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Difficult with E.A.S.Y after baby only takes 45 min naps!
« on: May 30, 2006, 23:16:45 pm »
Hi guys! I have just started my LO on E.A.S.Y.  Its been about 4 days now.. and it seems to be working and it seems it might just save my sanity!! I just have one problem!  Nathan is 11 weeks old, and he only takes 45 minute naps..  He takes 4 a day, and then will sleep from 11-5AM and then back to sleep until 7:30.  The only thing is that when I feed him, it usually only takes 15 minutes (E) I give him 4 oz and then we do activity(A) for about 1 1/2 hours, and then he is ready for sleep(S) .he will only sleep for 45 minutes ( I have tried extending these naps, but I think he is just a short napper)  So that is only 2.5 hours in total for the E.A.S.Y plan.. and by the time he wakes up he is not ready to eat... He just spits a lot of it up!  now I dont want to get off track of the E.A.S.Y so I don't know what to do to pass the time until he is ready to eat again??  Do I do activity?  Do I feed him a little amount?  Will this mess up the entire schedule? Im not sure what to do, any help would be appreciated!

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Re: Difficult with E.A.S.Y after baby only takes 45 min naps!
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2006, 00:03:02 am »
Could you please post your routine in more detail for us please?
What methods have you used to extend his naps and how long did you try for?

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Re: Difficult with E.A.S.Y after baby only takes 45 min naps!
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2006, 01:19:32 am »
His routine goes like this.

7am eat, goes back to sleep until 9am
9:20 eat and activity until 10:00
10:00-10:40 nap
11:30 eat activity 11:40-12:30
12:40-1:20 nap
1:20 eat activity until 2:20
2:20-3:00 nap
3:00 eat activity until 4:20
4:20-5:00 nap
5:00 eat activity until 6:20
6:20-7:00 nap
7:00 eat activity until 8:20
8:20 until 9:00 nap
9:00 eat bath time and wind down at 9:20 until 10:20
10:30 bed
wakes at 5:00AM to eat
goes back to sleep until
7:00AM and then all over again


I have tried to extend his naps by staying in the bedroom with him, replacing his pacifier, and doing shh/pat... he will drift off but then he jolts and wakes up again... I will stay in there for like 30 minutes trying to get him to go back to sleep, but he just wont settle down..