Change of routine advice

[Jodileen]

Hi guys

My DS who will be six months next week is trying to drop the third nap. I'm just a little confused as what to do with the afternoon.

He wakes at 7 and drinks bottles at 7, 11, 3, 6 and he has food 45 mins after the first three bottles. Can you tell me we should do with the afternoon. He would of usually gone for a sleep at 5.30 and have the bottle at 6 then bed at 7 but he just screams and screams. He has got two teeth and has a third coming I think. He just isn't in great form at the moment so need some advice pronto xxx

[Haribo2012]

Hi, what does his day look like nap wise?
When we dropped 3rd nap we just did EBT 5.30pm for a few night and shifted half bottle before bath then half afterwards. x

[Jodileen]

His routine is as as follows:

7am wake up
7.45 breakfast
Sleep 9-9.15
Wake up 10.40 ish
11 bottle
11.45 lunch
1-1.15 bed
2.30-3 up and bottle
3.45 dinner
I try and put him down for a sleep at 5 but usually doesn't sleep.

Then just don't know what to do after this.

He was getting up at 8 but after daylight savings he as gone to 7. He just isn't a happy chap at the moment so feel like the routine needs a good tweak. Any advice would be hugely grateful z

[Haribo2012]

I've added a link for you to read incase you've not seen it.
All about the 3-2 transition- 5/6 months

I'd prob try pushing first nap 15 mins later to move day on a bit and then a 6pm BT
x

[Jodileen]

Ok thank you x

[Haribo2012]

Give it a couple if days and see how it goes, keep us posted x

[Jodileen]

Sorry I forgot to ask should I keep the 6pm bedtime for a while. I already have a very early riser in the form of a 2.5 year old I don't really want another xx

[Haribo2012]

I'd keep it for a few days until you can push naps a bit later. Think my DS napped at 9.30 ish for 2 hours then 2pm for 2 hours at this age (on a good day)
I have an EW too so I feel your pain  x

[Jodileen]

Hello. Ok that night I put him to bed at 6 and he slept till 8am which was amazing. He was on a 8am routine up until daylight savings. So today has been great. I have managed to get him to 2hr 15 with a bit of fuss but just keep trying to keep him occupied. This afternoon he woke only an hour after his sleep which was 3.20. It got to 5.20 and I tried to give him a bottle and he point blank refused it. He has been giving out a lot so tried to put him down but had no luck. In the end I put him in the jumperoo which he was happy about for about 10 minutes then he started crying. I offered the bottle again but he refused so I have put him in his cot and he is asleep. I am going to wake him in a few minutes to give him his last bottle. Am I doing this right? I feel like I'm a little all over the place with his routine...

[Jodileen]

Just to let you know when I picked him up he still refuses the bottle so I just got him ready for bed and put him down. I'm hoping to give him a dream feed at about 10 just to make up for the loss of bottle today x

[Haribo2012]

Sorry only just logged on, great wake up though 8am 

My DS had a phase of refusing bottle, but I did dream feed so never worried too much. Any teeth peeping through?x

[Jodileen]

Yes he has two and I'm sure there's another on the way. He is refusing point blank the last bottle which should is attempted to be given at 6. Routine is as follows when he is up at 8:
8 bottle
8.45 breakfast
10.15 bed
12 bottle
12.45 lunch
2.15 bed
4 bottle
4.15
6 bottle which he is refusing obviously as he isn't hungry so I put him to bed.

The dream feed didn't work for this little boy as it u settled him but I gave it last night as he missed his last bottle, should I just not stress about it and just give him a dream feed? I'm really starting to realise how different they all are. My first son never refused a bottle. He was a hungry horris.

[Haribo2012]

He might just not be hungry enough of he's getting a bottle at 4 and 6. Is he eating lots of solids and filling up on those?
I'd not stress too much and really it depends on if you want to start a DF....personally I stopped mine at 6 months so I'd be inclined not to start one.

I'd be inclined to keep the 6pm bottle but maybe offer the 4pm one earlier or half before nap and half after.

x

[Jodileen]

Ok I'll see what suits as he is a very long baby and to me not skinny but apparently he is underweight so only want him to gain weight. My doctor actually told me I had to get more of a bottle into him so definately do t want to drop the amount of milk intake. Yesterday's dream feed went ok. I'd prefer to give a dream feed rather than an early wake up xx

[Haribo2012]

If he's eating solids you could cut them back a bit and he might want more milk. No defo don't drop a feed but sometimes you just to fiddle stuff round. You know him best hun so if a DF works why not xx