Baby quiet waking from short nap: leave in cot or get up?

[Scottishmummy]

DD will be 4 months old next week. I can only get her to take short naps in her cot- usually around 40mins. I have been checking on her & getting her up when she wakes but today was hectic & I was distracted by her older brother & some other house stuff & ended up leaving her in the cot. I'm pretty sure she was awake after 40-45mins as I did pop in & she was shuffling & sucking on her hand but she was quiet in her cot until around 1hr20 (so another 40mins) I don't know if she went back to sleep or not.
So now I'm not sure whether to leave her for her naps until she calls out... And if I do whether to count A time from when I get her up or when I think she's woken.

Any thoughts?

[lily_layne]

My DD was exactly the same. She was often so quiet that I was never sure when she woke. I did often leave her for a bit. At 3, DD still likes time by herself in bed after she wakes. It could be that your LO enjoys that quiet time to herself. I did have a tough time figuring out how to count A time after that. I ended up counting the time awake in the crib as half (so if she was awake for 30 min, I counted it as 15).

Do you want to post your EASY? Maybe a bit of tweaking will help lengthen those naps.

[Conniesmummy]

Mine is exactly the same, same in the morning too!!

[Buntybear]

Gosh I would def leave her! This comes from a mum whose LO even at 6 is wide awake and needing attention from the moment the eyes are open!