okay, here goes... my baby is almost 15 lbs (hes not underweight as i and my husbandwere tiny and 1 was 4 months old before i hit 10 lbs.) the problem is that he wakes up at night alot of times 2 and on growthspurts 3 times a night. i know hes tiny and he doesnt hold much in his little tummy which may be a good reason for his nightly wakings. i dont know though if he is able to sleep without it. he eats solids daily so i thought he should be ale to go without it by now! i dont know! i need help! how do i take out the night feedings? is he able to yet?
1. my babys age is on the ticker below (7.5 months now)
2. our routine is as follows: (we dont have much of one after the morn.)
between 6:30 and 7:30am wake and feed 5-7 oz formula
7-8am play alone in play yard wile mommy and daddy sleep
8:00 wakes us up fussing and we put him in crib falls asleep alone within 10 min
8:15 sleeps for 1.5-2 hours till about 10am
10am familly wakes sometimes we feed him a bottle(about 5 oz) or 3rd foods with a bottle
10:20-ish he playes with the familly (with dad-rough, and/or with mommy-calm) half the time he playes in the playpen dependantly or on the livingroom floor dependanty in front of us so we can watch him and also for interaction.
somewhere beteween then and next nap has a snack of fingerfoods (veggie puffs or chopped fruit or whole peas) we sprinkle them on a blanket on the floor or he sits in highchair
11 or 11:30 most of the time he will fall asleep on his own in about 10 or 20 min without winddown routine, other wise we use patshush.
1pm-ish wakes and has a bottle 5-7 ounces or has that and babyfood(if its fruit hell eat a whole jar of seconds food, but recently weve been introducing meet and more veggies and wont take more than a few bites. and has a bottle.
1:30 ish playes same as above at 10:20
about 2 pm has snack same as above
3 or 4pm about 50 percent of the time falls asleep independantly without wind down in about 10 or 20 min. or we use pat shush. vary rarae occasions though, like today, we use pupd and if we do ith with pupd he sleeps only about 30 min and is up, other wise he sleeps about 1-2 hours
5:30 or 6 pm wakes has last meal of a bottle and/or babyfood and playes quietly with mommy (sometimes with dad) and sometimes has a bath. we give a bath about everyother day and its usually not at night, mostly somewere in between naps. gets dressed and diaper always before bed and then kiss nighty-night, layed in bed and sleepson his own almost always in about 30 min or less usually after playeing in his crib before he drifts off.
7:00 bedtime, hes usually asleep by 7:30 but on a bad day 8pm'
now the fun part. at 10 to 10:30 he wakes to have a 4-6 oz bottle. we always whisper if we need to talk he stays in his room with the lights off. no noise. he takes it and is half asleep through the whole thing. then we lay him in hbed on his tummy (i know its bad!! buts its how he likes to sleep! if i dont put him that way, he does himself.)
he falls asleep instantly after being awake for only about 5 min max.
then at 1 ish he wakes but we will only give him 3-4 oz and hes out again. then the same at sometime between 4-6 if not he sleeps till 7 am.
i have to add that he doesnt have a lovie yet, unless you want to call his pacifyer prop a lovie. he has it on rare occasions during the day but must MUST have it everytime to fall asleep. if it falls out he is able to pop it back in and does unless he drops it out of the crib wich doesnt happen often at all. and never at night does it happen. usually only for naps when he playes before bed.