My ds2 is 7mo. His routine looks like this (most days)
EW 5.50 (I'm sure this is as a result of my husband alarm / and his waking so not sure I can stop it.. argh! ds1 did it as well
).. and ds2 wakes happy-ish so...
E - 6.20ish... BF
- solids @ 7 - 7.30 ... only just started actually taking solids
S - 9 - 10.30 (1.5hr nap.. I don't let him sleep past 10.30.. if he goes to sleep a little after 9... too bad i'm afraid!!!). sometimes this nap is on the move.
E - solids first @ 10.45
- BF @ 11.30
S - 1.30 - 3/3.30 (1.5hr nap.. sometimes 2hrs)
E - BF @ 3.30
- solids @ 5
A - bath / book etc
E - BF @ 7
S - 7 or 7.30 depending on last nap
DF - 9.30/10
We are still in the process of dropping CN. Some days if either nap is shorter and he wakes before 2.30 from his PM nap he may end up having a CN.
Sometimes I end up pushing the final A time to close to 4 hrs even with an early bed time.. and occasionally we have an OT wake up before 9pm. I usually feed if he does this and depending on the time of it may or may not do a DF as well.
Either way he has been waking REGULARLY every night for the last month at around 12.30/1am AND 3.30/4 am.... and still waking early.... its driving me mad cause he was doing 7 hrs after a DF from about 14wks til 6mo.
At first I thought this NW was due to hunger and have been feeding when he NW... I also started with solisd during the day about 4 weeks ago but until a few days ago he just wasnt interested in solids. Even with him taking the solids the last few days he is still NW. If I dont feed its a BIG deal and he doesnt let up until I do. Apart from NF he is very much an independant sleeper. Often during the night when I do feed he is awake afterwards and resettles himself by himself in the cot. He has no dummy or other props and I have recently introduced a lovey teddy. He does have White noise but sleeps without it if need be. I leave it on all night mostlly to disguise noise from my toddler who is in the adjacent room and not very quiet during the day or night! He sleeps independantly for his naps as well and rarely do I have to worry about settling him. (thank god that phase is over!! I'm very proud of the fact that I perserved with his sleep training in those first few months despite the hurdle of having a 19mo AT THE SAME TIME!!!)
I then concluded that maybe the NW was because of too much sleep due to the CN so we dropped that. Thing is he doesnt stay awake at night. no cot parties so I'm sure that the A time is about right. I honeslty don't really use the clock I just watch him and when he's tired I put him to sleep... the routine above is approximately what he does most days atm.
I now think that maybe the NW's are because the dream feed is disrupting him. His nappy is always VERY full by 3.30am.. so I end up having to change his nappy then (which I know is a big disruption) but if I don't it always leaks.
Is he too young to drop the DF? He is a sensitive - textbook baby.
btw he has 2 teeth and I'm pretty sure that its not teething every night.
If its not the DF what is it ? could it be a seperation anxiety thing and am I contributing to the problem by feeding him?