Hey ladies, looking for some help with NW with my DS. He wakes every night for at least two hours. Need some direction to figure out what I need to change. I'll answer the questions first:
He is 5.5 months old,
Daily routine:
E 7am
A7:15-8:45am (tummy time, roll over time, sitting time, make breakfast, go on a walk)
S8:45-10:30
E10:45
A11-12:30 (usually when we do an errand or visit a friend)
S12:30-2:30
E2:45
A3:00-4:15 (stories and toys, tummy time, walk)
S4:15-5:00
A5:00-6:30 (bedtime routine is story, bath, message, PJ's, Milk, Prayers, Song, Bed...he goes down pretty easy)
E6:30
S7:00(bedtime)
DF 11:00
He is bottle fed with EBM, has about 5-7oz/feed, takes him maybe 10-15 min to finish.
He wakes about 3-6 times a night.
Most of his wakes are to get the paci back or to be readjusted because he sleeps propped on his side, if he slips forward or back he wants to be repositioned. Those wakes he is up around 5 min. But he will have a main wake somewhere between 1:30-3:00 where we feed him (at 3) and we rock him till his wiggles go away, put him back down, he is quiet for maybe 10 min, then he will just talk to himself for about an hour, then cry, need more rocking and loves, then fall asleep around 4 or 5.
I try to wait to go get him till he starts a real fuss, try to prevent the cry because he takes longer to console if I wait that long. Usually the montra cry is for the paci, but it turns into a real cry if I don't put in it soon enough.
To settle him I have tried PU/PD and shush/pat, I did that for about 3 weeks and burnt out, so now I will put the paci in, then reposition him, reswaddle him if his arms are out, and if that doesn't work I pick him up and rock him in the chair till he settles. He actually settles fairly easy now, since the whole shush pat era, and goes to bed easy too.
Activity times we have are pretty low key, tummy time, practice sitting in a box, play with his feet, watch me cook or clean or prepare his bottle, walks outside, and maybe once a day we will run an errand together. I try to stretch his activity times to at least 2 hours, but he fights it, he is sleepy by around 1 hr 30 min.
I don't think he is teething, he is not super interested in many toys or chewing on things, but he loves his hands and feet and people and outside and the bath and LOVES talking and screaming.
Haven't had any other food but my milk.
His prop is definitely the paci.
Doesn't have a lovey, sometimes he will squish blankets into his face, but he is still swaddled so he can't do that while sleeping (plus, when he is sleeping mode his hands go directly to his face).
So what do you all think? Does anyone have advice on what I can do?
TIA!
Charisse