Need help with 4 mo.

[rebekahsmom]

Hi!  I am just starting the BW and looking for advise.  Rebekah has just turned 4m old and for the past month (before i read BW), she has been going to bed between 9-10pm and sleeping til around 4am, then up for a feed, then sleeps til 8-9am. Our usual bedtime routine has been a feed around 6, walk/bath/feed/story/snuggle/ then bed where she puts herself to sleep. In reading the BW, she should be sleeping thru the night. If she is sleeping between 6-7 hours at night does this count.  I know that sounds like a stupid question but I am not sure.  Rebekah was a month preemie.  Last night I fed her at 7pm, went for a walk then bath then off to bed.  DF at 10:00pm and she woke at 4am for a feed.  Am I doing it right or am I missing something? 

To give you a bit more history about me, we move to WY from Canada in Nov.  We found out we were preg in Oct!  I feel very alone here as I don't really know anyone, and there are no groups etc for when I was preg and even now that our DD has arrived.  I am suffering from PPD to top it all off.  Any advise about if I am doing the right thing at bedtime would be greatly appreciated!

[Colin Macs Mom]

Hi there and welcome to BW!

I split your topic from the one you posted on so that you will get more attention.

So what is your EASY routine now that you have read BW? Have you adjusted from what you posted?

In reading the BW, she should be sleeping thru the night. If she is sleeping between 6-7 hours at night does this count.

Yes!  What she's been doing is in fact "sleeping through" for her age, especially as a preemie. Sleeping through is really a relative term depending on a lot of different things.


There is another BW that lives in Wyoming, I will see if I can get in touch with her, maybe you live close by!

[lilalley]

I'm in Montana with a little one the same age.  We're kinda near.  As far as the midwest is concerned.  Our LO is sleeping similar to your LO, great job! Too bad the walks will end soon... not welcoming the snow this year.