Just looking for a bit of advice/reassurance! My little boy is 4 months old and takes very short naps (20-30mins). He’s generally very happy however can get crabbier towards the end of the day, not sure if it’s because he’s tired!
He wakes around 7.00am-7.30am, feeds (he’s formula fed), dressed and then dragged round the house with me whilst I shower etc. His first nap is 9.00-9.30 depending on when he woke. I have no idea on wake windows as depending where I look, there are so many different suggestions for his age! So I just tend to try and get him down roughly 2hrs after he wakes from his last nap throughout the day, sometimes sooner if he gets crappy. Sometimes he goes down well, sometimes he fights me for a while. He mostly sleeps on the sofa so he is in the same room as me (as to keep with current SIDS guidelines). He has a dummy and tummy pats until he goes off. Unless we are in the car or walking, he will sleep in his car seat or pushchair, or my arms if we are out and about. Ends up being about 4 naps a day. I’m always worrying about where the last nap will fall incase it “interferes” with bedtime. He has a bath at 7pm and then a bottle (I don’t feed to sleep if I can help it, although sometimes he will fall asleep if he is really tired). He then goes down again on the sofa, with dummy and asleep by about 8ish. He then sleeps, occasionally stirring, til his dream feed at 10.30 and then up to bed with me and goes into his Next2Me. He doesn’t feed in the night generally and sleeps ok, but that has changed a bit and has been waking often for dummy and tummy pats, not sure if this is the regression, which I also have a question about... how true is it that the regression will only pass once baby has been “taught” to self settle? I’ve been fearing the regression since before I even had him! Am I instilling “bad habits” with the dummy and patting? He does sometimes come into bed with me about 5am if he doesn’t seem to be settling back down and goes straight back off, so he’s still tired. Is this creating an even worse “rod for my back”!?
Not really sure what I’m asking and reading back I am aware that I am SO lucky, I just can’t get past the idea that I can always “do better” by my gorgeous boy and his naps!
Sorry for the long post, just feel a bit lost with all the conflicting information I see and always trying to do the “right” thing!
Any suggestions for trying to get a longer nap in?