Hi,
I'll try to keep this short, I am getting really confused by my LO's short napping lately....so here goes:
Spencer is almost 5 months old now, I started EASY from day one and at 3 weeks I moved her from my bed to the crib and taught her to self soothe using shh/pat. It took 3 weeks, but it worked! She goes down for all naps and bedtime without much fuss and on her own. Until the last two weeks she had been sleeping 12 hours at night and having 3 naps a day (2h, 1.5h, 45-1h) usually about 4-5 hours total. She is swaddled, has never used a paci and has a blacked out room with white noise. We rarely hear a peep from her at night, and if we do, she settles back down by herself.
The problem is that in the last two weeks she has started taking only 45 minute naps!!! (is on a 4h EASY) I have tried to leave her to go back to sleep, done shh/pat again (limited success), and resorted to holding her while doing shh/pat (doesn't work well either!). I can't think of what it could be...it's not a growth spurt, as she sleeps through the night, she knows how to settle and self soothe.
It is worth mentioning that she is touchy/spirited and if I dont' keep a close eye on her, she can get OS easily, so we try to keep all activity low key and watch her cues carefully. Also, this all started right after the MIL babysat for 6 hours.....coincidence?
My gut tells me its developmental and she is on the verge of rolling or crawling, but I just wanted to see if anyone had another idea, thanks in advance if you actually read all this!!!!
Heidi
