Hi ladies, was hoping someone could shed some light on this issue... My DS is 5.5 months old, and recently his sleeping pattern seems to have changed. He now typically goes down around 8.30/ 9pm at night (used to be 9.30-10), sleeps for a 5- or 6-hour stretch and wakes up for a feed, goes down again, sleeps another 2 or 3 hours then stirs, I usually BF him and he might go down for another hour or so before waking up between 6 and 7.
This means that he only gets 9 hours of nighttime sleep, maximum. But during the day he seems to sleep a lot more than before - he now tends to have a long morning nap, a long lunchtime nap, and a shorter late afternoon/ early evening nap, clocking up 4 hours of daytime sleep. I often have to wake him up from a nap because I"m worried that too much daytime sleep will disrupt his nighttime sleep...
Is there anything wrong with this sleeping pattern??? Most 'experts' seem to say that a baby his age should have 10-11 hours of nighttime sleep... But when I tried to put him to bed earlier (say 8pm), he just gets up at 5?!!! It seems to me that he's unable to sleep more than 9 hours at night?
Maybe I'm just over-analysing this... Any advice most appreciated !