I am having a bad mom day today. I feel like I can't read my LO's cues at all, and I am stressing about his routine and the amounts he is eating, etc etc. At this point I have no idea what his EASY should look like.
Today LO (6mo) was up from 3:30-4:40am just wide awake and happy. I had to do pu/pd and pat/shush and he finally went back to sleep, and slept until 7:30am, very late for him. He gave me good nap cues about 10:15am (his A time seems to be longer in the mornings) but then only slept until 11am. I gave him a chance to go back to sleep, then did pat/shush, etc but I couldn't get him to resettle even though he seemed tired still. He didn't want to eat until 12:30, so he wasn't hungry. Then he was really whiny during lunch (unusual for him) and when I got a few nap cues (rubbing his face) I put him down about 2pm for a nap. He would not go to sleep, just rolled around in his crib and eventually started really crying. Nothing worked to settle him, I tried for 40 min, now he's in the swing about to doze off finally (3pm).
I am so frustrated right now and feel so bad for my LO that I can't read him better. If I (accidentally) time it just right, I can put him in his crib awake and he'll just go right to sleep and he'll take a 2 hour nap, and I've seen him resettle himself to sleep, so I know he can. But if I put him down too early or too late there is no helping him, and since his start of the day is so inconsistent, I have no idea when he needs to start his naps!!! I'm feeling like such a bad mom right now, like I really don't understand my kiddo.
A few other details - he is on solids, I don't think he's teething, he's bf but I'm going back to work soon so he's getting ebm in bottles. Even if he's fussing from hunger, he'll only take about 4oz of bm and I have to give him a couple more oz in his solids or before his nap. He turns 6mo next week. He goes to sleep better with a paci but I've seen him settle himself without it so I don't think it's a prop. If he wakes up from his afternoon nap past 3:30pm he doesn't take a catnap. Bedtime is 8pm (tried moving earlier but he just won't go down before that).
I'm just feeling so lost right now, I'd appreciate any advice or suggestions, or just a virtual pat on the shoulder!!
