My five month old would be classified as a touchy baby. He needs to follow his schedule. Earlier in the week he was waking up for several hours at night just talking in his crib. I believed it to be a result of his 3 hour nap on Sunday afternoon and him not taking a 3rd nap during the day.
He is in day care full time and this is his “typical” schedule. It does tend to vary a little by the day. He is breastfed and I express milk for day care.
6:30 wake, eat, take to day care
8:30 eat (the day care provider says he seems hungry and generally takes 4 oz) He never eats at this time on the weekends when I’m home with him (he usually waits until 10)
9:00 sleep
11:00 wake, eat (usually 6 oz)
12:45 sleep
2:00 wake, eat (usually 6-7oz)
4:00 I pick him up and he sometimes falls asleep in the car for 20 minutes and stays asleep for 20 more once we are home
5:15 wake, eat, play (usually fussy)
6:30 bath, massage, last feeding
7:00 sleep
Then, some nights he wakes up once to eat briefly and that is it. Other nights (like last night), he wakes up for hours talking and wanting to play! I tried to feed him and he wasn’t hungry. I left him alone for 1.5 hours (he was just cooing) and then he started to cry so I changed him, fed him, rocked him, swaddled him and then he slept another 2.5 hours (I had to wake him for day care).
When I am home on the weekends I adhere to a fairly strict schedule, but I understand that is hard for his day care provider to do.
I believe he is overstimulated. He is with several toddlers all day long and then when he comes home I try to give him tummy time and play with him. He seems really interested in everything even in the middle of the night. He gets really wide eyed and excited looking around at anything.
PLEASE HELP. We started solids (rice cereal), but it constipated him and seemed to disturb his sleep more so we stopped. After we stopped, he slept much better. Now we are facing these night problems!
