Ben is sleeping pretty well at night. Naps are another story. Usually, his first nap is pretty good. In his later naps, he often wakes at around 45 minutes.
Ben is 4 1/2 months, and we have almost transitioned to a 4 hour feeding schedule.
I've read some of the posts about the 45 minute problem and wake-to-sleep, and some sections out of the "BW Solves All Your Problems".
I'm a little confused about wake-to-sleep. In the book, it talks about beginning to pat at 30 minutes and continuing until he falls back into a deep sleep, sometimes, taking 20 to 25 minutes of patting. On the forum, I've read to make him stir at 30 minutes, and immediately leave. A third thing I've seen suggested is just to be there at 30 minutes and help him through when he stirs. The only one I haven't tried is to stir and leave.
They all seem totally different things to me! Am I mixed up, or are they all good strategies, and how do I know which to use? How do I know if its working and I just need to keep trying it? Many times when the wake-to-sleep method I've chosen falls through, he wakes fully and I can't get him back to sleep, sometimes for an hour or the entire rest of the nap.
Maybe this has already been covered well and I missed it. If so, let me know where to look!