Jack is 3 months old. He has always taken fairly short naps, and he typically wakes up smiling and in a good mood. He is sleeping anywhere from 10 - 11 hours at night and a total of 4 - 5 hours during the day. He has one long nap in the morning (anywhere from 1 - 2 hours) and then he takes 1/2 hour to 45 minute naps the rest of the day.
A typical day:
E - between 6:30 and 7:00
A - Diaper Change
S - 7:30 - 9:00
Y
E - 9:30
A
S - 10:40 - 11:10
Y
E - 12:30
A
S - 1:40 - 2:10
Y
E - 3:30
A
S - 4:15 - 5:00
Y
E - 6:30/7:00
A
S - sleep for the night between 7:30 and 8:00
E - Dream Feed 10:45
E - 3 am Feed
It looks as though he's sleeping the "average/normal" amount of time for a 3 months old, and rarely wakes up cranky (as if he needs more sleep). I get him to bed as soon as I notice that first yawn and he is usually sleeping within 10 - 20 minutes of getting him in his crib.
He is still getting up once a night to eat (3 am feed), and I'm fine with that at this point. It is soooo much better than it was just a week ago thanks to some tips I picked up in Tracy's newest book. Wake-to-sleep
saved my life!
There is so much talk about extending "short" naps... but it doesn't really seem like that is something we need to do in our particular case. As I mentioned, he's always done this - it's not something new.
I'm just looking for reassurance that we are on the right track... any advice/comments are appreciated!