3 month old going to sleep earlier and earlier...

[lilac3033]

DD is 3 months old and has been a pretty good night sleeper. Been going to sleep around 8 and waking up around 8, with 2 feeds through the night. However I have noticed her getting sleepier earlier and earlier. I wasn't concerned at first. I know 7-7 is a perfectly normal infant night. DD seems to struggle to get to 7 this week. Today she was falling asleep at 540. I thought it might be a cat nap, as she woke to feed at 620. Then proceeded to fall back asleep. I tried to rouse her, as it is bath night. Worst bath ever. She just screamed and screamed. I felt horrible but I really don't want her going to bed at 540 or even 6 or 630. It is just too early. DP would never get to see her.
I am positive the issue is naps. She had about 3 half hour naps today. I know this isn't enough but it is a struggle to get that!!! The sling, pram and car just don't work like they did before! Any ideas???

Honestly? I'd just leave her to sleep if that's what she needs. As long as she doesn't start waking mega early. It won't last long forever and in a few weeks you'll probably have a completely different sleep issue!

Sounds like a lack of daytime naps, or that daytime naps need re-jigging to different timings.

At 3 months old I would be aiming for 30-45 minutes sleep in every 90-120 minutes through the daytime. So trying to get baby napping 1 hour after last waking, 1.5h awake time at the most.

3 half hour naps probably isn't enough. I would try for napping more frequently through the daytime. I aim for something along the lines of the EASY routine:

E - Eat - full feed marks the start of the routine. Takes maybe 15 minutes.
A - Activity/Awake time - At 3 months I would say about 1 hour, or until tired signs are shown
S - Sleep - Keep trying to resettle baby to lengthen the nap to 45 minutes if possible. Then wait for baby to wake up naturally.
Y - You time while baby sleeps.

The idea of EASY is that you can vary the length of the EASY cycles according to your baby. At 3 months I was on 1.5-2h cycles, which gradually increased to 2-2.5h cycles by 5 months.