Short sleeps

[magnatom]

Hi Folks,

We are just starting to get our 11 week old son to fall asleep in the cot. It was tough and at the moment he is a little hoarse from all of the crying  .  I presume tha will cause no long term damage!)

It is getting a bit easier (3rd day at it) and at the moment it is taking about 20 minutes to settle him using pat and shush (ok some bouncing as well!).

However we were wondering what do you do if they only stay asleep during the day for about 30 -45 minutes. Should you try and get them back to sleep? After such a short sleep he isn't hungry and wants to play or have some company so it makes it difficult to follow EASY!

Thanks for your help

Pippa & David

[tylersmommy]

Generally, it's best to try and get him back to sleep if possible. If it doesn't work, you can always have some activity time before the next feed. Your routine will look more like EASAE, but that's okay. Tyler was a 30 min napper and I couldn't always get him back to sleep, so that's what our day looked like quite a bit. I often adjusted his feed times slightly so that the next feed wouldn't be due in the middle of a nap, and I always avoided feeding right before a nap, even if it meant having just 5 min of activity time after eating. Does that make sense?