Hello everyone, how are you?
I'm hoping you can help me with my LO's daytime sleep. He has always had a routine going on as he was such a sleepy baby I had to wake him for all feeds. He usually naps around 9, 12 and 4 in the afternoon before going down at 7 for the night, with a feed at about 10.30. He started to sleep through from that feed to 7 am about 10 days ago with only one night where he fed at 3am.
BUT his daytime naps have now gone AWOL. If I don't take him out in the buggy for the 9am one - I need to walk my dogs here - then his sleep is only about half an hour. His lunch sleep has gone from 2 and a half hours (religiously) to barely 40 mins and only a Carnap at 4 ish. The problem is that he can only really stay awake for an hour and a half or less before he gets over tired or overstimulated. He can settle himself to sleep really well fir all naps as long as he's not too knackered. He eats roughly every 3/4 hours...
What should I do? I've tried settling him again for his lunchtime nap but I only ever seem to be able to get an extra 15 mins at best and it feels like a but of a battle. He wakes up from morning and afternoon naps without crying and will entertain himself for 5 mins, but wakes up howling from the lunch one. Heibbiously needs more sleep as he will settle fairly easily , but wAkes 5 mins later, and it gets really difficult to settle him again.
Am I worrying about nothing? I don't get why he's suddenly unable to sleep past the first cycle during the day now, even though he can self settle!
Help!
PS. Sorry this is so long winded