My husband and I recently started using BW with our 4 - 1/2 week old; until then, we had been "winging it." Fortunately, we were already on something similar to a 3-hour EASY, but without the catnap in the evening. This is more or less what the schedule looks like now:
E: 8:00 am - Awake and first morning feeding
S: 9 or 9:30 am
E: 11:00 am
S: 11:45 or 12:30
E: 2 or 2:30 pm
S: 3 or 3:30
E: 5 pm
S: 6:15 or 6:30
E: 8 pm (I consider this the last feed before bedtime, although I don't know if she can tell the difference
)
S: 8:45 or so - bedtime
Night feeds usually happen around 11 pm, 2:30 am, 5:30 am.
With this schedule, I don't know if she can tell when "nighttime" starts (although I change feeding practices from living room to bedroom, light to dark, talking to quiet and at night I put her right back down after a feed). Would it benefit us to introduce the catnap, and if I do introduce it, do I wake her up to limit its length to 45 minutes? Should I just wake her up 45 minutes into the 6:30 nap? Any other suggestions as to changes I should make would be welcome.
Thanks!
