Naps nightmare

[*Kara*]

Hi hun,

I have had a quick look at everything and think you just need to shift her feeds a bit further apart and it will all come right for you.  TBH you really are in the toughest time frame with napping... 4-6 months is very hard for many (me included!).

At first glance, I suspect she got into an OT spiral early in the day today... I remember those 10 min naps all too well.

so confused - at night I just put her down in her cot she self settles and off to sleep.

Night sleep and day sleep are actually controlled by different parts of the brain... you have biology on your side at night   Babies organize night sleep for months 0-3 then they work on day sleep from months 3-6... you will start to see her first nap lengthen first and then her second nap... once she moves to 2 naps - you are golden

Here is my advice hun:

Start to push her feeds further apart again... you really want her to be at 4 hrs at this age.  Just hold her out as long as you can between feeds to encourage her to take a bigger feed at each one... it won't take long   Once you get her feeds further apart, you will see a huge change in her naps.  Until then, keep her first A time to a little less than it is now since you are likely getting an OT wake up....

The one thing that saved my sanity during this nap phase was to extend for no more than 15 mins... if she wasn't sleeping by then, she wasn't going to... get her up and continue plodding with your day.  Extending can be very stressful and sleep just won't happen.

Hugs!

[Khalam's Mama]

Hugs. I cried many a tear in these months. Since you say this started when she sttn (am jealous BTW) maybe she was waking more refreshed and needed to have a longer A time and is therefore ut going down for naps and 50min 1st nap is ut but then leaving her ot for the rest of the day? What do you think? I know B was needing 3hrs at this age although this is on the high side maybe your df needs more than 2hrs? This would help push those Es further apart too.
Also do you think the problems came with the switch to ff if you say she is gassy etc? Do you think the one she is on is right for her? Just thinking maybe she has intolerances?

[amayzie]

Also- you might want to check out our birth club threads. You'll find lots of other great mums with bubs of the same age, who are dealing with similar issues. It can be a really nice place to get some support! Have a look if you are interested and join in the conversation- this is the link to the one for your age group!

http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=225104.0