EASY routine with a short napper?

RedBean84

So I have been trying to follow the EASY routine with DD.  It worked for awhile but now she only takes one long nap in the morning and her other naps are only about 30-60 minutes.  When she wakes up from a short nap, it is not even close to time for her to eat again.  Does anyone have a short napper who has success with the EASY routine?  I'm thinking I just may not be able to set a routine with her yet. Any suggestions? 

SoSayWeAll

I have a short napper and cannot do any type of routine with him. I just keep an eye out for sleepy signs.

BeachM

I find that any sort of routine goes out the window at 2-4 months because sleep gets so weird.  It's much easier at 4+ months when they are on a solid 3 nap routine.  I don't know how all those Babywise people get their babies to nap for the same amount of time all day long unless the kid is actually in there screaming most of the time.

RedBean84

Thanks for the responses.  I guess I was still trying to do the routine more for myself.  I thrive off routine, but DD has been just fine.  Really, I think she has been happier since I've been following her lead.  Maybe I'll try again in a couple months.

Stephy129

I asked a similar question yesterday and people said it was okay if they wake up before its time to eat. Just play with him and do some activity before the eat part and then again after if he isn't ready to sleep yet. What I have realized us that I try to be sure the feeding stays consistent and sleep happens whenever it does between feedings. I try to be sure that a last nap happens between 5 and 7 so I can feed at 7 and again at 9 before bed (this is the only time he us up for more than an hour).

Lena76

I was going to ask the exact same question today. Thanks for the responses!

Ampip2270

My 9 week old was great with the eat, play, sleep routine till about a week ago. Now its play, eat, play, change diaper, sleep. All of which I'm OK with. I'm trying to figure out how many feedings he has between 7:30a-5p now since I go back to work in 3 weeks and will need to leave BM for my sitter & his change in scheduke has me all mixed up now! Ugh!

SoSayWeAll

Our routine is eat, play, eat, fall asleeo for 5 min, eat, slee..oh just kidding, eat some more, sleep 45 min

RedBean84

Yeah, I decided to transition her from napping in the swing to the crib today, so any routine we had is out the window for now! Hopefully we'll develop our own little routine again in the next few weeks.

RachelB104

Stephy129 said:

I asked a similar question yesterday and people said it was okay if they wake up before its time to eat. Just play with him and do some activity before the eat part and then again after if he isn't ready to sleep yet. What I have realized us that I try to be sure the feeding stays consistent and sleep happens whenever it does between feedings. I try to be sure that a last nap happens between 5 and 7 so I can feed at 7 and again at 9 before bed (this is the only time he us up for more than an hour).

I also aim for a nap before 7 and do a feeding around 7 (tonight was 7:30) play, bath, feeding around 9 (tonight was 9:00), and bed. I find morning naps and sleep cues easier. Evening after 5 LO gets more fussy. Could be he is over stimulated from the day at this point or that DH gets home and the house is louder and more action going on.

Eena1242

I have a short napper, and I still just follow the EPS routine. I figure it can't hurt to offer the breast even if he's not super hungry. Most days he'll eat at least a little each time, but I think it's helped him go down for naps a little better with the routine. And the only reason I tried the EPS routine was to get him ready for daycare where they can't hold him to nap, which is what he was getting previously.

I should add that he stays awake for long periods, so time between feeds averages about 2 to 2 1/2 hours.