Back again!
DS2 is 8.5 mths old. Is spirited, and has never been the greatest sleeper. We had his naps 1.15 min in length without any help!! Wow - major improvement from .5 hr naps! Up until 2 weeks ago, we were doing 2 NF, and DS2 would still need resettling 1 or 2 other times. This was not ideal, but doable.
We have since dropped one NF, and only feed after 2.30AM. This was going well. It required going in one or two times to resettle, but worth it, as we realized he was not waking up out of hunger so a good thing we dropped one of the feeds.
WELL fast forward a few weeks....now we have up to 9 NW, EW, and 2 naps that need resettling. UGH! What happened? This was all getting progressively worse, it did not happen overnight. I am hoping someone's eyes can either tell me if he is OT, UT, or we are completely messed up.....
Should I increase A time? Decrease? He has always had shorter naps ( never 1.5/2 hrs), but maybe he needs them? Or maybe he doesn't?
This is what we were following up until a few weeks ago:
WU: 6.30 (BF and solids an hr later)
S: 9.45-11
A: 11(BF and solids 1 hr later)
S: 2.15-.3.30
A:3.30 (BF and solids 1.5 hrs later)
A: 6.30 (BF)
S:6.45-7
NF: 12,4 (roughly)
This is what I get now:
WU: 5 (try to resettle - can take a long time, and sometimes not successful at all - leave in crib until 6.30)
WU: 6.30(BF and solids an hr later)
S: 9.45-11 (is waking up 35 min into nap, have to resettle)
A: 11(BF and solids 1 hr later)
S: 2.15-.3.30 (is waking up 35 min nap, eyes wide open trying to get out of crib; resettle after 20 min)
A:3.30 (BF and solids 1.5 hrs later)
A: 6.30 (BF)
S:start bedtime at 6.45; fights it until 7.15-7.30
NW: Then he wakes at 8, 9, 9.30, 10.30, 12.30, 1, 2.30 (feed), 3.15, 5
With the NW he usual wakes, rolls around, start crying and if you leave it just escalates from there. This all takes under 1 min to occur. If you leave him, his crying gets worse. We have done the 5 min rule as our DS1 could always put himself back to sleep. Not so with DS2.
DS2 takes a soother, but usually doesn't use it much at night. I might use it to replug when resettling.
He is crawling, scooting, assisted standing and assisted walking along furniture. He has 2 teeth. He is not in any pain. He is a good eater.
To resettle at night, we pick him up until he stops crying, then put him down and shh/hold him. This usually take under 5 min to do.
I need some solid unbroken sleep. Any advice or schedule tweaking would be great.
Thanks