New to EASY need a little advice please

[MunchkinsMum]

Hi all,
My LO is 10 weeks old and I'd really like to get into a routine with her, so we've been trying to follow EASY for a week now.  Due to colic and stomach issues we've been winging things so far, with naps whenever we can persuade her to go down when she's not in pain.  Anyway we've now put her on formula and things seem to be improving.  However, now she's feeding every 4 hours so I'm a little confused what to do with her routine.  I don't think I'm getting it just right as so far she's only been having on average 45 minutes naps, sometimes with one good nap a day.

Not that we have a definite routine yet, this is how today panned out;
E - 7.30
A - 7.45-8.30
S - 8.30 - 9.20
A - 9.20 - 10.45 (she was wide awake after her first nap and would not give in and sleep!)
S - 10.45 - 11.15
E - 11.30
A -  11.45 - 1 (I then tried to get her to sleep, but this took an hour!)
S - 2.00 - 3.30
E - 3.30
A - 3.45 - 5 (she is really cranky at this time ? linked to her colic issues)
Catnap 5 - 5.45 (sorry to say this catnap is in a sling)
A - 5.45 - 6.45
E - 7
A - 7.15 - 7.45 (this was all very calm, before bed)
We DF her at 10.30
She sleeps very well at night, only waking once at about 3.30am

Any advice for our daytime routine would be greatly received, as I know she's overtired I just don't what to alter.  I know she should really be on a 3 hr routine for her age, but she's not interested in food before 4 hours.

Please help?
Thanks in advance

[sherry lynn]

Hi there

The catnap in the sling is fine. It's fine to AP the catnap so no guilt over that

My guess would be that the first nap is actually under tired.

Maybe push that A time out just by 10 min to see if you can get her to nap longer than 45 min. If not, maybe she will be tired enough to at least be persuaded to go back to sleep

The next thing is after she takes a 45 min nap the next A time is too long. You want to cut her usual A time by at least 15 minutes, maybe even 30. So her next A time would be quite short. It is ok to give 2 naps in one feeding cycle. You want to keep her from getting OT. That will help her colicy period.

[MunchkinsMum]

Thank you very much.  I will give that a try and see how we do.  I was unsure to the 2 naps in one cycle but if that's ok we can maybe get over her being OT.

Thanks again x

[sherry lynn]

Let me know how it goes or if you need anything else