Hello again everyone
HAD TO WRITE about this interesting 4hr routine business!!
I decided to have a rethink about waiting to start it, when reading through the info again I noticed that short naps ie 45mins etc can be a good sign your routine needs some tweaking. I have been dealing with the short nap thing this last week or so with Sienna and I have been extending them with PU/PD..IT HAS BEEN DRIVING ME CRAZY..(I too have a 2yrold and this does not make PU/PD any easier :wink:)
So I decided to try 4 hr between feeds with only 2 naps and a catnap :shock:
Sienna has managed to stay awake for 2hrs before without getting overtired so I thought I'd try keeping her up for about that long give or take.
CAN YOU BELIEVE she took to this routine like a duck to water!!
(She is approx 14wks old now.)
I fed her at
700am, managed to put her down for her first nap at 9am , managed to keep her asleep for 2 hrs in between driving to my Mum's etc and then fed her at
1100am, again kept her up until approx 1pm. I started settling her down around 12:45 and she was slightly overtired(being at Grandma's hadn't helped) so had a bit of a cry but nothing major..
She then slept soundly for 2hrs with no wakeup and I actually had to wake her for a
3pm feed!
By the way every feed was over 10mins long and some serious eating draining both sides, which is really good for her.
Okay the afternoon was my major concern but she surprised me, I kept her up making sure she wasn't getting too weary and put her down for a nap at around 5pm, she settled well and again I had to wake her at 6:15pm so I could fit in a feed and bath and bed at 7:30pm.
I'm just so thrilled
as this is a better routine for me and seemed to really suit little Si...So I will try again tmrw...I know I may have to adjust it and go back to 3-1/2 hrs or even 3 at times but as she is a good sleeper I'm hoping that all will go well.
Sienna is in general a very placid baby(angel) so I don't know if staying awake for 2hrs would suit all babes at this age. But I do feel that Tracys info on "a window opening up to move to this 4/4 routine" has applied in my case.
Thanks for listening to all this....
Just a quick one for
Jason and Rileys Mum, When you said "she feeds only lightly at night" are you talking about before bed or during the night?
Posting you current routine may also help us give you any pointers
I will continue to let all know my progress with the 4/4 !
Take care Bianca
P.S So sorry to hear about the poison ivy Erin, hope your feeling better now.