how to impement EASY on 45 min naps?

[malachi's mum]

Hi
I am new to this website and have only recently purchased the first baby whisperer book. My eight week old only has 45 minute naps during the day, this makes it very hard to implement a 3 hour EASY schedule. If I wait for the 3rd hour to feed him he will have been up for an hour and a half after his nap which makes him very cranky, sleepy on the breast and well and truly ready for his next nap. Does anyone have any suggestions what sort of EASY schedule I could implement? I am trying to work on extended his naps by patting and shushing him for 40 minutes after he wakes but need help with EASY.
Thanks

[corrina01]

Hi there, welcome to BW.

Could you post his routine please.

How long have you been on EASY?

[malachi's mum]

Hi
Although I only bought the BW book last week I have been trying to implement a Feed Play Sleep routine since he was 3 weeks - so thats almost 6 weeks ago. My times for his routine are a bit sparodic because it depends how long I can hold him off before he is too tired to feed. I can only really do a 2 and a 1/2 hour feed cycle otherwise he is up too long before a feed. Even on a two and half hour cycle it all starts to go haywire in the afternoon when he has finished his nap and there is another hour and a half until a feed is due.
6 or 6.30am wake bf
till 7 activity
7 to 7.45 nap
up to 8.30 try and resettle for another sleep cycle
8 am eat
till 8.45 activity
8.45 to 10 nap (15 mins for settling)
10 to 10.30 try and resettle for another sleep cycle
10.30 feed
till 11.15 activity
11.15 to 12.15  nap
12.15  to 1pm  activity
1pm  feed and straight to sleep 'cause up too long already
1 - 2 nap
2 - 2.30 activity
2.30 feed
2.30 to 3 activity
3 nap
4 up from nap
till 5 activity
5 bath
5.30 feed then down to bed
10.30 feed
1.30 feed
4.30 feed
6/6.30 up

Thanks
Malachis mum

[corrina01]

His awake time from getting up to your putting him down for his nap is around about 1hr.

Maybe try keeping him up for 1hr 15mins then putting him down.

You are doing the right thing in shush patting him to get him through to the next sleep cycle. 

You basically have a good routine there.

[malachi's mum]

Thanks, these last few days he does seem to be able to stay up a bit longer, so I will try stretch it out. He is a touchy baby though and gets over tired very easily. Thanks for your help

[corrina01]

What you could do with extra 15 mins, tag it on to the winddown.  I am still doing this with my DD, everytime I want to increase her A time.

HTH

[malachi's mum]

Hi
I wondered if you would be able to offer suggestions on how to add 15 mins to wind down. My LO seems to start closing his eyes as soon as I sit down with him for wind down.
Thanks