Wednesday 26 November 2014
40 minute naps
Spencer's naps are almost always 40 minutes. He wakes up very grumpy and crying and doesn't appear to be fully rested. We call that not cooked. Sometimes he will be rocked back to sleep or given some yaybies and he will fall back asleep. And when he does he sleeps usually for another hour or so. If he does that he wakes up in an exceptionally good mood and plays in his crib for a little while. I just can't figure out what wakes him up after 40 minutes that is so startling to him.
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40 minutes is the natural length of a baby's sleep cycle, you have to try to get him sleeping through the transition into the next cycle. (Easier said than done!)
ReplyDeleteThanks Allison. I didn't know that. It is tricky to get him back to sleep. Today went well. We sat on his chair with the snoogle and I let him crawl all over me until he got comfy and we rocked for a while and he feel back to sleep for another 30 ish minutes. He was much happier getting the extra sleep.
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