Hi, this is my first time posting so bear with me if I ask something already here or make some kind of mistake.
Ok, Kubko is 14.5 weeks old. I started EASY about a month or so ago. Things were going well, he got used to feeding every 3 hours, waking up at 7 everyday, and his new earlier bedtime at 7:30. Before, I didn't know how to read his cues and would feed him almost everytime he cried. So, that is going much better. And I never put him down for naps, I'd just let him fall asleep when he could. So since I've started EASY, He had started to nap If the naps were short, I could extend them with ssshh-patting him. But the last few days have been horrible. I don't know what is going on. He'll sleep for 30-45 minutes and even if I'm there patting him or with my hand on him to do wake to sleep,he wakes up and he's really frustrated! It has been so hard for us to get him back to sleep. We try sssh-pat and he now seems to hate it, where before it usually worked. He arches his back now and screams. So, I've tried rubbing his back or putting him on his belly, but then he usually practices lifting his head (like tummy time)and he won't get to sleep that way. After trying to get him to go back to sleep he gets so frustrated that it's almost impossible to calm him down. The only thing that works usually is to go stand in front of the CD player and start some music. Even then, he's calm for a bit, and then when I put him back in bed he's hysterical again. Or today, even not even putting him back in the bed he got to crying like crazy again. Sometimes I'll feed him earlier, then we'll try to put him back down after a shorter activity time since he's overtired. Then the cycle begins again, he'll sleep for 30-45 and then wake screaming. Today he wouldn't even go to sleep for his catnap.
As for his routine:
E 7:00
A 7:30
S 8:15 or 30
E 10
A 10:30
S 11:15 or 30
E 1
A 1:30
S 2:15 or 30
E 4
A 4:30
S 5:15 or 5:30
E 6:00
A 6:30 and bath
E top off after bath
S 7:30
He goes to bed at 7:30, never later than 8:30.Bedtime is not usually ever a problem, he'll go to sleep without problem. I dream feed him at 11. He wakes around 4 and then lately he's also been waking at 6 and sometimes I can calm him down to sleep til 7, and sometime he'll lay awake fussing in his bed til 7. I've fed him at 6 a couple of times before, but usually try to comfort him back to sleep so he'll eat at 7. Would like to try wake to sleep, to get him to stop that 6 o'clock waking.
So what is going on? Thought it was just gong to take some more time, but these past few days he's been so grumpy that it's worried me. He's usually a mellow little guy. (textbook I think)
Could this be some kind of growth spurt, or have to do with him rolling over, or is it just going to take more time, if so, should we do pu/pd? I'm afraid it will only frustrate him more.
Hope someone can help,
Kristi
