hello Gabriella and welcome you have some great question and i can't wait to read the replies
here are my thoughts
1. i never extend if dd sleep this amount of time, does ds wake from his naps happy? if he is happy to stay in his cot till the next feed good for you, i wish dd would do the same, she wants up
2. how long is your ds cat nap, i always feed dd heaps earlier for this feed, sometimes i feed again after bath, i would be really really interested in any relies here as we can never seem to manage the evening with out heaps of fuss and work
3. could this 6.15am time be your ds natural wake up time? could you start your day here, i would say it is 2 early, i feed dd if she wakes at this time, i treat it as a night wake and then wake her up at 7.30am
4. i don't think the music is a prop worth worrying about, baby can't lose it, and you can take it with you anywhere you can, go for it i say especially if it is helping, what do others think?
5. can't answer this question as we do not have a dummy, but i would say work on one thing at a time
6. everynight i hold my breath and pray that dd doesn't wake for her df, the last 2 nights she has woken 30 minutes before, lucky for me she resettled, could you try doing the df at 10.15 before he wakes and if this works after a few days try pushing the feed back to the normal time try doing the feed later by five minutes for a say a few days and then another five minutes .....
gee gabriella i am always worried about giving advise, this is just my thoughts i am not an expert, i hope you take it as just some chat to help you work out what is right for your precious ds
hello corrine some glad you have joined in, could you post your routine for us to have a look at
so after being on 4 hour easy for sometime we have gone backwards in the last few days, dd has a cold, today she fell asleep where she was, bless her, i transfered her three times and is still sleeping after 100 minutes, this is her longest nap for ages, just recently she has been doing shorter naps and i was just starting to wonder why
talk again soon