Wow, it's been ages since I checked this thread, and it's become so long. My ds is now 4 1/2 months, he's 68cm long and last weighed in 2 wks ago at 7.3kgs. I think he's an angel with a bit of spirited in there too, to be honest I haven't done the 'test' in Tracy's book properly, just read the results and compared. LOL.
It's reassuring reading what all your lo's are up to. Especially the ones who AREN'T sleeping through the night. My ds used to sleep from 6.30pm - 6am with his own wake up for a feed about 4am. I found that difficult as come 6am when he woke to start the day he wasn't very hungry. So about 1 month ago I introduced the DF at about 10.30pm. Well, this didn't solve much! He now gets the DF and still wakes most nights for another feed about 2am. Mind you, at least he's hungrier at 6am. I also changed from a 3 hour feed cycle to a 4 hour at this time, I'm wondering if he's just not getting enough during the day, so today I'm trying 3 hourly again.
DS isn't rolling without help yet, but when we help him go from back to tummy he gives us this beautiful big smile as if to say "Did you see that!!!" It's so cute. He is sitting up by himself though. He can sit for about 3 mins or so without our help. We even had him doing it in the bath last night.
Has anyone had a baby that woke too early and you managed to change their wake time? I'd love for ds to wake closer to 7am (sometimes he wakes as early as 5.15am). His times are never the same, even though his bedtime is always the same at 6.30 - 6.45pm. When he does wake, I feed him, change him, have a little play/quiet time, but then he only wants to be awake about an hour. Then he sleeps an hour. So it's not time to eat again. This totally throws any concept of a routine out the window. Even a 3 hour EASY won't work today. I've struggled all along to have a routine in place due to his erratic sleep patterns. I end up often feeding him 30 mins before bedtime. He's usually awake about 1h 45, including 15 mins of feeding. His naps now mostly last 1 - 2 hours.
Sorry this is so long, I would love to tweak a few things and hoping someone has been through something similar and may have some ideas.