PLEASE PLEASE HELP! 3 hour routine is now a 4 hour

[Spleenie]

Hi all,

My daughter is 5 months old and has now gone from a 3 hour routine (6oz formula) to a 4 hourly (7oz formula). She has never been a great napper.

Her routine is now all over the place, she's gone from having 3 short naps to two short naps and is wanting to go to bed now at 5.30pm, please can someone help, I am thinking of weaning her shortly if this helps.

Old routine was -

7.30 - Feed
8.45 ish - Nap
10.30 - Feed
12 ish - Nap
1.30 - Feed
4 ish - Nap
4.30 - Feed
6.45 ish Last bottle and bed

Routine so far is -

7.30 - Feed
9.15 ish - Nap
11.30 - Feed
1.30 ish Nap
3.30 - Feed
5.30 - She becomes really tired and crabby at this point, (tonight we started her last bottle at 6pm)
6.15 ish - Last bottle and bed

She has started to wake during the night too, around 3am, not sure if this is because she's trying to roll on to her side.

Thank you

[anna*]

Four hourly feedings at this age is totally normal. In your current EASY, you don't say how long she is napping for, it looks like she is napping for nearly 2 hours both times? If she is tired at 5.30pm you could give her a short catnap at 5.30 (just 30-45 mins) and then bedtime at 7pm.

[Spleenie]

Thankyou for your reply. She naps for 45 mins at the most.

[anna*]

I'd try adding a few more minutes to her first morning A time to see if that gets you a longer nap. If she has a short nap, you'll need to bring the second nap earlier so that she's not overtired for it.

[Spleenie]

Thankyou! So hard knowing what to do for the best!