thanks for the posts and tips everyone! he does have a bit of a need to be burped..we can go for a whole 5 mins, and still nothing..then 30 mins later, he burps on his own!
this is what his days looks like, give or take 30 mins
E-7am
A-7.40 Burp+Nappy change
S-8am try to put him to bed, but he fusses, see him rooting/wanting to suckle.
E-8.30: 15mins feed, falls asleep
S-8.45-10
E-10
A-10.40 Burp+Bath
S-11 shush-pat. sometimes he'll fall asleep, sometimes not (unless he feeds again!)
etc
Night:
E 8pm-40min
A 8.40-Bath (15mins)
S Try shush-pat. If he fusses until 9.30, he feeds again to be tanked up , and will sleep for 3 1/2 hrs to 4 hrs.
Generally he sleeps well at night, usually for almost 3 hours. but usually falls asleep at the breast..
The pattern i'm seeing now is that he wants to nurse before sleeping, and he'll fuss for a whole 40mins-1 hr if i don't let him feed, so long that he'll skip the whole nap until its time for his next feed!
last nite we introduced the avent pacifier, and he basically sucked on it the whole time he was supposed to sleep (an hour!) until his next feed..he seemed to like this one better, at least he didn't spit it out as often..he needed help for us to pop it back in (about 7/8 times during the hour), cuz he would root frantically for it (n be woken up fr his relaxed state!)
What Am i doing wrong here? If he falls asleep whilst feeding, i try to fit in some A, so that he practially gets bathed asleeep! but he wakes up half-way thru and gets upset (as you would be), he'll be so wide-awake and then we do the whole sleep routine again, and he'll want to eat after 40 mins of fussing!!!
