Am sort of on EASY - I am REALLY trying! It's just not always that Easy is it?!
I have a toddler and it's just difficult sometimes - I realise I'm not the only one though in that situation and others master it fine!
It's even difficult for me to write down what we do as the timings vary so much from day to day, particularly for naps. He tends to just have to fall in with what I am doing with my toddler - and also I just have to do my exercise (I take him with me) to keep me fit and happy!
Some background: He's 16 weeks. He naps either in a pram in our kitchen (pretty quiet) or in the car or stroller. He sleeps in the same pram in the evening until we take him to bed for his dreamfeed (we have 3 floors in our house and it's just easier to have him on the same floor, especially if I am trying to settle him). At night he's sleeping in a bassinet beside our bed at the moment. He was 4 pounds 14 ounces at birth (full-term). Exclusively breastfeeding. Will not take a bottle or pacifier at all. I feel I am pretty good at reading his sleep cues most of the time.
He tends to wake pretty early - this morning was 6am (I'd like to start day at 7am ideally - he goes down at 7/7.15pm usually)
I'll show you how today as gone so far:
E 6.00 I heard him awake and starting to fuss not crying though. (He probably woke up before then though as I am a heavy sleeper!). Fed him as it had been 3.5 hrs since his last feed).
A 6.10 - 7.00 Played in crib and on his bassinet matress in our bed (while I tried to catch a few more ZZs before toddler surfaced!)
S 7.00-7.40 He fell asleep on the bed
A 7.40 He woke up, I dressed and changed him and he played for a bit in his bouncy chair while I got dressed.
E 8.00 I fed him again (I know it was too early but I had to take toddler to nursery and get to my exercise class - it's a class for Mums with the babies in the stroller and he would have been due for a feed bang in the middle of the class!)
A 8.05 - 9.10 Played, drove in car to drop off at nursery and get to "baby bootcamp".
S 9.10-10.00 He slept in the stroller during bootcamp.
A 10.00-10.45 Sat in stroller for a bit cooing, drove home (he was crying because hungry)
E 10.45 Fed
A 10.50-11.30? Played, cuddled, sat in chair and bumbo seat.
S 11.35 - 12.50 - Slept first part of nap at home and then in car to collect toddler (woke for about 10-15 mins when car was stationery!)
E 12.50 Had a long feed (one side only still).
A Tried to do an A time but he was very fussy - I put him in my sling and he fell asleep so I put him down to sleep.
S 1.35 - and that's where we've got to.
There are a few similarities each day in that he tends to wake early (and is wide-awake so I don't think I'd have a hope of getting him to sleep again).
He has a nap in the early morning - usually 8.15 but not today!
He tends to have a longer nap at lunchtime but not long.
He has a catnap at around 4.30/5.00 for 40-45 mins and will feed when he wakes up.
Bath/bed routines goes great and he's down by 7.00/ 7,15 usually with minimal fuss.
Usually will sleep through the evening until the dreamfeed between 10-11pm.
Last night was pretty good - we went from 11-2.30 and then from 2.30-6.00. He was in a full-swaddle which is the first time I haven't half-swaddled him in a long long time. However, usually he wakes twice per night (not including DF) - somewhere around 2.00 /2.30 and 4.30/5.00 or thereabouts.
Can someone give me some pointers on my routine? I take toddler to nursery at 8,45 Mon, Wed, Fri and collect him at 12.00. I do my baby bootcamp exercise class from 9.15-10.15 mon, Wed, Fri. Toddler naps from about 12.45/1.00 until 3.00/3.30. I'd like to work around that if at all possible. Planning on moving him to his own room soon - but we have no curtains at the moment so it's too light.
Sorry to go on....... I really need to crack this now!
