6 month old early wake ups. How to navigate naps

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Hello,
Can I have some advice please?
Early wakenings!

My ds is 6 months old.
He’s just going through a nap transition 4-3 he was at a point last month of super short half hour naps and hourly wakenings. Which we have resolved by lengthening his wake windows.
He is now at 2.5 hours and can manage naps anywhere 40 minutes - 1 1/2 hours it’s not consistent it’s a lucky dip each day lol. I judge naps by wake windows rather than time.. using huckleberry blogs as guides as to timing of same.

On the days he wakes early like 5am do I class that first nap as him finishing his night sleep?
So last night for example he had 9 1/2 hours night sleep and was up at 5 had first nap just after 7 for 40 minutes.

So next nap around 10ish

He goes to bed at 7:30 goes to sleep in cot from awake, only if over tired now so I need to do the rocking to drowsy then put him in cot. I’ve never let him nap on me due to worry of creating a bad habit no matter how lovely it is I’ve been firm with myself on that and my way of parenting is to not start something I don’t intend to continue. Up twice in the night for food. (He’s hungry as it’s usually after three/four hours)

I’m probably over thinking his sleep I posted last month about the half hour naps so this is where we are up to!

Thanks all. I’m ok in terms of early wakenings that doesn’t both me it’s just how to navigate the rest of the naps if I count the first one as finishing night sleep?

He gets around 3 hours naps in the day now too, not hungry - 5 - 7 ounce bottles in a 24 hour period sometimes 6 he has two during night doesn’t always finish all the bottles either.
Not wind - winded before every nap/sleep.

(I hope he’s getting enough formula - we are weaning to he’s been weaning since five months so now has weetabix for breakfast and purée for tea)

Equally learning to crawl - he’s at the frustrated stage with it so he is having floor time every opportunity during the day to practice.

Thank you 😊

My son is 6 months and awake at 6ish. I would class your son’s first nap as still part of night sleep. What does he do at 5am? Does he play in cot a bit or do you get him out and do stuff?

I would also up his meals. My DS eats three meals now and only has one milk feed in the morning early morning (4amish) which I hope we can drop soon. You can start giving him some lunch too. Atm I only give veg and fruit purées (and porridge or weetabix for breakfast).

My DS still naps a lot in my arms: they won’t do jt forever and we both enjoy the closeness. They are only little once, so don’t be too regimented. (He is my second child so I am a bit more relaxed now)

Re your parenting approach: nothing continues forever. Children grow out of things. DC1 needed us to cuddle her to sleep for a bit (as toddler), now she is older she doesn’t need it anymore. It’s ok to adapt your parenting to their needs and development. If something doesn’t work for your well-being and mental health, you can stop doing it. Just sounds like you are very strict with yourself and your rules.

It’s because I’m black and white with things. If he needs cuddles at times for sleep of course he gets that, I just judge his mood but equally trying to be consistent with things too so it creates good routines. We have cuddles after bottles so I’m not being cold hearted I should have explained that better.

At 5am he’s awake for the day on the days he does get up that early.

i was wondering about increasing meals he’s doing ok with the two a day 😊