long naps to short naps...

[Kyles_mommy]

Hi there, 

Ok here is the situation that I need some advise on.  My 6 month old has always been a good sleeper.  He goes to sleep with no problems at all.  He puts himself to sleep.  He would start his first nap at 9-11 and then another one from 1-3 and a cat nap around 4:30 to about 5:15 and to bed for the night around 6:30 and sleep through the night until around 7am with only the dream feed at 10:45pm.   The naps are where the problem is now.  He starts the morning nap around 9am but is awake about 9:30 or 9:45  then after he has his lunch at 11am by 11:30 he is so tired I put him down for a nap.  This nap is about 1 hour.  When he gets up at 12:30 by 2pm he is tired again and I put him down and he sleep unitl 2:45 -3pm.  He eats and about 4:30 he naps again until 5-5:15.  He has gone from 3 naps to 4 short naps.  Is this a stage that he will grow out of?  Is there a way to fix this?

Here is our schedule

7am  cereal/formula 8oz
9-9:30 nap
11 veggies/formula 8oz
11:30 nap 1 hour
2-2:45 nap
3pm cereal/formula 8oz
4:30-5:15 nap
6:30 bath, book, bottle 8oz
10:45 dream feed.

Any suggestions?  should I just leave it alone?  It is just had to go and do anything becasue he wants a nap.

thanks

Leigh

[Kyles_mommy]

I should also add that he is not waking up happy.  He wakes up crying like crazy.  I have tries the sh/pt and poping the paci back in and he is ok again until I try to leave,  When he goes down for naps and at night there is no fuss at all.  Not a peep.

thanks,

Leigh

[Kyles_mommy]

2 hours of awake time is not enough?

[Kyles_mommy]

if 2 hours is ok then that does not explain why you said to extend his a time when he has 2 hours of a in the morning but still only has a 30 min nap?

[Kyles_mommy]

I have been following his sleep que's.  He goes crazy until I put him to bed.  He wakes up really tired and red eyes.  I know he hasn't had enough sleep

[Kyles_mommy]

Thanks for the advise Stacy but another question, I still have him on a 4 hour easy with bottles at 7, 11, 3, 7 should I be going to 3 bottles durig the day?  7, 12, 5?

thanks,

Leigh

[Kyles_mommy]

thanks for taking the time.

Leigh