As the title suggests i have variou questions regrding our easy i hope its not a problem tonhave them all in tge same post..
I guess this is mainly for ds' routine since dd seems to be in her own thing and only just beginning to have a more structured routine. I ant exactly post an easy for ds as its at different times each day, he's basically on a 3-4hr easy, hr bfsa bit and then has a bottle of about 60ml sometimes 90, awake in totsl about 1.15 or 1.30hr depending on how long it takes to settle but he's got really good at settling himself with his dummy, I almost always wake him from his naps which seem to be around 2 hrs. So he generally has 3 good naps thr catnap rarely happens so its either that he's awake a long time before bedtime-which depends on the last cycle its not set but generally somewhere between 7-9 by the time hes asleep- or its soon after the 3rd proper nap.
So i guess my question here would be should i establishba bedtime and work around that?
Should i cap the naps more to be on a stricter routine?
So i try to force the catnap? What should i be aiming for?...
He tgen has a df around 10:45, then a feed around 3, and now he's been waking around 5:30 a couple times. Yesterdy i knew he'd had a feed at 3 so was sure he couldn't be that hungry let him bf a bit and he immediately went off and slept till 7- i did the right thing didnt i? Today i thought he hadn't got upnat 3 so gave him a full feed at 5:30 onlynto find out later that my dad had indeed fed him at 3
so i think the full feed at 5:30 kind of messed his understandinb of when his day started, do you think thats possible?
So i guess my question here is am i right to not do anfeed at 5:30, should i even bf or should ibtry to justbsettle?
Also i read somewhere that onr should actually try to keep baby awake a bit at the df to avoid the ew issue but i seem to remember Tracy saying that the aim is to not wake the baby..?
Thanks for coming this far
Dd i a bit of a madam to settle, wont settle herself, ages long holding before you're able to putnher down and even then its not a given she'll stay down.. Which makes her cycles even more variable b/c her "a" ends up being about 2hrs sometimes even more..and i shy from waking her too much after the pain of settling her and also b/c she is smaller and needs her sleep.
Am i doing the right thing?
I've only just started trying a df, she didnt takenit the first night, woke slightly and took it last night anf went straight back to sleep thankfully then fed at 2:30 fussed around 5 settled back then fed at 6. Dont reallybhave a question here
like i said she isnt on much nofna routine mainly b/c its such an issue tonsettle her
Oh and in the evening they both naturally sort of cluster feed, but i read somewhere that one should stopnthat around 8 weeks, is that so, whats the plan if so? Cant remember what ds1 did..
Sorry its so long, bless you if you've made it this far and double blessings if you have answers to my questions
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