DS2 will be 16 weeks old tomorrow. His EASY seems to get more muddled the harder we try. I'm getting so confused as to what to do anymore.
When he wakes up early from naps, I do my best to postpone his feeding until its been 3 hrs, but sometimes he fusses too much. But, what do I do for his A time? Technically it will have only been a short time since feeding (for example 20 min), but a long time since he's been awake (for example 1.5hrs). So, then what happens to the EASY? Does everything just get bumped earlier? Do we just add another round of EASY?
He is breastfed only. His nursing time has gotten shorter and shorter. He used to take 15-20min to nurse, now he takes about 5min, unless he's sleepy. Does that mean he's ready for a transition to the 4 hr EASY? But, he starts acting tired about an hr or so of A time.
Here is his EASY:
E 7am wake and feed
A 1.5 hrs
S 1hr 15 min (this is usually the best stretch where he'll sleep continuously)
E 10am
A 1 hr 15 min
S 1 hr 15 min (with a jolt that requires intervention usually at 45min then will sleep another 30min on some days)
E 1pm
A 1 hr
S 45-60min (with a jolt that requires intervention usually at 45 min and usually will sleep another 30 min)
E 4pm
A
S 45-50min
E 6pm
A
E 7pm
S Normally it takes 5-10min to settle him to sleep, but the past week this round will take 30-60min. He then continues to wake up every 60-90min. resulting in a nursing around 9:30-10pm, depending on the night. So then it's so close to the dream feed, I try to wait up as long as I can handle and dream feed again around 11-11:30pm.
He then wakes again 3.5 hrs later between 2-3am, then I nurse, then he wakes again around 5:30am (its only been 2-2.5 hrs since last feed) and I nurse, and wakes again for the day 7-7:30am.
Last night was the worst. Went to sleep for the night at 7:15pm. Did he continuously waking up, so I nursed him again at 9pm. Dream fed at 11pm. He woke up again at 1am, nursed. This waking may have been caused by his older brother. He then woke again at 3:30am, then refused to sleep until 4:30am. Woke up again at 5:30am and nursed. Then woke for the day at 7:30am.
What's going on? What do I need to tweak? I'm so tired that I can't think straight. Before the night time craziness, he would dream feed at 10:30pm. Wake around 2:30-3am and nurse. Wake for the day between 6:30-7:30am. Those days are long gone!
Please help!