Our routine is roughly as follows (he is 5 mo and it's still difficult to keep him awake more than 1 1/4 hrs):
- 7.00 am wake, feed and activity
- 8.00 am sleep
- 10.30 am wake, feed and activity
- 12 noon sleep
- 2.00 pm wake, feed and activity
- 3.30 pm sleep
- 4.30/5pm pm wake, feed and activity
and then this is where things get a little mucked up. Sometimes he will stay awake until 6.30, have another feed, bath and then bed but will be overtired and take ages to really settle. Other times, he will have a 45 minute nap between 6 and 7, followed by bath, feed and then usually settles ok for the night (but not over the last few days).
- 9.30 pm dream feed
- 4.30 am feed
- 7.00 and the day starts again.
I try to keep the late afternoon activity very low key and the bath routine is the same every night. I've tried putting him to bed at 5.30pm but this doesn't seem to work either. Late afternoon seems to be his most alert and active time so I have to really be careful not to overstimulate. You might look at my routine and ask "what's the problem" becuase it's basically great however if we have one night where he doesn't go down well after his bath (ie; before 8.30 pm) things get messy for the next few days (like today, he slept in until 9 am b/c he didn't go to sleep til late and now his whole routine is out the window!).
Any thoughts would be appreciated.