STTN messing up our easy

[Bex09]

I know this is a problem that most would love but...

For the past couple of nights DS has STTN from 7.45, DF at 10.30 then woke for a feed at about 6am. Now I know this is amazing for his age and I am really pleased but it totally messes up our easy. So normally DS is on a pretty perfect 3 hr Easy, 1 hour A time and sleeps for 2 hours until next feed.

When he wakes at 6am he goes straight back to sleep after his feed as it is obviously too short a night for him to start the day at 6. So then he wakes around 7.30 or 8.00am. He is then due a feed and a nap at the same time and ends up falling asleep on the bottle! So our day ends up being ESA all day long. Any ideas on how I can adjust this? I can post our easy if that makes it clearer?

[Mom-of-boys]

Yay to you for your LO to sleep so well.  My DS2 was the same way, but I have just been enjoying it while I can before all the teething and developmental leaps start messing up our good system!  .  If it was me, even if he feeds at 6:00, I would offer him a feed when he first wakes up anyway.  He might be extra hungry from going all night and surprise you and it might help keep your EASY more in tact.  But I always figured even if our EASY got completely messed up one day, there's always the next day to start fresh again. 

[ZacsMumme]

Hey hun, can you top him up when he wakes for the day? We had this problem during the 3-2 (I know much older but the E and A times get messed up yk? I think when I had messy AES I would try to do a top up in the morning. At this age it is tough as A is so short and they sometimes snack when yo want them to top up....

On the STTN days can your LO do a slightly longer A?

[scruffymax]

Yep, I would feed him when he wakes up for the day too, even if it has only been a short time since the last NF.

[Bex09]

Thanks ladies. I did think about offering a top up feed on waking but he does have a tendency to like to snack so it worried me a little. Usually if he takes a small feed (say 2oz) he then is hungry a couple of hrs later but then only takes a small feed again! I will give it a go though.

This morning he didn't wake until 7.10am though so that was great timing to start the day. We will see what tonight brings.

[ZacsMumme]

Hugs, yeah I know what you mean about snacking. maybe give it a shot and see if you can get an ok feed on WU. Yay for good nights though lovely!

[Bex09]

Thanks hun I will give it a go yes. Aww he is amazing honestly, a complete angel baby through and through! I am so lucky. He is totally different to my spirited little refluxer! 

[ZacsMumme]

yay, you deserve an angel