Hi there, I need some moral support. Pretty mixed up with all this right now. 6 months old now.
Current successes: 3 hour A time is going fine. He goes down well for naps. For us, that means swaddle, paci, hold him til drowsy, or sleeping, transition to crib, and if he stirs, gently shush and lightly bounce the mattress til he settles. Been on solids for 3 weeks, going well, he seems very hungry and ready for them. Still BF-ing 5 times in 24hrs.
Challenges: naps are still 45 min, even with 3rd nap gone. Because he's short-napping, he's up 4.5 hours-ish till bed time. Then he goes down easily, but wakes multiple times. Last night 4 times between 8pm and 10:30. Finally so exhausted I brought him in bed with me and fed him. Woke 1:30 fed, woke 5am Fed, and then put him in his bed and he still woke at 6:30am. It's a struggle to get him to do 13 hours sleep in 24 hours. I want to remove props, but feel I should get his EASYsettled first, so I can read him better.
* he has a slight cold right now, but is acting pretty much same as usual. Also. We were away this past weekend 3hrs ahead time zone, but I kept him on our time zone, his naps were all 30 minutes, but he was having only one night wake.
Tuesday
Wake 6:20am (night wakes were 10:45, 1:55, 4:40, 5:30)
E solids 7:30am (BF WAS 5:30am)
S 8:30am-9:00am, 9:05am-10:20am
E BF 10:30am, solids 12pm
S 1:10pm-1:53pm
S 2:25pm-4pm
E BF 4:20pm, solids 6pm, BF 7:05pm
S 7:40pm (wakes 8:05pm, 9pm, 9:50pm, 10:40pm BF, 2:00 BF, 3:20am BF, 5am BF, 6:10 wake for day)
Wednesday
Wake 6:10am (BF at 5am)
E solids 8am
S 9-930am, 9:45-9:55
E BF 11:50am
S 12pm-12:30pm
E solids 1pm
S 2:20-3pm
E BF 4:45-4:55, solids 6:45pm
S 7:35pm (wakes 7:55pm, 8:17pm BF, 11:30 BF, 4:45am BF, 6:10am, 7:05am BF)
Thursday
Wake 7:05
E BF 7:10am, solids 8:30
S 10am-11:00am
E BF 12pm, solids 1pm
S 1:55-2:30pm, 2:55-3:22pm
E BF 5pm, solids 6:30pm
S 7:40pm (wakes 8:30pm, 9pm, 9:45pm BF, 10:20pm, 10:35pm BF, 1:25am BF, 5am BF, 6:30am)
Thank you so much for reading