45 min nap has arrived!

[*happy*]

Our 1st nap of the day seems to determine what kind of
day we will have.
I've realised that a 45min nap leads to super OTness,
rubbish feeds,screaming|&wailing&just general disaster.
I stayed with her for this whole nap to watch.she went
down drowsy with the soother&white noise.i got the
soother out between sucks&she slept well for45mins.that
was20mins ago.she hasnt cried&is almost falling back to
sleep,but repeatedly pops open her eyes,just as i think
she has nodded off! ::)i just cant seem to be able to get
her back to a deep sleep.
im offering the soother&have my hand on her tummy.
Any other tips?
The repercussions of the 45min nap are just a
nightmare to cope with for everyone.

[Emami]

Aw happy, sorry to see you here with the 45min nap!  Not much advice routine-wise as she is still so young, but is there any other APOP she responds to so that you don't have to sit with her the whole time (just thinking it can't be easy to do that with DD1 there too). Swing or sling?  Tbh that's what I would do to extend /finish the nap for now, especially in the morning if that first one needs to go well.  If she was a bit older I'd start thinking about A times and independent sleep but I think she's too little to do much more than whatever works at this point.  (((Hugs))) hun x

[creations]

If she is happy to pop her eyes open and doesn't cry I'd leave her to it. This is exactly how mine learned to self settle, he'd open his eyes, sometimes for AGES and so long as he didn't cry I just let him stay there, at that time it was naps in the family room so I was able to watch him throughout and knew he was happy even when awake. Eventually he just nodded off again.
I found it helped to have a focal point for the 'seven mile stare' so that he fell to sleep he looked at it and when he woke he saw the same thing and wa able to seven mile stare at it again until he went back to sleep. Here it was a book shelf with strong tonal contrast but I also added some bold geometric computer print outs clipped to his travel cot as babies see strong black and white contrast more easily.  Just a row of thick lines with black marker pen on white card would do it.

Is she falling to sleep independently now?  Sometimes? or never?  Maybe a longer A time could help with the transition at 45 mins, the weeks go by so quickly ( and in a haze) it can be easy to get stuck on a short A time.

[weaver]

Happy, I wouldn't be scared to get her out of the cot and into a sling or the buggy and get her to do another nap there, if you think she'll make up the sleep.  I did that for the morning nap with LO2, and then sat with her for afternoon nap (when LO1 was asleep).  Then I just laid gentle hands on. Either she learned or the phase ended.  As Emma says, she's very young still.

[*happy*]

Am seeing double im so tired.
Will be back.
Thanks ladies.x