If I lay her down early she falls right asleep but then has such
a long waketime before bed.
Typically, if a baby is not crying in bed but takes a long time to fall asleep, I say the baby needs
a longer waketime length, BUT 60 minutes seems plenty long enough for a 3 week old.
He could even need
a longer waketime length.
but I would guess that he either needs less waketime and / or less stimulation or
longer waketimes and / or more stimulation during play.
Katie, 1 - I wouldn't go
a longer waketime at that age.
For the last nap, she might need
a longer waketime.
Does he need
a longer waketime?
Becca Anne, For the crying, he might need
a longer waketime.
One is that he is ready for a bit more stimulation durding waketimg OR a bit
longer waketime length.
One is that she might need a slightly
longer waketime.
It also might be
the longer waketime.
Not exact matches
I know she knows how to transition it just seems like she may be up too
long during her
waketime.
It just might take you
longer to get to her sleeping until your morning
waketime.
I also kept up the dreamfeed
longer than he probably needed it and added a 1:30 am pumping (he had been STTN for a couple months) and woke him to feed him at 5:00 am (normal morning
waketime is 8:00).
But if she just won't sleep
longer than 1 30, then you will need a
waketime of 2 hours to make it to 3.5 hours with a 30 minute wait time after waking up.
I'm not sure there is anything that I can do about this excessive
long wake time window of fuzzing action since he usually has a big bowl movement around 2:00 a.m. I'm only guessing his bowl movement is what keeps him up for 3 hours, but who knows it might be do to my poor
waketime strategy during the day.
She might eat better if she had a four hour schedule, but to do that you would want to try to fix the early waking, or wait until her
waketime can be
longer.
If nothing has changed, is there something that should change (like
waketime length being
longer or feedings being spread out).
If the child takes a
long time to fall asleep without crying, it is a sign that
waketime length is too short.
I have read about shortening
waketimes, but shouldn't they be getting
longer and not shorter since she's about 5 months??
At that age, it can be that
waketime is too
long or too short.
1.5 hours at that age is definitely too
long; McKenna is just barely reaching 1.5 hour
waketime at 7 months.
When they fall asleep quickly, but wake up early, it is a sign that the
waketime was too
long (as outlined in this post).
You have to be really careful when messing with a 6 month old
waketime that you don't go too
long.
What is done during
waketime before the
long vs short naps?
Just be happy about it:) This is so
long as she is happy and engaging during
waketime.
However, as he has become more alert, I have made the mistake in the past week of keeping him up too
long for his
waketimes.
I don't think the
waketime is too
long though since he did really well with it before.
How
long did you keep your bambino up for
waketime?
Also, how do I try to extend his
waketimes... I see him yawning at the one hour mark almost every time in the a.m. but he can go a little
longer in the afternoon.
Lsn, His
waketime length is quite
long for an 8 week old — even now at 10 - 11 weeks, he should be up for 60 - 90 minutes before his first nap.
Typically if baby was sleeping well and then starts taking a
long time to fall asleep, you need to add some
waketime length.
One thing is to be sure his
waketime isn't too
long.
If
waketime got
longer and then she started taking shorter naps, shorten
waketime back up.
Last question, is it normal for
waketimes to be getting a bit
longer at this age of 12 week??
Laurie, that might help, but only if his
waketime is too
long right now.
My theory is they do nt need as much sleep, but they can't stay awake for too
long, so Im hoping once her
waketime increases, her naps will join together!
With the crying before naps, I would guess the
waketime was too
long.
With a short nap, he wouldn't have as
long of a
waketime anyway.