She is so small, Paula, I think all she knows now is how to drink, sleep and poop
I would say go with what works for you now. You are obviously doing something right,
so play it by ear. Every baby is different. Henry was on a 4 hour EASY the first 6 weeks, as he slept 3 hours for evey hour awake day and night. Day initially better than night, which is when i *found* BW properly.
What I would say is in a few weeks' time A will 'wake' up. I just assumed Henry would prolong his A time naturally and at the right time, ie day time. Nope. He did it between 6-11pm for a week and I was stumped. This was also when his reflux flared. A clever mommy in my BC suggested we did another cycle of EASY, I think she twigged first that he saw the 6-10/11pm stretch as part of his 'day' This was after he initially for the first few weeks slept the best after his bath.
I would probably not for the time being worry too much about how your nights are going now. If I were you though, when Abigail got a bit older, say 6-8 weeks old, I would definitely aim to have her in her cot in the dark from after the bath time routine and for the 10-11pm feed, feed her in the dark and quiet. We did that for a week and since then Henry has put himself to sleep at night, independantly every night. Yes you have the teething and sick episodes, but they are rare and even then, after soothing him, I still put him to bed awake. As they say night sleep gets established btw 2.5-3 moths of age, that is what I personally would aim towards.
However, you have to do what works for you and A and the rest of your family.
I think if you start too young, you 'prolong' the agony, as I think, IMHO, they are just too young to 'understand'.
Hope that made sense! You are lucky and I think you are such a happy go lucky mom, she can't help but be peaceful! Enjoy her.
xx
DI
