Trying to implement EASY, good during the day but failing at night

[pumpkinpud]

Hi

I am new to this board and am so thankful I found it as I hope someone can tell me what I am doing wrong. I am absolutely exhausted and not giving him 100% during the day as I can barely keep my eyes open.

A little about my boy
He is 18 weeks old and falls in the Spirited category with the occasional Textbook tendencies.
He used to sleep 7 - 11 - 2 - 7 
Is teething (a bottom tooth has shown signs of popping through then disappeared and now the same on the top)
Is breastfed
Sleeps in a cot bed in our room
I use the Ssshhh Pat method but during the night if he is screaming himself sick I pick up and sooth as he wakes the whole house up and the neighbors.

Yesterdays EASY routine
E   5:15 PM   FEED
A   5:30 PM   INCLUDING BATH AT 6.30
      NIGHT TIME
S   7:00 PM   TOOK 15 MINS TO SETTLE SCREAMING
E   7:45 PM   WOKE UP SCREAMING FOR 15 MINS
S   8:00 PM   
E   9:30 PM   WOKE UP SCREAMING
S   10:00 PM   
E   11:45 PM   WOKE UP SCREAMING
S   12:15 PM   
E   1:30 AM   
S   1:45 AM   
E   3:40 AM   
S   4:00 AM   
E   6:45 AM   LEFT IN BED TO STIR UNTIL 7
      DAYTIME
A   7:05 AM      1 Hour
S   7:30 AM   YAWNING 3 TIMES AND RED EYES   
E   8:30 AM      
A   8:45 AM      
S   10:00 AM      1 hour 49
E   11:49 AM      
A   12:00 AM      
S   1:20 PM      1 hour 40
E   3:30 PM      
A   3:00 PM      
S   4:04 PM   STARTED YAWNING AND RUBBING EYES   44 min
E   4:49 PM      
A   5:30 PM   STARTED YAWNING AND RUBBING EYES   15 min
E   5:45 PM      

Thanks

[lossthewill]

I feel ypur pain with the random waking up screaming, i have exactly thesame problem. Lets hope someone can shed some light! x

[Yazzie]

Hey there hun, and welcome to the boards:)

How long have you been trying EASY, looks like you've also read Tracy's books. At 18 weeks, I would really be aiming for something closed to a 4 hr EASY, so having feeds every 03.30~04.00 hrs, with an A time of around 01.45~02.00 hrs, as some of the A times above were relatively low.

As for those frequent NWs, they're probably due to OT at bedtime, so even if your lo can do 01.45~02.00 hrs of A during the day, the last A time would be no more than 01.30 hrs. The OT may be cause by several UT naps leading to OT by end of the day.

Here's a link about sample routines at this age, might give you ideas:
http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=164029.0

HTH