Hi there I'm still finding my way around so I hope I've posted in the right spot. My DS is 2 weeks shy of 6 mths and has in the last 9 days dropped his late afternoon nap 4 itmes. If we need to run errands I try to do them around the 11am feed, otherwise I find he gets so overtired/overstimulated being a spirited bub with textbook and angel mixed in.
He is formula fed, we always offer 240mls which he sometimes finishes but generally b/w 160 & 220mls. Here is our routine:
6/6.30am wake & babble in cot
7am E bottle, nappy change, then A
8.15/8.30am winddown around 5mins on mum's lap in his room, whispering & quiet singing. Lay down to S.
Wakes usually 10/10.30am babbles till 11am
11am E bottle, nappy change, then A
11.50am E Solids: pumpkin (started pumkin yesterday), then more A
12.15/12.30 winddown as above. S till 2/2.30pm babbles till 3pm
3pm E bottle, nappy change and A as above.
4.15/4.30pm start winddown as above. Nap till 5.10pm - however, has dropped this nap on 4 occassions. I always offer the nap in any case. If he doesn't nap I get him up when he mantra cry or babbling changes to crying out for me which has still been approx. 5pm.
5.10pm E Solids: Cereal [had been giving cereal at 11.50am for 1, then it to this time 2 days ago when started pumkin)
5.20pm A - watches baby einstein while Mum gets bath ready
5.30pm bath
6pm E bottle
6.15/6.30pm S bed - on the days he has dropped the cat nap he is virtually falling asleep drinking the bottle.
DF b/w 9.30pm & 10.30pm
Twice a week at 10.15am we walk to the gym and Connor is in creche for 1.5 hours from 10.30-12pm. Sometimes I'm told by the creche staff he goes back to sleep before 11am but not always. I always ask the staff to just let him be quiet in his stroller from 10.30-11am rather than get him up and be too stimulated.
I've been trying to slightly extend his A times after day sleeps, which sometimes works by 5-10min and other times he doesn't like it so winddown is cut short. I think this is because of his more often than not waking before feeds. I usually keep him in his cot at those times if he is happy.
Q's:
Is it ok that he is falling asleep on the 6pm bottle? I figure if he has been awake from the 3pm feed he has been up a very long time and is very tired.
Also on the occassion where he has woken the 40min to 1 hour before a feed and is upset due to either overtireness/overstimulation for whatever reason I find that he is hard to calm down lately. I tried pupd a couple of times and it seemed to make matters worse, I think this is because of his spiritedness. I usally verbally tell him you're ok you're just going to sleep and pat his side and give him his cuddle bunny, today this didn't work and as a result got him up at 2.30pm.
Sorry for such a long post. Hope you can help.
Many thanks
