Short first nap for 8 week old

[emmiebruce]

Hi ladies,

My DS is nearly 8 weeks and I'm struggling with a short first nap.  He has an A time of about an hour after waking (Including eating etc) and then gives all the signs of being tired but only sleeps for 40 mins to an hour.  If I extend the A time too much he ends up OT quite quickly and can take ages to settle.  I have found that I can generally alter the next A time to compensate and achieve a decent sleep but not every time.  Roughly how much A time should he have first thing, as he has come out of a long sleep overnight?

Thanks Emmie

[~Karen~]

Have you tried cutting the A time a bit?  We did short first A time with ds2 and it worked a treat when he was a little baby.