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Title: want to start EASY with 16 week old
Post by: Lovejoy on February 21, 2006, 20:25:35 pm

hi

i did attempt easy nearly a month ago to try to get dd to sleep earlier and with ease - she sleeps at 10-11pm with a scream and real struggle, so i did tried to wake her up early rather than let her have lie ins to make up her sleep time.  Anyway it made no difference so i gave up.  i continued with EAS but to no structured time.

Now i've decided i want to do EASY properly, try not to give up but i just don't know how to implement it esp as madam will not sleep easily at night although i try to read her tired cues.

I breastfeed and she feeds maximum 15 mins each feed.

For day naps i take her to bed as soon as i see yaywing/irritation, but that can be only an hour after waking up and then she only snoozes for the dreaded 45 mins

according to the quiz my darling is a textbook, but i can't believe that as getting her to sleep (we do the same routine same time everynight) doesn't work.

Thanks for your patience

Title: Re: want to start EASY with 16 week old
Post by: HeatherC on February 21, 2006, 21:04:15 pm

Hi, there.  Let's ask a few questions, then we'll offer some advice.  How old is your dd?  How many times a day does she bf?

Title: Re: want to start EASY with 16 week old
Post by: Lovejoy on February 21, 2006, 21:24:54 pm

hiya

she is 15 weeks and 3 days old.

Today i've fed her 5am, 9am, 12.30noon, 2.30pm, 5.30pm and hubby is now giving her 8oz expressed breast milk.
She used to do every 4 hours and then we stayed with family and with pressure of feeding her everytime she cried it's gone erratic, so am trying to establish a feeding pattern again, but difficult with no daily set pattern :(

am desperate for EASY to work as a) hope/PRAY that it makes her go to sleep earlier and easily at night b) i really need a break - i've not had any time out for myself in the 3 months that she has been born.

thanks

Title: Re: want to start EASY with 16 week old
Post by: Lovejoy on February 22, 2006, 16:41:24 pm

advice anyone?

can someone give me a sample routine startin 9am?

thanks

Title: Re: want to start EASY with 16 week old
Post by: HeatherC on February 22, 2006, 21:44:27 pm

If I were to pick a starting point to get on a more structured routine, it would be the morning wake up.  If 9 am is where you want to start, then you can expect a 9-10 pm bedtime.  However, I don't know that as your dd gets older she will continue to sleep in until 9 am.  Most babies, and just most not all, are wired to wake more around 7 am, give or take an hour.  It depends on what you and your family are more comfortable with.  Then, from wake up time, I would expect she would need her first nap 1.5-1.75 hrs later.  Hopefully, getting back to a 4 hr routine will help with the 45 min naps, as well as more consistent night time sleep and wake time.  Let me know if this helps.

Title: Re: want to start EASY with 16 week old
Post by: Lovejoy on February 23, 2006, 08:16:14 am

Hi Heather

I'm happy to have her sleep 7.30-7.30, but when i originally tried to get her to wake her at 7.30am, she was shattered but still didn't sleep until 10pm so i gave in as i wanted to have "some" decent sleep.

I guess i could try again....