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Offline joels mommy

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I'm really lost!!!
« on: November 18, 2009, 14:29:57 pm »
Hi Ladies

My son is 4 months old and his nap's are so infrequent and short I think I must be doing something wrong??
Our day usually looks like this:

E - 7.30am (6-7oz's)
A
S - ????? will fall asleep between 9.30 and 10.00 and will sleep for about 20 mins (if im lucky)
E - 10.30am - 11.00am
A
S - ???? will fall asleep between 12.30 and 1.00 and will sleep for about 30 mins
E - 2.30pm - 3.00pm
A
S - 4pm ish for 30 mins
E - 5.30 - 6.00
A
S - 6.30ish nods off (sometimes on bottle)
Bath time is then normally about 8.00pm and depending on how he seems his bottle is sometimes before or after the bath and then he goes to bed at 9pm.

What am I doing wrong. With my first son I was able to follow the PUPD and it worked but this little cherub seems very high spirited and is only happy if he's with mommy or daddy.
Please help!!

Today so far he had a bottle at 8.00am (slept for about 1/2 hour) then fed at 11.00- slept from 12.30 to 1.10 then woke up screaming, tried to shhhh him but that didnt work so I had to pick him up and take him downstairs where he continued to cry and cry and cry. In the end he was driving me mad so I took him back upstairs to his cot where he fell asleep again after 5 minutes and is still asleep now (2.30pm). What on earth as I doing wrong??

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Lynn

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Re: I'm really lost!!!
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2009, 00:51:29 am »
hi there, usually such short naps mean OT, if he wakes at 7.30am i would start wind down at 9.10am, have him in his cot at 9.20am and allow him 10 mins to fall asleep so therefore hes asleep at 9.30am which is 2 hours A time which is the usual A time for htis age





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Re: I'm really lost!!!
« Reply #2 on: November 19, 2009, 00:55:54 am »
i agree he sounds OT.  you need to put him down more frequently if he is only doing short naps and let him catch up a little on his sleep.  usually at this age they do 4 naps but if he only ever does a short nap even after you shorten up his A time then you need to aim for more naps in a day - like 5 or 6.  also i would bring bedtime forward so that he is doing a 12 hour day.  9 pm is too late, it should be about 7:30 if that is 12 hours after he gets up in the morning.
   

   


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Re: I'm really lost!!!
« Reply #3 on: November 19, 2009, 12:27:26 pm »
Thanks Ladies - i'll give it a go :)
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