Hello all
I feel like a bit of a serial poster as I seem to have an issue for every forum! But I think my ds naps are the thing I really want sorted most of all and I know they are all connected. Ds is 15 weeks old and he has always been a good napper consistently going 1.5-2hrs sometimes more if I didnt wake him. For last week or so he has started only napping for 45mins then waking up crying. I know he is still tired but he wont resettle. After coming on here I realised he might be ready to change to 4hr schedule so I upped his feeds as he had been draining 6oz bottles in readiness for working on the change over. But as soon as I upped his feeds he just started going 4hrs between feeds but the naps havent changed. He has always woken once in night for a feed and im happy with this as im sure waking once he is hungry but then he wakes again and im sure he isnt.
I try to make sure he naps in his cot as much as possible and he does need his dummy for his naps if he is in his cot but not if he is in his pram or car (dont know why!). But he doesnt wake up when it falls out. I have put 3 days worth of EASY below and grateful for any ideas. After day 2 I read about going in around the 35min mark for the “jolt” which I did on day 3 (today) but at 35mins he just woke up and instead of his normal crying he just woke up looked around and lay there happily for 10mins cooing and then when he noticed me he just started smiling and giggling. This is most unlike him! I will try it again tomorrow.
Day 1
Dreamfeed 1030pm 5oz
Woke 140am – given dummy
Woke 215am – given dummy
Woke and fed 330am 5oz
Woke 620am
E – 7am
A
S – 810am – 940am in cot (longest nap of week!)
E – 1040am 6oz
A
S – on and off 12-1pm in pram
E – 215pm 7oz
A
S – 3pm – 4pm then 440pm – 5pm in cot
E – 550pm 6.5oz
Asleep by 630pm
Dreamfeed 10pm 3oz
Woke 235am Fed 6oz
Day 2
Awake 545am
E – 640am
A
S – 730-830am in cot then 10-1030am in buggy
E – 1040am 6.5oz
A
S – 1155 – 1240 in cot, wouldnt resettle so walked around with him 10mins then slept 120-215pm in cot
E – 230pm 7oz
A
S – 420-5pm in cot
Bath
E – 530pm 6.5oz
Asleep by 6pm
Awake and fed 1225 5.5oz (this is 7 hours between feeds so he can do it!)
Awake 420am – dummy
Awake 515am – dummy
Day 3 (out most of day)
Awake and up 615am
E – 650am 7oz
A
S – 810-845 in cot wouldnt resettle after 30mins and smiling content etc so out for walk then when back tired again and slept 10-15-1050am
E – 11am 7oz
A
S – 1230-115 (in car)
E – 230pm 6.5oz
A
S – 415-445 in pram then 515 to 615 in car
E – 650pm 7oz
Asleep by 735pm
And thats today, any ideas welcome, I feel like we are in a right old mess!
I try to make sure the last 10mins before sleep are low key and relaxed but I feel we are stuck in a cycle of him getting overtired because he ends up with too much A time because he wont nap long enough. Or he has 2 A times with 2 S times as well!