| Hi Cyberfish - I just replied also to your last posting on the "Longest Stretch of Sleep" thread... so check that too!
WRT daytime sleep (since our babies' schedules seem to be in synch) I also used Gina Ford's theory on when natural dips take place in their blood sugar/alertness levels. As much as I dislike her rigid schedules, I do take on board some of her basic concepts. And she is right I think - my baby starts yawning around 8:40am (an hour and half or so after getting up in the morn). He is usually down for his nap by 9am and I wake up him after 1-1.5 hours. Then before noon, he is fussy out of sleepiness again and then he USUALLY but not always takes his longest nap of the day - from 12 to 2 ish. Then for the rest of the day before bedtime he may go down for another half hour or so but It ry not to let him nap past 5 or 5:30pm otherwise it does put him off his bedtime.
My dirty little secret? When he is hard to settle down to sleep I turn him over on his tummy first SUPERVISED and he is much easier to calm and settle to sleep that way. Then as soon as I see he is fast asleep I flip him back gently onto his back and voila - he is down for the count. I know belly sleeping before 4 months is not advisable, but I only do it for a few minutes and watch him the whole time. Your baby is 4 months already - have you ever tried this?  |