45 min naps, 2 in the morning, 2 in aft....

[Baby Chase's Mom]

I know that the goal of EASY is to establish 3 naps for this age....one in the morning, one in the afternoon and a catnap.  my son is 5 mos and sleeps for 45 min from 9:15 - 10:00 and then again from 11:30 - 12:15.  In the afternoon he sleeps from 2:00 - 2:45 and then again from 4:15 - 5:00.  Does anyone else have this?  I have tried keeping him up until the next nap, which is way too long and he is exhausted I am having such difficulty having his naps in one big chunk of 1.5 hours each time.  I tried going in right before the wake up phase and placing my hand on him, but that only causes him to realize I am there and wake up completely.  Anybody have this problem or any advice on how to consolidate his sleep effectively?

[sunshine88]

I have this problem too and our schedule sounds similar to yours.  My baby wakes up so happy and she just does not seem tired.  I don't like to keep her up too long either because then she will get overtired so I also have not been succesful in consolidating her naps.  Sometimes I wonder if it's better to just leave it as is as she is a pretty good night sleeper and a generally happy baby.
I would be interested to hear if anyone had success changing this pattern in a happy waker!

[Jaime]

luke did that for a while, and then eventually his naps lengthened on their own - i'm sure it's not due to anything i did!   :lol:

i remember posting a similar question once & lots of lovely mommies reassured me that their lo's naps generally lengthened by 6 months old.

[Baby Chase's Mom]

Thanks!  Will definitely hope for that