OK, our standard routine is:
6 am: wake, diaper, feed
6:25 to 7: activity
7 to 9: nap
9: wake, diaper, feed
9:25 to 11: activity
11 to 12: nap (usually 20 min), or attempt at nap, then a bit of activity til he's hungry
12: diaper, feed
12:25 to 2: activity
2 to 3: nap (usually 20 min), or attempt at nap, then a bit of activity til he's hungry
3: diaper, feed
and so forth, til his 6th feeding at 9 pm, then he goes right to sleep with no problem at all. He sleeps til 4, at which time he fusses for his paci, then goes right back to sleep til about 6 am.
We've been on this routine (give or take half an hour some days) since his birth.
So should I be moving to a four-hour EASY?? How can I get him to a) have longer napa; and b) fall asleep for naps on his own? He's been falling asleep in my arms, on the rocking chair in his room, after a good wind-down. I then place him in his crib: sometimes he stays asleep, sometimes he jolts awake, so then I have been picking him up again and rocking to sleep again.
I've been trying shush-pat for 2 days: can anyone give me an example of their nap-time routine so I can see what I'm doing wrong, because he's freaking out every time, even when I just change my hold on him to be able to put him in his crib, which he never did before... Thanks in advance.