Hi,
I was hoping someone may help adjust my 8 1/2 month old son Daniel's routine.
I just can't seem to get him to sleep enough in the day consistently and get his routine stable. I try to follow his tired cues and he does seem better with 3 hours a day, but we only seem to get a few days of 2x 1 1/2 naps and then we go into a roller coaster. He gets 11-11 1/2 hours at night and sleeps independently. He seems to take @ 20 minutes to settle and so I get him in his cot 20 minutes earlier and from experimenting A times, he seems best @ 2h40-2h45 mark. I have tried to extend the time but when I do, his nap is still short.
He rarely cries before or after sleep, infact I have watched him on the monitor when he wakes after 45 minutes and he will roll around for a while, I have left him to try to fall back to sleep for 1 hour.
I try to compensate and get him to bed early if his naps are less than 3 hours, but this seems to effect his wake up time. I am working towards 6.30 wake up and 6-6.30 bed time.
The other issue I have is that I am unsure when he wakes, even with a video monitor, if I am still dosing it is hard to know exactly when he wakes as often he lies quietly for up to an hour.
I still dream feed him, because he has suffered silent reflux and even though he is medicated and much better, he is still not a big eater so we get a few more calories in at Dreamfeed.
Here is how our weeks looks, it's been this way for a while, up and down and just when I think the timing is right, and we start to go ok, things go off rail again.
I wonder that I need to tweak his routine.
WAKE................5.20....................6.00....................6.00...................5.45................7.00................5.30?(unsure)..6.40
BOTTLE............6.30....................6.30.....................6.30..................6.30................7.10................6.30..................6.45
SOLIDS.............7.30....................7.30.....................7.30..................7.30................8.30................7.30..................7.45
A TIME..............2.55-3.10h..........2.25-2.50h.......... 2.20-2.45h........2.20-2.35h.....2.20-3.05h......2.45-3.10h?......2.20-2.35
IN COT..............8.00....................8.25.....................8.20..................8.00................9.20................8.15..................9.00
ASLEEP.............8.15....................8.55.....................8.45..................8.20................10.05..............8.40..................9.15
NAP...................1.30h..................1.30h...................2h....................1.10h................45min.............50mins.............45mins
BOTTLE............10.30..................10.30...................11.00................10.30................11.00..............10.30................10.45
SOLIDS.............11.30..................11.30...................12.15................11.30................12.15..............11.15................12.24
A TIME...............2.25-2.45h.........2.20-2.40h...........2.25-2.35h........2.25-2.45h.......2.10-2.40h......2.20-2.40h........2.25-2.45h
IN COT..............12.10..................12.40...................1.00..................11.55................1.00................11.50................12.25
ASLEEP.............12.30.................1.00......................1.15..................12.15................1.30................12.10................12.45
NAP...................1.30h..................1h........................1.20h................1.10h................1.30h...............1.15h................2h
BOTTLE.............2.30...................2.30.....................2.45.................2.30................3.00(woke him)...2.30................2.45
SOLIDS..............5.00...................4.45.....................5.00..................4.45................5.15...................5.00................5.00
BATH.................5.30....................5.15.....................5.30.................5.15................5.45...................5.30................5.30
A TIME...............4.30h.................4.30h....................4h....................4.30h..............3.45h................4hr..................3.45h
BOTTLE.............6.00...................6.00......................6.15.................6.00................6.15..................6.00................6.15
BED...................6.15....................6.30.....................6.30..................6.10................6.45..................6.15................6.30
DREAMFEED.....9.15...................9.30.....................9.30...................9.15................9.45.................9.15................9.30
Thank so very much to anyone!
Sharron & Daniel
