I have a 6.5 month old who is up 2-3 times during the night. He has been on EASY since the day he was born. He falls asleep in his crib at bedtime and has for several months. He was sleeping 8:30-5:30/6 at 3-4 months. The beginning of April(~5months) he was fighting a cold and started waking coughing up at night....leading to nighttime nursing. We also introduced cereal/purees around this time.
DS is army crawling and pushes himself up to sitting, etc. Last night he was up at 11:30, 2:30 and 5:15 (for the day)...At the 2:30 feeding I wanted to cut down on his nursing time, but he was actively nursing (for once). I have on occasion been able to nurse on just 1 side, on those nights he is up <15 minutes.
We have been working on nap times as well. He fights falling asleep at naps. The last 2 days I have been rocking/Pat/Shush to calm for naps and he has been better (but not 100%) at falling asleep in his crib. (Wasn't sure if this post belonged in the night time thread or the nap time thread
) I think that naps need to be extended, and I"m not sure how to help that happen.
Our day so far
5:15ish nurse
5:30 awake and ready to play
7:00cereal
7:30 nap
8:30 awake
9:30 nurse
activity till 11ish slept for 1/2 hour (fell asleep on way home from running errands)
11:45 veggie/nurse
activity
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On an average day he will take at least 2 naps, hopefully one will be at least an hour but there is no definite..
Evening meal is at 6:30
Bedtime is 8:30
I was not routinely doing a DF.
I would like to see him eliminate the 2:30ish feeding (and the 11:30 one), Go back to sleep after a 5:30ish nursing (not sure if I'll get that one) and take longer naps. Any suggestions would be welcomed.