THIS HAS JUST GOT SO MUCH WORSE.....HELP!

[mumofbub]

Hello-
Ok, so we have been on 4 hour EASY for over a week (housebound too to make it work) and I am at end of my tether. It was working well last week - he was napping well etc. But this week is crazy- his naps are short, he falls asleep when feeding and then I can't get him down at the right times, so the whole thing is all over the place. It took an hour of PUPD before I got him to sleep- when last week it would take a couple of goes. I know Tracy says it gets worse- but this is AWFUL and I feel totally defeated and am wondering whether I want to give up- I was feeling so positive and now I want to cry- Does anyone have any experience of it going well, getting a little worse, going ok, then getting so bad you want to give up but then it is ok in the end?
Please give me hope- I feel I will spend rest of his babyhood with short naps, OT baby and distressed Mummy. He keeps rolling over in cot too now (5 months) and getting himself stuck.......

HELP!!!!!!! 

[gpmom]

If it was good it will be good again.
Every babe has stages and gs and teething and one thing or another to throw them off track.
Relax (if that is possible) and dont stress so much about it and it will fall back.

If you want to post your routine we can have a look and see if there is something you might be missing??

Hugs.........it will get better.  Your little man WILL sleep.

[mumofbub]

Thank you. It was pretty much the suggested 4 hour EASY routine- but had to tweak it this week due to these short naps - as he is waking for first 2 just happy in cot....


So today....
7am wake and feed
Activity- time just increased as was trying to combat short naps....
8.45 put in cot (and falls sleep easy but wakes around 9.30 or 10 if lucky)
10.00am Activity (mellow)
11.00am Feed
Started showing major tired signs today at 11.45 so put down and he went off until 12.20 ( i was spying on him).....did 2 pu/pd when he started crying after 20 mins of lying there and he slept for 10 mins- then just wouldn't sleep so gave up took him out (12.40 ish) and tried again at 1 and had no luck with nap- he was clearly tired but crazy baby- but no crying at all- nothing that usually works would work to calm him, so he was up for mellow acvitity and gentle walk in sling.
3.00pm Feed (and went to sleep on breast of course, then woke him after feed, took him up, changed nappy, then settled him in grobag in cot) and he was quiet- then he went crazy crying and I had to PUPD for nearly an hour. He went to sleep at 4.30pm then woke up at 5.10 ish and did about 15 pupd (was doing 2 last week...) and he is now asleep again as I know he needs it before evening bedtime routine......


Not an ideal day at all- All this EASASAEAS.......I don't know what I have done wrong.

x