Welcome Jo and baby Fraser
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My little girl Sienna(21st of March) and Fraser are only a few days apart so we are also just getting the hang of the 4/4 routine :shock:
My son#1 was a touchy baby so I know how much they love a good routine, he just thrived on a consistent E.A.S pattern and he still does at 2yrs
My advice for you is to make sure Fraser can handle the longer awake times before transitioning as overtiredness/overstimulation can be a big deal for these little personalitys. As Tracy advises increase awake times gradually and pu/pd to lengthen naps if you need it...
Nikki is spot on with her comment, it is the longer naps that will get you by on the 4/4.
If Si doesn't get a good 2 hr nap she won't last the awake time for 2hrs so that shortens the length between her feeds. We are still in the transitioning stage, she has some days where she just can't manage being up for 2hrs so she goes back to having 3 naps and a catnap instead of 2 big naps and a catnap if it is needed.
Our news for this week, she has been moved into her own room in cot and out of her bassinet(she just got a bit big for it) so I'll be doing the night walk for her 4am feed, at least its only across the hall
My latest personal research :idea: on the DF...
Seems that if I make it a four hour gap from her last feed ie 6pm--10pm df she then sleeps just as long if not longer than if I do DF at a later time ie 11pm but I still have to test whether this will apply if her last feed is 7pm because then 11pm will be 4 hrs :!: Hey, now I'm even confused :? Hopefully you girls will understand what I'm saying.
I am not cluster feeding so this may change things for others but if you test my theory out let me know!!!
Take care everyone
Bianca
P.S Judy, well done with getting those two little angels almost in sinc on e.a.s. I had to wake Sienna for nearly all feeds until she was almost 12wks sometimes I would let her sleep a max of 3 hrs during the day and she never really seemed to get off track with her naps. But she sure does love her sleep.