3 month old waking after an hour

Any one got any great techniques or tips on how to get my three month old to go back to sleep? He has two one hour naps morning and afternoon, wakes once in the night (twice if I am unlucky!). However I want him (and he needs!) to have a two or two and a half hour nap at lunch time. However he wakes after the first sleep cycle and THINKS he has had enough sleep, when I know he hasn't :-(

I have tried: letting him cry, going in and comforting him then letting him cry, picking him up and/or changing his nappy and putting him back, stroking his head, a dummy, patting his bum. None of which works. The only thing that will work is getting him into the pram and walking. Usually after 10 or 15 minutes (sometimes longer) he will fall back asleep for another hour or hour and a half. However I don't want to have to do this every time! He USED to be really good at self settling, but isn't anymore for some reason.

Today I got him up and put him in his bouncer. He stayed awake for 3/4 of an hour before being lulled into sleep.

Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated. This is the only nap I want to get sorted! :-)

I'm not sure if I can be much help, as it seems like you like to have a strict routine and we just did what DD was "telling" me.... but... What signs he is giving you that he needs to go back to sleep after his hour? Maybe he is trying to extend out his up times? If he seems happy and alert after the hour, you may well save yourself a lot of stress and walking time with getting him up, then looking for his tired signs after about an hour(ish?) then putting him back down.

HTH

I cant help either..Liam is the same.. i gave up trying and now he has 2 or three 30-1hour naps and 13 hours at night (with one or maybe two wake ups of 20 mins) ..

Have you tried sneaking in just before his sleep cycle is finished and tucking him back in again, or rewrapping if he is being wrapped...this used to work for me but I never seem to catch the sleep cycle ending now

I used to have a bit of luck with going in as she was waking and shushing and patting her back to sleep. If he's sleeping an hour he's putting himself back to sleep at the 45 minute mark.

Most 3 month olds still need at least one feed in the 12 hrs overnight- you saying that he "still" needs a feed at 3am makes me think maybe your expectations of a 3 month old are a bit high! We all like sleep, but 12 hrs is a long long time for a little baby to go without anything. Also like someone else said, most young babies dont have a strict timetable, cos they are so changeable, and expecting him to feed and sleep at the same times and for the same ammount each day, well its probably not gonna happen!

Thanks Kellz I think you are right! I need to lower my expectations :-) And just be happy that he sleeps at all I guess! :-)

My wee girl slept 14 hours a night from 3 weeks to 3 months then just started waking anywhere from once to 4 times a night! So they can change it up on you at any time!