Hi guys,
I have a 9 week old and a 20 month old. Im going crazy. When i brought bub home he had jaundice, hence slept alot. At the 3 week mark he did a 360 and i am going insane. He catnaps. Due to the catnapping, the feeding is being affected, meaning he is taking much less at each feed because he is too tired to suck. Then he is catnapping again and so on. I can not break the vicious cycle and I am going crazy as I have a very active 20 month old. He is a big boy, weighing over 6 kilos already, so he needs his calories to sleep well. Here is an example of our day
E 8AM
A 1.5 HOURS
S 9.30AM
Y
E 12PM
A 1.5 HOURS
S 1.30PM
Y
E 4PM
A 1.5 HOURS
S 5.30PM
Y
AWAKE 6.15PM, BED TIME RITUAL, BATH, FEED AND BACK TO BED AT 7.30PM
10.30PM DREAMFEED
HOWEVER, HE CATNAPS FOR 40MINS, THEREFORE HE IS UP LITERALLY AWAKE FROM ONE FEED TO THE OTHER, SO HE IS NOT EATING WELL.
I HAVE TRIED HIM ON THE 3 HOUR EASY BUT FOUND THAT THIS DID NOT SUIT HIM AS HE IS A BIGGER BABY AND WAS TAKING BIGGER FEEDS WITH THE 4 HOUR ROUTINE. MY PEADIATRITION ALSO RECOMMENDED HE EAT 4 HOURLY AND NOT 3 HOURLY. FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS I HAVE GONE BACK TO THE 3 HOUR ROUTINE TO ENABLE LESS AWAKE TIME FROM HE CATNAP WAKE UP TO THE NEXT FEED. BUT I FIND IT IS NOT HELPING AT ALL.
PLEASE HELP ME, YOUR ADVICE IS MUCH APRECIATED