Hi all
I'm new to the forum, but have been using EASY for 3+ months now with great success- till now, that is. My bear is 3 days from being exactly 6 months old and for the past 5 nights has been NW and acting completely out of character. Heres her EASY
7am Wake
7:20 6oz bottle
8am Solids (not much, maybe 3 tablespoons)
9:15 Nap 1.5 hours pretty consistently
11am Bottle
12noon Water or Juice
1:15 Nap was only 45mins, but have been pushing it later recently (used to be 1pm) and shes napping longer now, about 1 - 1.5hr. but not real consistent.
3pm bottle
4pm Catnap (we are trying to phase this out with some success. If that pm nap is 1.5hr, then i skip the CN and move bedtime up 1/2 hour.
5pm Solids
6:15 Bath
6:30 Bottle
7pm Bedtime
10:30 Dreamfeed
I would characterize her as cross between a textbook and an angel baby. After a few rough months early on, she took to EASY really well. Did shh/pat for a long time, but have never had to PU/PD. She sleeps easily from 7pm till 7am the next morning with the dream feed. The most we have had to do is occassionally put the binky in after that first 45min sleep cycle. Recently she doesn't settle easily for bed, she wakes 3-4 times. I leave her if shes just fussing, but many of those times its a full on scream fest. Now and then she smiles and wants to play. Often her back is arched and she scoots all over the crib on her head. Because I've never had to deal with this, I have picked her up & rocked her, but even that doesn't put her to sleep all the time. We were so spoiled by having such good sleeper, that now I'm almost immobilized & my husband is as cranky as the baby. Help!
Other things going on: we're trying to break her of her swaddle. We swaddle with one arm out for the last 2 weeks and its going just okay.
She started daycare 2 weeks ago for 3 days a week. Her caregiver follows my schedule pretty well- or so I think. Baby is always happy & well rested when I pick her up.
She was sick 3 weeks ago, but her schedule wasn't thrown off too much. I'm keeping my eye out for the 6month growth spurt, but her food intake has been the same so I don't think its that. She is teething or pre-teething with massive amounts of drool. I call her Juicy. This seems to be making her a little cranky, but not too bad. Sorry this is going on forever! Any ideas? What should I do? Is it just a phase? Do I start PU/PD even though I've never had to do it before? Who took my baby?
