Hello and thank you for getting back to me! Our routine is kind of all over the place right now since we moved last Sunday, so there is a lot of adjustment going on. I feel that he is also overtired, teething and not quite sure but perhaps going through a growth spurt or something as he's been asking to be breastfed more often.
Our day yesterday went something like this:
E 7:30 am
A 8:00 am
S 9:05 am for 1 hour and 20 minutes
E 10:25am we fell asleep while feeding woke up again at 11:55
A 11:55 am
S 1:06 pm for 50 minutes
E 2:05 pm
A 2:30 pm
S 4:05 pm for 45 minutes
E 5:05 pm one side
A 5:20pm bath
E 6:00 pm other side
A swaddle and a song
S 6:15 pm for 20 minutes
Then he woke up and started crying, wouldn't settle back. I tried shush/pat several times, gave him gas drops, held him and re swaddled him, left the room for 10 minutes and let him cry because I was getting frustrated, came back to more patting, nothing. Dad came and took over took him out of the crib gave him a brake to calm down, re swaddled and more patting, nothing. Kept crying. I ended up in bed with him on my chest patting his back to sleep, finally went down past 8 pm. It's the third night in a row that this happens. First night I also ended up patting him on my chest after trying a lot of patting on the crib as well as pu/pd. Second night fell asleep after 2 hours of crying, i tried everything again shush/pat, medicine in case of gas, breastfeeding, nothing. Also left the room out of frustration for a 5 minute breather came back replaced the paci and he fell asleep.
Last night though has been the most challenging since birth. This boy is my third child and he's been on EASY since birth, has always slept independently and when I nurse him in bed I always put him back in his crib. But last night I dreamfed him at 10:45 pm and went down. Woke up around midnight crying wouldnt settle with just the paci, so dad brought him to bed with us and I was so tired I fed him to sleep, we ended up sleeping together. I woke up around 3 to put him back in his crib, he wouldn't take none of that, cried again, he seemed distressed I thought he was in pain, lots of gas and farts. Gave him some drops resettled him and tried to sleep him on my chest again, he slept for like an hour but wouldn't let me put him in the bed next to me, nursed him again around 4 am slept next to me but barely, woke up again around 6:30 wanting to nurse again. And he was up for the day.
I noticed that he's starting to roll over and when a lay him in bed that's what he tries to do right away, which causes his swaddle to break. Not sure if I should stop swaddling because he's so tired it just seems like the worst idea at the moment.
Please give me some advice as to how to break this OT cycle. I don't want to have another night like last night, and for sure don't want to start some accidental parenting right now.
He used to be on a consistent 3.5 - 4 hour EASY before moving.
Thanks!