A reversed growth spurt??? Is this possible??

[princessshell01]

Thank you for reading my problem. I have been blessed with a wonderful son who sleeps from 8pm to 6.30am without waking. He then has a 45 min nap and then a 3 hour nap and then another two 45 min naps before bedtime. He has done this since he was six weeks old. He is now 11 weeks old.

My problem now is that for the last 7 days all his 45 min naps have turned into 1.5 to 2.5 hour naps. He still has his big 3 hour sleep at lunch time. He is tired after a nappy change and bottle and goes straight to sleep when put into his cot. Could this be a growth spurt in reverse? He is drinking the same amount at each feed. Nothing in his life has changed - same routine as usual. Has anyone else experienced this? I am worried that he may forget what I look like (haha).

Thank you for reading my problem

[GG]

Well, obviously it can't be a reverse growth spurt because that would mean he was shrinking.   :wink:

Can you post a typical routine, including the hours that everything happens?  How many hours is he sleeping now in total during the day?

[princessshell01]

My l/o's routine for last 7 days is:

6.30am wake up
7.00am sleep
8.30am wake up
8.50am sleep
11.00am wake up
11.30am sleep
2.30pm wake up
3.05pm sleep
4.30pm wake up
4.55pm sleep
6.40pm wake up
7.30pm sleep

This is what happened today. Other days it is roughly the same. Can only do a nappy change and a bottle feed and maybe 5 minutes of activity before he's tired. He never falls asleep on the bottle. Thanks so much for your help.

[GG]

I would have said that it was possible he was sick and just needed extra sleep but the fact that it's been 7 days now wouldn't explain that.  He is sleeping more than a baby his age should be sleeping.  Have you mentioned it to his pediatrician?