Over the past several weeks I spent almost all my time with DD. We had a change of caregivers (my mom left and my FIL came) and I needed to teach my FIL how to take care of DD. There were no improvement in her night wakings. So I don't think it is reverse cycling.
They actually became worse because she got sick. Now we're back to "at least 3 night wakings a night"
On a good night she would nurse between 10-11pm, 2-3am, 4-5am.
On a bad night (like yesterday): she nursed at 11pm, 12:50am, 2am, 5:30am + paci around 3:40am + there was one more night waking but she fell asleep on her own (so I'm not sure what time it was).
Our pediatrician recommended sleep training before 9 months. My DH and I are thinking about it, but we're not sure how to accomplish it with all those night wakings. Do we feed her at 10-11pm and then use PU/PD for the rest of the night till 7am? I know that she can go 5 hours without a feed (she did it 2 months ago), but I'm afraid that she will be genuinely hungry and we will torture her.
I asked the same question to our Pediatrician and she told us that currently she is supposed to be getting enough milk during the day. Therefore night feedings are just for comfort.
Our second problem is naps and awake time before the first nap. As you can see from the previous EASY we used to have 2 hours of A time in the morning. But she started consistently dropping her catnap in the evening (45 minutes between 5-6pm).
Now I'm trying to extend the first A time, but even 2 hours and 30 minutes is a lot for her. She starts showing all the sleep signs before 9am.
For example her EASY today:
WU/E - 6:50am
A (2.5 hours)
S - 9:20-10:10 (she woke up in 35mins, but I was able to extend it for extra 15mins).
A - 10:10-10:40am
E 10:40am
A (30 min before E and 2:35 after E - total of 3.05 hours)
S 1:15 - 2:55pm (1h and 40 min: she woke up in 45 mins, but I was able to extend it right away another 55 min nap)
E 3pm
A 2 hours 45 min ----- I tried to put her to sleep from 5pm till 6pm, but she really didn't want to go to sleep.
E 5:45 pm (I tried to nurse her to sleep)
A 1 hour 15 min
Pre-BT routine: 7pm
E: 7:20 (nurse to sleep)
BT: 7:30pm
My plan is to extend her A time till 3hours in 15 minutes increments: 3 days of 2h 30min, 3 days of 2h 45min and then 3 hour A time. However by looking at this schedule (
All about the 3-2 transition- 5/6 months) I'm afraid to move to 4.5 hour EASY (because our increased night waking started when we moved to 4 hour EASY). Just in case we will end up doing it, should I implement the top-offs before her naps? Or will the solid feeding take care of it?