Hi BecJ86
Thanks for the reply. I'm confused though.. Sometimes he will wake from his last nap at 15.00 so go through until bedtime at 7, then cry for 30 mins (I think OT?) before finally sleeping. So his last A time can be as much as 4 hours.
Is the UT possibly due to nap lengths?
Last night was AWFUL. DS woke every 1.5 hours from bedtime through till this morning. Yesterday he slept a total of 1h45 mins (3 naps, 2 of which OT) do you think he was OT through the night?
Yesterdays EASY was as follows:
Woke 6.40
E 7.00
A 7.20
S 8.55 (slept 50m, but was awake 2h20.. Im confused by this as this should be in theory shortest A time of the day?)
A 9.45
E 10.00
A 10.20
S 11.45 (put down at 1h40, played for 20m, slept 35m, A time 2h)
A 12.20
E 13.20
A 13.45
S 14.35 (put down at 1h45, played for 30m, slept 35m, A time 2h15)
A 15.10
E 17.00 & 18.00
S 19.30 - we put him down at 18.30 to compensate for short naps but he was super unsettled and I had to hold him to sleep which is really unusual..
-Lots of night wakings last night!!!
Can I ask some more q's?
-Morning nap - usually this is the only one where I manage to resettle him from OT - should I cap this nap at 1.5 hours? Usually he can sleep 2 hours if I resettle him at this nap. Could this be creating NW? The 4 hour cycle suggests 1.5-2h naps x 2 at this age?
-What should his A time be before bedtime?
-4 month regression - could he be going through this or is the regression all to do with A time anyway?
-Finally - A time.. if I am aiming for 2h, but he is doing OT naps at 1h50 (he's been doing this for the last week) does this mean I should still extend A time? I feel like I don't understand where I should be at all, he doesn't really show tired signs but goes from happy to crying in a couple of minutes!
I am starting to feel a bit down about this as our little champion sleeper is regressing and I feel like it is all my fault!!
Thanks again