I recently started 3.5 e.a.s.y. with my 4.5 month old son.
His night time sleep has greatly improved and he will now sleep from 7pm until 7am with a dream feed. He does occasionally wake, but for the most part will put himself back to sleep. It really has been working!
However....NAPS are a struggle, I wanted to take it slowly (3.5 e.a.s.y.) as he can't stay up for the full two hours yet.
I devoted the last two weeks to doing the shush/pat after a 20 minute or 45 minute nap to extend. I've only ever managed to extend a few of the naps, mostly he wakes and I spend the next 40 minutes trying to ease him back to sleep, while he cries. It's so vastly different from night time sleep. I monitor activity before naps, I've tried extending A times (with not so great results, boy, oh boy!) I was wondering, if the night time sleep is so great, should I leave the 45 minute naps to lengthen on their own or will this cause more problems?, i'm new to this and just feel at a bit of a standstill with nap extension.
Today, I decided we both needed a wee break, so I watched his cues. Things were a lot easier but he is sure loves his 45 minute naps!
Any thoughts or advice would be greatly appreciated!
