My problem realtes to almost every one of the last thread....45 min naps and feeding. The problem is with us that often Lo is up for 1 1/2 hours before a feeed is due. If I were to feed him even an hour earlier he would be on more like a 3 hour EASY at 4 months.
The biggest concern is that when we do go to feed (and I try to extend it as long as possible near the 4 hour mark) , he is so tired he won't eat and is very whingy and can't concentrate. But I don't want him snackign every few hours.
He is exclusively bf.
The schedule I am TRYING to get happeneing is basically a 2 hour nap in the mornign between 9-11 and afternoon, 1-3 but what it in reality looks like is this:
E 7am
A
S latest 8.30. I don't know why but his A time in the morning is so short. He must wake up tired!
Lately this nap has been 45 mins so the day goes on with me trying to get him to nap after he has been awake for about 1 1/2 hours again and it goes on and on like that the whole day with trying to feed in between. If we are lucky he has one nap or an hour and a half a day but it's always at different times.
He has reasonably good nights. Goes to bed at 6.45, df at 10 and around 2am another feed and wakes at 6.30 or 7am.
I am trying to do everything right...windown, watch his tired signs (which are almost impossible to read) but the day is all over the pklace.
I long to be able to post my routine like everyone else can but it is just different all the time.
Should I be more strict with sleep training and keeping him in his bed doing PU/PD until we finally get the naps to last longer? Or just feed him more often...which is the lesser of 3 evils?
Can ANYONE Out there give any advice?
Would be fantastic
Thanks
Michelle
