Extending naps - pick up put down - baby playing/smileing

[LRJH]

My 5 month old takes three thirty minute naps per day. She wakes up moaning (not crying) and as soon as I enter the room is all smiles. Can I use pick up put down in this situation and if so how?

After a thirty minute nap she very quiet, stares into space and typically does tired cues an hour and a half later, at which time her next feed is due. Currently I feed her and after this she'll be wide awake for another hour or so.

She doesn't settle well for naps or night time sleep and I usually have to do PU PD for 30 minutes each time to get her to sleep. Please help ... any advice much appreciated.

[Buntybear]

Hi could you post your EASY routine? It probably needs a tweak to get rid of those short naps!

[LRJH]

Thank you for your reply.

Routine:

Between 4 - 5am wakes, isn't upset - 'coos', but doesn't resettle. Escalates to a frustrated moan around 6am
6.15am Eat
6.45am Activity
8.00am Pick Up Put Down
8.15am Sleep
8.45am Activity
10.15am Eat
10.45am Activity
12.00noon Pick Up Put Down
12.30pm Sleep
1.00pm Activity
2.15pm Eat
2.45pm Activity
4.00PM Pick Up Put Down
4.30PM Sleep
5.00PM Activity (including start of bedtime routine bath)
6.15 Eat
7.00 Sleep (sometimes feeds to sleep/sometimes achieved by pick up put down).
No dream feed - sleeps through

I know this is a far from ideal EASY. Until 3 weeks ago we were a 'on demand' family (a miserable one at that!). We've come a long way since then, but need help to get over this hurdle.

[becj86]

Have you tried feeding at 4-5am when she wakes? She may well go back to sleep for a while thereafter and you could then end up with a more reasonable WU time in the morning.

It looks like she's desperately OT through the day - an average A time at 5 months is 2.5hr and she's doing 3:15 off a 30min OT nap and having another OT nap.

Have you done any sleep training other than PUPD? Have a read through this: Pick Up/Put Down (PU/PD) - Everything you ever needed to know!
Particularly read through these links:
10 Reasons You Cannot Use Pu/Pd
Shush-pat - How to

Do you have an ideal WU time? How was her night when you were "on-demand"?