Hi, my lb has been following easy from 12 weeks (now 23weeks), we moved to 4 hour easy at 4 months and things were going well- 2x 1.5hr naps plus cat nap in evening and sleeping 8-7/7.30 with dream feed at 11 and one night feed between 3.30/4.30 and straight back to sleep. For naps he usually wakes once and is then resettled with shush-pat.
Recently he is moving towards sleeping independently with very little patting required both day and bedtime.
Over the last week night time sleep has gone to pot- up around 3 times but not looking fed and waking for the day around 6am. When he wakes he is happily shouting and chatting or throwing legs up and down! He is also needing more help to sleep- a few times needing lifted and calmed before being put back into bed.
Here is example of his day this week:
Wake- 6am (I don’t let him get out of cot until 7am)- try to resettle with dummy and shush pat, refuses bottle or takes 3oz
Feed-8am (between 6–7oz)
Nap- Falls asleep between 9-9.30, up around 1hr30/40 (started waking for around 10mins but then resettles with help)
Feed- 12pm (8oz)
Nap- falls asleep between 1-1.30, up around 1hr30/40 (again with the waking)
Feed- 4pm (8oz)
Catnap- 5pm-5.30/45 (some days won’t settle so more like 5.45-6.15
Bedtime routine- bath, bottle and into bed for 8pm
Dreamfeed-11pm (between 3-6oz)
1am- wakes resettles with dummy and shush pat
2am/3am- feed
6am- start again
I know this isn’t an awful routine but I quite liked just getting up once in the night- any advice how to reduce the night waking and get back our 7am wake ups instead of 6am)!