Pls help us, don't understand whats going on

[Jennerific]

my LO is just over 3 months, is a textbook baby (with some angel) & has been on EASY since birth. he is 18 pounds and EBF. we've been on a solid 3 hour EASY up until this week when things started going awry. he's trying to cluster feed again, sometimes he won't eat at all when he's supposed to, but be starving a hour later. i really don't know whats going on. so yesterday i kept track & wrote everything down.. i'm doing that as well today.

here is our wonky routine. i would love some advice b/c my gut is telling me he's ready for 3.5 or 4 hour EASY instead of 3 hour... what do you think??

E 4am
S 4-7am
E - supposed to eat at 7 but refused breast

E - 7:45
S - 8 to 10 (this is backwards b/c we had to drive hubby to work & LO always falls asleep in the car on the way)
A - 10 to 10:30

E - 10:30 - 10:45
A - 10:45 - 11:30
S - 11:30 - 12
A - 12-1

E - 1:10 - 1:25
A - 1:30 - 2:05
S - 2:10 - 4:30

E - 3:31 - 4:41
A - 4:45 - 6
S - 6-6:40

E - 6:40 - 6:56
A - 7 - 7:53 (including bath, bedtime routine)
8 - 8:25 cry his butt off for the past 2 nights when normally goes to sleep no problem, refuses to sleep unless he's fed again both nights

E - 8:25-8:40
S - 8:40 - 4am

E - 4am (this is now the start of today)
5am soother
6am soother

woke up at 6:45 to feed & start today b/c i knew he had to drive hubby to work. i wanted him to get at least a full hour of being awake before we got into the car so today is looking like:

E 6:45
A 7-7:50
S 7:50 - 9:30

E 9:30 - 9:47
A 10-10:55
S 11 - 11:15
A 11:15 - 12 (i went to the salon, he woke up & sat quietly in his carseat but wouldn't go back to sleep)
S 12-12:40

E 12:41 - 12:45 (sometimes he has these really really short feeds)
A 1-1:50
S 1:55 - ?? he's still sleeping

and there you have it. this is what our week has been like on & off. he's not upset or overtired, he's not overstimulated, he's a happy happy baby that seems to be veering for no reason.

thanks again! i would love, love to hear your thoughts

[Jennerific]

so 1:55 - 2:50 cried & resisted nap, put soother back in 3+ times before offering breast

E 2:50 - 3:10
S 3:10 - ?

wth is going on with my kid? i'm so confused right now...

[MJMom]

he's probably a bit too young for 4 hrs, but certainly could be ready for 3.5 hrs.

Couple of things I noticed:
At one point he had a 30 minute nap.  that generally means he is overtired.   His A times are rough to follow since your routine looks more like EASAY than EASY (which is completely normal btw).  Looks like generally though he can stay up between 1.5 - 2 hrs which would tell me he is ready for a 3.5 hr EASY. possibly longer since he's EBF, but he's a big boy.  He may be able to handle it!  MJ was smaller, and could still handle it!)

Continue following his cues and feed him when he asks for it, rather than about the 3-hr mark.  He will slowly transition himself to a 3.5 then 4 hr EASY.  (Btw, 4 hr EASY comes between 16-20 weeks.

Btw- you must be from Canada... I don't think any one else uses the term "wonky" 

[D-bot]

I hear you. I am experiencing the same thing. My DS is 14 weeks and 17 lbs. and he doesn't seem hungry at the 3hr mark but I have been feeding him regardless. Lately, I've been trying to go for 3.5hr EASY and his schedule has gone haywire since he can't stay up longer than 1.5hrs. but doesn't seem hungry after 3 or 3.5hrs so my EASY has become EASA except it's all screwed up because the sleep time keeps moving up but not the feed time. 

[MJMom]

If it's EASA... then it's EASA.  We've been on EASA since about 4 months!  Just be mindful of that when you put him down for the next nap.  And he may surprise you by having a longer A time then as the meal cuts up the A time.