My LO has been on EASY since we brought him home from the hospital. With the exception of a 2 month stretch this summer, he's been a pretty good sleeper, waking only once a night for a "paci-reset" and on a great routine.
In July, DH and I went away for a long weekend, and my MIL stayed with DS. Everything fell apart - that separation coupled with crawling, 4 new teeth and back-to-back vacations in the month of August led to a horrible situation with wakings every 1.5 hours...DS in our bed...a try at CIO, you name it. It was really horrible.
Long story short, we're back on track by using a combination of BW techniques and some of the tips and strategies from Elizabeth Pantley's book.
My question is this: every night, LO wakes up at 11:30 for a "paci-reset" and then at 4:45 am for a 7oz bottle, he then goes back to sleep until 7:00 or so. Don't get me wrong, I'm SO ok with the 2 little wakings...compared with where we were just a few short weeks ago, but I'd like nothing more than for my DS to sleep from 7:30-6 without a peep, like he did before that fateful weekend in July
Here are all the details:
4:45 am 7oz bottle and back to bed
7am wake for day sometimes 4 oz if seems hungry
8:15 breakfast
9 or 9:30 - 1.5-2 hour nap
11 (or whenever wakes) 7 oz bottle
12 or 1 (depending on am nap/bottle) lunch
2 - 1.5 hour nap
3:30 7 oz bottle
5 or 5:30 dinner
6:45 5 oz bottle
bath
books
snuggle, rock, sing with mommy, blanket, teddy, and paci...(It's crowded in that rocker!)
7:30 asleep - in crib with eyes
mostly open.
I don't really think that he's dependent on the paci, since he only wakes for it one time during the night. And I'm just not sure what to make of the 4:45 thing. the routine seems to be working for us...and after the hell we went through this summer, I'm hesitant to change too much ... but the prospect of a real, live, full night's sleep is SO tempting!! Possible he might be trying to drop that AM nap? Thoughts? Thanks!!!