thanks but part of my problem is los awake times!! they are so erratic!! I have such a battle with him to take his naps, even though he is clearly tired, rubbing eyes, yawning etc it still takes me anything up to an hour and a half to get him down and often end up rocking him as he has gone so far i cant do much else!! so his awake times vary from day to day, morning to afternoon, but my routine i try to follow is;
wakes anything between 6am-7am, 7am bottle, lo is showing signs of tiredness after bottle so gentle rocking, a story and i put him back in his cot by 8am. then the fun starts! can be in/out/up/down til gone 9am!
lo will have 45mins max. up, dressed and activity (usually baby mozart)
10am bottle, solid feed to follow. nappy change. activity til aprox 11.30am when lo shows signs of tiredness. gentle rock for 10mins or so, sing lullabies, place in cot and fun starts again. sometimes he will shout, play,cry through til next feed at 1pm, if he does sleep its only for 45 mins. if not he has his bottle then solid feed and by then he is so tired and grouchy hes not really interested in food. He will then nap but only for 45 mins (yes, that monster!!). activity and 4pm bottle and solid feed, Again i try to get him to nap about 4.45/5pm as his bed is at 7.45pm but sometimes he will, sometimes he wont. I end up resorting to taking him for a walk as he then usually falls asleep. Bottle then at 7.15pm after his bath.
i know i have used props to help with sleeping but lo has had severe colic since birth and everything was a battle, i ended up doing what i could and know i need to break this cycle! lo also has reflux and on gaviscon.
any advice more than welcome!!!
