What happened to nap time?!?!

[yummum!]

Hi girls,

If anyone could help or advise me here it would be great. Ive had a terrible last 2 days - heres my story:

Babs is now 8 weeks 2 days old. He is a big baby - was 10lbs 11oz when born. We started 3 hr EASY (8am to 8pm) at 6 weeks and its been brilliant but the last 2 days have been awful. He didnt really sleep at all for his naps yesterday - seriously!!!  He is just wide awake and alert and then napped for a little bit but not when he was supposed to. Last night he took his usual 2am feed but would not go back to sleep until about 330am as was quite unsettled (DH and I are WRECKED). Usually he would feed and then go straight back down.

Anyone have any ideas what could be wrong. He seems to be more alert now after feeds - should I be extending his A time??  At the moment he feeds and then has about 30mins A time and then we do wind down so for example:

E   2pm
A   2.30
S   3pm (wind down starts her so he is settled to sleep for 3.30pm)

I feel LOST and have been really upset  coz I dont know whats gone wrong.    Hes actually a really good baby (Angel/Textbook I think) but I feel bad coz his routine has been knocked somehow!

Any help advice appreciated!     Could he be going through a growth spurt early coz hes so big??

Thanks girls

[yummum!]

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[Mashi]

Hello!

Can you post what your EASY is like - sort of how you have done before but include nap lengths, as "A" really is all of the time that he is awake.  Will help to spot if anything is going on. Also is he breastfed or bottle fed and does he use a dummy/pacifier and how does he go to sleep...on his own, do you rock him or use shh/pat etc.  Will help to see if we can spot anything that may need tweaking in his day!!

[yummum!]

Hi mashimaro - thanks for replying! 

Here is what we were/are doing:

E    8am
A    830
S    9am  (start wind-down at 9am and then put him down at 915 to fall asleep for 930 - nap is 1.5hrs)

E   11am
A   1130
S    12 (same as above)

E   2pm
A  230PM
S   3PM  (same as above)

E   5pm
A   530pm
S   6pm  (wind-down and then sleeps for catnap 45 mins)

E   7pm
A    730
S    8PM  (BEDTIME)

He is breastfed and sometimes uses a paci to help him sleep but only if he really needs it. Sometimes he goes to sleep on his own and sometimes I use sshh/pat - it just depends on him. Usually he is brilliant - I just dont know whats gone wrong and although he has been kind of ok today he is still not sleeping for his naps like he used to  - that said he did sleep through the night last night for the first time!!!     (10pm - 5am)

What do you think then?   Thanks so much!

[Mashi]

At two months the average A time is about 1hr20 minutes, probably moving towards 1hr30 minutes. See http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=64158.msg476652#msg476652

I see the routine that you are aiming for, but what is the reality of your routine at the moment..you say that he is not sleeping for his naps -- what does the day look like with these messy naps then?