30min naps in 6mo

[ZacsMumme]

I think he may possibly need a longer A time, like closer to 3 hours, ESP if he as as high A times in the past. What do you think?

[Khalam's Mama]

He may well. His brother woke him this morning so he may well not have been ready toget up at 6.40 which made his A hard to read. It is quite unlike him to feed to sleep unless he wakes early from a nap so I figured he must be tired.

Today ended up looking like this:
6.40 A =2hr 20
8.50 E
9.00 S 2hr 20 total with resettle with cuddle/patting at 30min

11.20 A 1hr 20
12.40 S in car 20min despite my best efforts
1.00 A
1.25 E
       A total = 2.5hrs
3.30 S 30min on my friends bed (sh/pat) and then 30min more in the car. Woke when we pulled up.

4.30 A
5.00 E
       A total = 2hrs 40.
6.45 E topup
7.10 S independently in cot (PD at 7pm)

What a mess. That 5am feed really messed us up.

Tomorrow I will try 3hr 1st A and fx for a longer nap. Let me know if anything else jumps out.

[ZacsMumme]

I think he is an UT/OT loop. I hate them we got them at 5 months. I think once you get that 1 A right he will come right and sounds like you got it right with a 3hr 1 A. If he does a short nap remember to pull in the next A time 15-20mins each time.

[Khalam's Mama]

So today was like this in the end:
E: 7.30am
A: (2hrs 55 -aimed 3hrs but asleep in 30sec wd)
S: 10.25am (2hr 15min total with resettle at 40min)/E: 11.15 as unable to settle in the cot/arms and nearly time for feed

A: 12.40pm
E: 1.00pm
A: (2.hr 20min total)
S: 3pm (1.5hrs)

A: 4.30pm
E: 6.30pm
A: (3hrs total)
S: 7.30pm

With Ds1 he was on solids by the time he was doing 3hr A so it was ok to go 5hrs between feeds but B is not actually eating much yet so not sure how to work 3hr A plus a decent nap with 4hr feeds?
Maybe i should have fed at 3hrs, before nap by then i know he would feed to sleep.

Even after that good nap he was showing sleepy cues at 1hr 40 for the second A. I managed to hold him off until 2hrs 20 but i had to walk around with him for that last 40min. He was getting quite annoyed by the end and really burrowing his face.
I just dont understand why he wakes at 30 to 40mins but then sleeps 1.5hrs after. He must be tired.

Glad he slept 1.5hrs for nap 2. This is only the 2nd time he has done this in as many months.

I hope it will continue. I will aim for the 3hrs A tomorrow.

[Khalam's Mama]

Yesterday i got a long am nap in the buggy no less even though we got home and stopped moving for 30mins. 30Mins pm naps but my toddler was having a really  loud meltdown so woke him and stopped me extending. Not too sure what i am doing differently tbh. It hard because even if he is awake 1hr he Will sleep in the car seat or buggy so i am stuck in the house with a spirited toddler.

[ZacsMumme]

Yesterday looks great if you pretend you didn't resettle for the am nap the arvo ap looks good. Do you think you got 1.5 hrs because you held out. Your LO may lie a shorter middle A time. Some do... That is hard re falling asleep in the buggy during A time  

[Khalam's Mama]

Maybe that is why i got 1.5hrs. Normally if he was fussing like that i would have put him down at 2hrs. Managed 3hr A this morning so am trying to keep k quite as B been asleep 32mins now. Wish me luck.

[ZacsMumme]

Good luck!

[Khalam's Mama]

Just got an hr pm nap. Didn't extend as left a nice 3hrs to bt. I did manage to extend this mornings nap with pupd at the 35min mark despite a tantruming toddler.

[*Kara*]

Three cheers for tantruming toddlers

[ZacsMumme]

1hr is okay anyway..and much better than 30mins yippeeeeeee.

LOL cant wait for the tantruming toddler stage, though I think our tantrums are already starting at 12m

[*Kara*]

though I think our tantrums are already starting at 12m

For sure!  We have had a few