In response to another post, what is HTTJ?
Here's some answers to the questions above:
what A time are you aim for?
1.5 - 2 hours tops. This morning he fell asleep by 8:40 and doesn't eat again till 11 so we'll see how long this nap goes. There was no fighting this one though so that's good!!
What does your wind down looking like ?
With a 4-year-old running around, there's not much of a wind down. We sometimes sit and read one or two books but often the baby is alredy tired and just starts to cry (obviously over-tired then, right?!). So usually I just change his diaper, talk to him softly, turn off the lights, close the blinds and put him into his sleep sack and then walk away. It worked great this morning...he fell asleep within minutes of me walking out.
do you have any prop dummy feeding to sleep etc?
No props for sleep time. He has a soother rarely when we're out for dinner or at people's houses and only if we need it but never for sleeping at night or napping. The only time he feeds before sleep is bedtime but he doesn't always fall asleep on that bottle. If he's missed his catnap, then he's OUT by the time the bottle's done but that's only every now and again.
how do you extend naps?
sometimes i pat his back and shhhh him which tends to work after 5-10 minutes, other times i pick him up and rock him a bit. I tried the soother a few times but that wasn't working for long so we've scrapped that altogether. patting his back seems to work best when he wakes early.
Dream feed worked okay at 10:30 last night. PHEW! Will keep aiming to do by 10:30 at the latest and then I think I'm okay. I assume don't drop it unless it becomes a problem, right? And then drop it once solids are firmly in place - around 7 months or so??
