6 month old waking

[vicky84]

hi my son will be 6 months next week, i start hes bed time routine at 6 he has a bath, bottle and bed at 7 but after a couple of hours he wakes up crying but not wanting anything just for me to go to him. i sometimes have to get him out of bed to resettle as he gets so worked up but then will go back of to sleep but only to wake again with on the hour this only last for a couple of hours but hes not getting a full night sleep.
can anyone help me get him out of this habbit please
hes day to day routine is

7am awake breakfast
10 am nap  30mins
11.30-12 lunch
2pm bottle - nap 30mins
4-5 dinner
6 bedtime rotine and bottle

thanks for any help

[deckchariot]

welcome to BW!!  Are you familiar with EASY?  Looking at your routine, I'm guessing your son is OT (overtired).  2 30 min naps is not enough daytime sleep for a 6 mo.  At this age, most bubs can handle 2 hr 15 min - 2.5 hrs of A time, and it looks like he's doing closer to 3 hrs.  Also, a 30 min nap often indicates OT.  The first  A time of the day is often the shortest, so I'd be looking to put him down around 9/9:15 for that first nap.  Then if it's still short, I'd shorten keep the next A time right around 2 hrs as well (maybe less....he won't be well rested from a 30 min nap and not really able to handle 2.5 hrs of A time).  He may then still need a short catnap after that 2nd nap in order to make it til bedtime.

One other question - when you say breakfast, lunch and dinner - is that solids or bottles?  Are you doing both at the same time?  how long has he been on solids?

hth
michelle

[vicky84]

hi
thank you

hes on solids and has been since 4 months, hes very hungry baby im also giving him 6oz bottles in a day, im going to look at the routine today and see where im going wrong

[deckchariot]

Do you give the bottles first or the solids first?  You really want to make sure he's getting the vast majority of his nutrition from the milk, not the solids.  And tummy upsets from solids are really common at this age - so just keep an eye on that.  Let me know how it goes with a routine tweak.

[vicky84]

hi
today i changed hes routine to
7.00 am awake
7.30 bottle
8.00 solids
9.15 nap
9.45 awake
10.20 bottle
11.30 solids
12.10 nap
13.00 awake
14.30 bottle
15.00 nap
15.45 awake
16.00 solids
18.15 bath
18.30 bottle
19.00 bed

he wont nap any longer than 45 mins,
he woke up at 8 this evening and started to cry but me and my husband was eating dinner and didnt go to him he cried for about 5 mins and then went back off to sleep and has not woken since
thank you for your help

[deckchariot]

It can often take several (5+) days for a routine change to result in a sleeping change, so hang in there!  Also, if he has a short nap (anything less than 1 hr), then the next A time needs to be shortened, as he won't be well rested enough to handle the longer/more average A time.  Here's a quick link the check out: http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=128419.0