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i don't think your baby is napping too much. in fact even charlie was sleeping 15 hours a day until recently.

when your lo drops the third nap depends on when he can stay awake longer between naps, and that varies for every baby. he probably won't be able to stay up more than 2 hours between naps until he is 6 months.

for charlie, he dropped from 3 naps to 2 at 9 months, which is average, and his naps were a little longer in duration than your lo's. ideally your lo would take 3 longer naps a day and drop that short 4th nap.

@irene: a longer nap is having the first and third nap be at least an hour long.

i know you are stressed about your baby's sleep, but it sounds like he is a pretty good sleeper! you can also work with a sleep consultant. this is one we talked to before sleep training charlie:

http://www.nycsleepdoctor.com/

she will write out a sleep training plan for you, and answer any and all questions you have during and after.

Mine naps longer in the late afternoon, and goes to bed later in the evening, but other than that ours have very similar routines.

At 5 months (EBF) he mostly sleeps through the night, usually only wakes me up once a week during the night (he seems to know the days I have to work, and gets me up then). Maybe give it some more time?

Also my pediatrician said to let him sleep as long as he wants, not to wake him up for feedings. I usually just make sure that he is awake around 2 hours before I want to put him to bed. Other than that, I just follow the signals he gives me and don't worry about the clock.

My baby is almost 4 months as well and takes 3-4 naps during the day. His nap times are around the same as yours (maybe a difference of half an hour or so) and he naps anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour and a half. He tends to take one long nap around 4-5ish and I've woken him up once or twice because he usually has his bath around 730-8ish and in his crib by 830. He is also exclusively breastfed and wakes at least once a night. I also long for a baby who can sleep 8+ hours straight but I realize that when he sleeps longer (7.5 has been the most), I still need to get up and pump.

My LO is 3 months and he naps 4 times a day (5 if they are all 30 minutes). I try to be very mindful of his wake times and to put him down in his crib after 1-1.5 hours from his last nap. Total nap time ranges from 3-5.5 hours.

I also think 3 hours is too long to be up before bedtime but If your LO isn't cranky/fussy by that hour and goes down easy at bedtime then it may be ok. I've read that the max wake time for a 4 month old is 1.75-2 hours. We do a super early bedtime because our babe won't take an evening nap. He is in bed by 6:30 at the latest and wakes twice to eat over 13-ish hours.