We are new have been on the EASY routine for less than a week (4 week old baby). Any suggestions on how to keep a baby awake for activity time? So far I've tried changing diaper, stripping her down, massage, playing with her hands/feet, talking to her, singing, etc. She has her eyes open for no more than 2 activity times throughout the day--which lasts all of five minutes after feeding if we're lucky. Additional info.: She is gaining weight steadily and her feeding patterns are quite regular. Sleep schedule not stable: she resists swaddling and breaks her arms out (going to try Aussie swaddling method), also has 1 to 1.5 hour crying episode once in afternoon and once in the middle of the night...shush-pat worked only once so far (tried it 4 times). She simply skips the sleep in EASY for those 2 cycles mentioned above. Any insights helpful!
