So, some background first - DS is 7.5 mos (8 mos 8/5) and had a spurt of STTN from 2-4 mos... after that NW increased until we were up to 10+. Mainly nursed to sleep and we worked on that habit for about 2 mos using Gentle Removal. We started pu/pd last Saturday so we're about 10 days in. We saw immediate results - NW cut in half or less and nursing down to 2/night. DS is a big guy and we are still on 2 fruits/vegs/day for solids so I think he still needs those 2 night nursings still. Typical day runs like this:
Up for day: 0700
E: 0730: solids
A:
E: 0930: bf
S: 1000: wind down, pd and walk out, 0-7 min fuss. 1.5-2hr nap.
A:
E: 1330: bf (have done a few solid lunches, but not regularly yet)
A:
S: 1500: 1-1.5hr nap
E: 1730: bf, then solids dinner
A:
E: 1900/1930: bf
BT: 2000: wind down, pd and walk out, 0-20 min fuss.
NW tend to be: 21:30ish: usually back to sleep on his own. 0040: nurse. 0230: this is the hard one where he sometimes ramps up from mantra cry. 0530: nurse.
So like I said, we're on day 10 or so, and haven't needed much pu. Last night though, I think he may have been UT because he had a nw at 0130 (after bf at 0040, so he wasn't hungry) that lasted 2 hrs. Much of it was mantra so I didn't go, but he ramped up and wouldn't stop. After 2 hrs (I know this is really bad), DH was at his wits end and needed to get up for work soon so he asked me to bf him. I did at 0330 and he slept until normal wakeup at 0700.
I think he was UT, then OT in that NW because he'd had a record 14.5 hrs of total sleep yesterday - his norm since birth has been 12.5-13.5. Any thoughts? We're still getting about 4 NW a night, but for 1-2 of them, he's typically self soothing with mantra. I'm not really complaining, just worrying that we should be further along. Does this sound ok? Thanks for any/all replies!!!