started pat/shh, but wakes up after 20-40 mins. HELP!!

[Joshuas Mommy]

OK, I started this past weekend putting Joshua (4 mos.)  in his crib and using pat/shh and some pu/pd and it seems to be working--only took 10 mins. to get him down for his morning nap, but, he keeps waking up between 20-40 mins. after I get him down and then I don't know what to do...

I do wait a bit to see if he'll settle himself and i only go in if the cries start to escalate and then he seems like he's wide awake. Do I just try to re-soothe him back down? And if so, what if he wakes up again after 20-40 mins. (happened yesterday)--how many times do I try to re-soothe him back down before it just turns into the whole day?

any suggestions?

[Jaime]

if his entire "naptime" hasn't passed yet, you would try & resettle him.  sounds like he's waking at the 45-min transition mark and having trouble going back down. 

the ladies in the Nap board have a wonderful sticky about this:
https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=39769.0