DD has been an intermittent waker since we put her onto EASY at 3.5 months. Previously she'd been sleeping solidly from bedtime till about 5am when she'd wake up hungry. We've held on but things don't seem to be getting better. She does not need feeding in the night but she wakes regularly and and we're knackered!
From the first time we dreamfed her she started having multiple wakeups between 1 and 4am. It seemed to disrupt her sleep patterns thoughout the night but it has not improved. I've tried giving her less, more and a bottle. Now she's started crying about 10 min before she's due her DF (BF). She used to stir a few mins before it was due but for the last week she's waking and I've tried to shh her to sleep before feeding her but I'm sure she's expecting the feed. DH just went it and did W2S, brave man. Is 5.5 months too early to try to get rid of the DF though it might be a battle now she's waking? I find it really annoying anyway because I can't go to bed early myself because if it.
She wakes crying at somewhere between 2 and 4 and turning her onto her side usually cures this. I've no idea how to tackle this one because she does not do it at a regular time. Sometimes I'm sure she wakes herself up farting!
She's usually restless after 5am and wakes frequently until official up time of 7am. She does a low moan or sing to her self and she needs to be shh/patted to sleep. I should probably keep a better track of this one because this one might be a bit more regular.
She's not rolling yet but she can shuffle around a bit. Her crying in the night is not urgent or screamy it starts quiet and gets loader and sounds like she's just annoyed to have woken up. We've started on solids a few days ago but have not noticed a change in her sleeping patterns since then. She is put down awake and nearly always goes to sleep by herself. Here is roughly what we try to stick to each day:
7am – up and BF
8:30 – Taste of solids
9 to 11am – Nap
11am – ~8oz of EBM
1 to 3pm – Nap
3pm – BF
3:30 to 5 or 5:15 – A
5 pm to 5.30 pm – Nap
5:40 pm – Taste of solids
6:30pm – BF
7:00pm – Bath and book
7:30pm – Bed
10:30 – DF (BF)
She only does 2h naps occasionally and she's thinking about dropping her catnap. Today she napped for 2h, 1.25h and 30 min, yesterday she did 40 min, 1.5h and no cat nap.
Cheers
Jenny
