We have tried all the advice we have received - thanks to everyone!! But nothing has worked. Our 7 1/2 months old is still not sleeping day or night. He is an angel baby during the day, and far from that at night!! I am lucky if I get 2 40 minute naps a day - one at around 9:30 and one at 1:30. He has been on EASY since day 1 - his schedule is as follows:
7-7:30 - wakes and plays quietly in his crib for 1/2 an hour or so.
7:30/8 - Breakfast - 4 oz, 4 tbsp cereal & fruit
9:30 - up for nap. Goes down easily on his own without paci or any help
10- usually awake, and nothing will get him back down. Not crying, just ready to get up and play. If I leave him in his crib though, he gets really mad and loud
11:30 - 7 oz
12 - lunch - meat, veggies & fruit
1:30/2 - up for nap when rubbing his eyes. Never last more than 45 minutes, and cannot get him back to sleep. Usually spend until 3:30 trying everything.
3:30 - 5 oz
5:30 0- dinner - 4 tbsp cereal, veggies & 4 oz
6 - bath
6:30 - 5 oz and bed. Put his in his crib awake and he talks to himself for a few minutes then off to sleep - no tears at all.
After 6:30, it is a guessing game. SOme nights sleeps until 10, then starts to stir so we give him a bottle (7 oz). Other nights he is up every 40 minutes to an hour screaming, and often we cannot resettle him until we give him his bottle (any where between 10 and 11).
After the DF, he either sleeps until 7 in the morning (a very recent thing), but usually is up every hour. We are no longer giving hinm the pacifier, and try to calm him by rubbing his chest and if need be doing PU/PD. I am desperate for sleep, and for some time during the day to get some things done. How can I get him to nap and sleep at night???
