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A Time for a 4 month old?
« on: June 06, 2011, 16:41:17 pm »
My LO is 16 weeks... what length of A time should we be looking at? He is currently on 2 hr but his naps are cut short at around an hour....

Any advise please?
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Re: A Time for a 4 month old?
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2011, 16:49:33 pm »
A week ago I had the same question :D
I think your LO A time is a bit too long. My LO is 20 weeks old and has 1.40-1.50 A time. It could be that he wakes up early from his nap because he is UT.
Maybe you can find some more info here:
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=64158.msg476652#msg476652
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Re: A Time for a 4 month old?
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2011, 16:54:15 pm »
That was the link I was going to post as well :)

I would say that if he's been doing 2h A times just fine, but naps have suddenly dropped to an hour, my guess is UT.
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Re: A Time for a 4 month old?
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2011, 17:00:41 pm »
.. and I am having the opposite! Realising that the 1 hr A time for Oliver is too little now!!
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Re: A Time for a 4 month old?
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2011, 17:02:50 pm »
Lucy, that is also the time that things started to change for us (3.5 months apx).
It never finishes, does it?
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Re: A Time for a 4 month old?
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2011, 17:05:48 pm »
Well, I mean 1 hr from wakening to thinking about going to cot, but obviously by time we get him into grobag and settled etc its longer!

just posted at same time - no - as soon as you have it sorted it all changes, hence need to look for cues, etc of your own baby and not follow a textbook!
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Re: A Time for a 4 month old?
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2011, 19:15:50 pm »
So I should maybe try 2.10hr? He is very very spirited!!! How long should he be napping for?
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Re: A Time for a 4 month old?
« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2011, 19:25:48 pm »
Generally, the rule of thumb is that any nap 1.5h+ is considered restorative and LO can handle a normal, full A time afterwards.  30-40ish minute range tends to be OT, and 40ish to under 1.5h tends to be UT.

Try adding only 5-10 minutes more and see if that helps.  If his naps suddenly drop to 30 minutes long after trying that new A time, then it was too much.
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Re: A Time for a 4 month old?
« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2011, 21:19:45 pm »
How long will it be until I see if an extended A is working?
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Re: A Time for a 4 month old?
« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2011, 21:22:53 pm »
If it's UT, I personally found it pretty instant.  But really, a couple of days to let his body adjust is a general rule of thumb. 
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Re: A Time for a 4 month old?
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2011, 07:27:48 am »
Thank you, will try 2.10 A time today.
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Re: A Time for a 4 month old?
« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2011, 16:17:00 pm »
This seems to have lengthened his naps to 1.30 - 1.40hr...

Now he is due his cat nap at 5.35 but bath time is 6.30, then bed, so what do I do
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Re: A Time for a 4 month old?
« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2011, 16:20:33 pm »
I've replied on your EASY thread...just trying to keep all your advice in one place :)

Here's the link if you'd like to respond:
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=211540.0
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