Does anyone else have a baby with short A times?

[Suzyfoxnz]

Hi,

My ds is 4mths1week.  Currently he is on 3 hour easy because he only has short A times.  Approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours.  I have tried extending his activity times but he just gets over-tired and then has a really bad nap and then gets even more over-tired.  At the moment I've just decided to try to watch his cues and not the clock.  Has anyone else experienced this?  And did you find that your baby extended their A time at there own pace?

Thanks

[Grace's Mom]

If your baby is napping well...1.5-2 hour long naps and is sleeping fine at night, I wouldn't worry about it.
Your lo will let you know when it's time to move to a 4 hour EASY

My baby wasn't able to handle 2 hours of A time until almost 5 months of age.

[lidiayy]

 Hi Suzyfoxnz,

 DD is almost the same age as you LO. We were on 3.5 hours easy but it's been a week or so that I started BF'ing her 4 hourly. She can't handle 2 hours of 'A' time, though. She takes longer naps ( 2 to 2.5 hours) or we do EASAS. So far, we've been doing fine and I've been trying to extend this to 2 hours, but not watching the clock, just watching her tiredness cues.
 if he's taking full feeds even at 3 hours routine, I wouldn't do anything, though. Like Grace's mom said, your LO will show you when it's time to move to 4 hour EASY
 hth 

 Lidia

[Deb_in_oz]

is your lo spirited? most of us with spirited lo went through this as they generally lag behind in A time until the 2nd half of their first year (mine caught up around 5-6 mo and then had bigger than average A times until dropping to 1 nap at 11 mo)  if lo is spirited there is a whole support thread for that where you will find loads of moms talking about things that will be of interest to you

the current thread to chat with moms of spiriteds: https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=125995.0
the archived thread with loads of info https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=62650.0

[phs]

Hi my lo is nearly 4 months in a few days and i cant seem to extend A time, although all other signs say he needs a routine change and possibly to 4 hours! His naps are bad, they are short and he is waking at night etc. So im going to try extending A time tomrrow to 2 hours! going to try cold turkey and see if it works! of course give it a few days, i thought i would try with an increase in A times in the am and then after a few days with the pm, anyways lets ee how tomorrow goes. I;ll let you know how the day went!