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SLEEP => Night Wakings => Topic started by: candi on February 15, 2007, 17:26:28 pm
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My LO (24 weeks now) was sleeping through the night (from about 11-8) and for a few weeks now he has been waking at 1:00 habitually and sometimes 5:00. He is exclusivley breastfed. I do feed him rice cereal occasionally but not always. His routine is random and he has no night routine (but like I said he was sleeping through the night regardless).
Here is his routine (opproximate)
7:00 wake
E:7:00, S:7:15, A:8:30/9:00
E:10:30, S:10:45 A:11:30 S:12:30
A:2:00 E:2:00 A:2:15, S:4:15
A:5:30 E:5:30 A:5:45, S:7:45
A:9:00 E:9:00 A:9:15 S:10:30
I know his routine is horrible. I need severe help. I am going to start his routine at 7 am every morning and I need to get him on a nightly routine. How? What time? Like I said I only breastfeed (one side), I am suppose to start him on solids at 6 months but I dont know how much or how often. When he wakes up at 1 he doesnt get angry but he cant seem to put himself back to sleep anymore. I usually swaddle him but I am trying to wean him off it. I can put him down initially with out being swaddled but once he wakes up and I put him back down he cant control his arms/legs and they continue to wake him back up. Do you think he is too old to continue to swaddle? I dont give him a night feeding. Like I said he had been sleeping through the night without one. Not teething or anything. Im not sure if he is sleeping too much during the day, not getting enough food or what. Please help me get my life in order and thanks ahead of time for any advice.
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Candi- I am sorry you are having a tough time. Let's see if we can get things going a little better ok.
Have you read Tracy's book? I think you know that your daytime sch is part of the problem. I am going to post a link to EASY sch for your sons age. https://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=10386.0
At 7 months my daughters sch went something like this.
6:30 wake
E: 6:30
A: 6:30-8:15 then windown
S:8:45-10:00
E: 10:15
A: 10:15-12:30 then windown
S: 12:45-2:15
E: 2:15
A: 2:15-5:00
S: 5:00-5:30
E: dinner 5:30
A: 5:30-6:30 windown
S 7:15-7:30 bedtime
You can start solids at 6 months. I would start slowly and feed him only in the morning. Sometimes solids will mess with their night sleeping at first. They are only for fun right now so don't worry about how much he eats or doesn't eat.