DD is 4.5 months
Naps are 40-45mins on the DOT??
She will never go back down and isn't cranky after so is this enough sleep for her?
She take 3-4 a day!?
DD is 4.5 months
Naps are 40-45mins on the DOT??
She will never go back down and isn't cranky after so is this enough sleep for her?
She take 3-4 a day!?
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
This is totally normal for her age! Xander didn't start taking longer naps until he was firmly in the 2 naps a day camp. I wouldn't worry about it. 40 minute naps sound pretty good to me!
pomelo / 5524 posts
Definitely normal for 4.5 months. It's actually when I started to be more consistent with 3 naps/day. He would take a 2 hour nap in the morning, a 45 minute nap in the afternoon and then another 30-45 minute nap in the evening.
pear / 1531 posts
Don't stress and just wait for her to get a little older. It's a developmental thing.
wonderful kiwi / 23653 posts
Sometimes if I know she's super tired and needs a longer nap, I either go in before the 40 min mark and as soon as she stirs I pick her up and rock her back to sleep. Sometimes she does, sometimes she doesn't.
eggplant / 11861 posts
I'm not worried as she seems happy as can be during the day!
So I guess she will work it out
grapefruit / 4006 posts
Normal. If she is happy then leave it! It will cause you more stress to try and lengthen them and it probably won't make her any happier!
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
With T, they just had to extend on their own - and they did around 5.5 months.
With R, I think they are extending but I'm too scared to write about it
apricot / 411 posts
Very normal! My son was the same. He has just started sleeping for longer at 7 months, although I wouldn't be surprised if that changed.
eggplant / 11861 posts
@winniebee: bahahahh as I type this she took an hr nap......lol
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
@FaithFertility: it's only been for about a week (he took longer naps actually for 2 weeks but the first week he was sick(. First nap is the longest and they taper off as the day goes on. Usually 3 naps now first two over an hour. Its allowing me to keep him up a little longer which I think is helping. Hope it lasts!
pomegranate / 3716 posts
I used to be able to extend naps pretty easily by picking him up and holding him in the glider. But he's almost 7 months now, and his naps are still short and he fights the extension, so it only works sometimes. Arghh...
When he was 3 - 6 months old, he consistently took a 2 - 3 hour nap every morning. Those days are goooone, and I miss that long nap!!
grapefruit / 4418 posts
45-60 minutes is a long nap at that age. They will stretch out around 6-7 months.
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