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Help please, I don't know where to start?!
« on: October 16, 2011, 20:45:11 pm »

So,

I don't know what I'm doing wrong but my sons days/nights vary so much. He really is a delight and very smiley

Sometimes he sleeps for only 30 mins during the day, other times 2 hrs. Thurs/Fri night were great sleeping until 6am & 5:40am but then last night a shocker. He's an angel/textbook baby and 23 weeks now (5.5 months?) but I just don't know what to do next. Should he really be on a 4 hour EASY by now?

OOo I need your help please ladies. Below are a few examples of the past few days.

Thanks
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Thursday 13th October
03:00 E 200ml
06:00 awake gave dummy & fell back to sleep
07:00 awake
07:15 E 180ml
07:30 A
09:50 S for 45 mins
10:35 E 200ml
10:50 A
12:20 S 55 mins
13:15 awake
13:30 E 140ml
13:50 A
14:45 had rest of milk he didn't finish earlier 60ml
16:10 S for 30 mins
16:45 E 200ml
17:05 A
18:30 E 100ml
18:45 A storytime
19:00 S
22:00 E 200ml

14th Oct
06:10 E 200ml
06:20 A
08:00 S for 35 mins
08:35 awake
09:20 E 200ml
09:30 A
11:25 S for 1hr 10
12:35 E
13:00 A
15:00 S
15:30 E 180ml
15:50 A
18:30 E 200ml
18:45 A (story time)
19:00 S
22:20 E Dreamfeed 200ml

Sat 15th
05:40 E
06:00 A
07:10 S 2 hrs 20
09:25 E
09:45 A
11:30 S (for 30mins)
12:30 E
12:45 A
14:35 S (35 mins)
15:30 E
15:50 A
18:30 E
18:40 S
22:15 Dreamfeed 200ml

Sunday 16th
01:30 stirring gave dummy
02:30 Awake spent half an hour trying to just give him dummy but in the end...
03:00 E 200ml
03:45 S
06:30 E 200ml
06:50 A
08:30 S for 30 mins
09:00 A (As he woke half an hour before his feed was due did I do the right thing waiting or should I have fed him even though it had only been 2 1/5 hrs since last feed?
09:30 E 200ml
09:50 A
11:30 S for 50 mins
12:30 E 200ml
12:50 A
14:30 S well actually it was more like 14:45, He spent 15 mins trying to fight it
15:15 AWAKE
15:30 E 200ml
15:50 A
18:15 E 160ml
18:35 A wind down for bed, story etc
18:50 S
21:15 He just woke up now crying. Tried PU/PD but gave him 200ml. He's sound asleep again now.

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Re: Help please, I don't know where to start?!
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2011, 19:09:30 pm »
Hi and welcome to the boards  :)

I'm finding it a bit hard to follow the routines TBH. How are you deciding when to put your LO down for a nap? Does he give you cues??

I think what we need to do is work on that first A time to try and find what time suits him - the times are so variable below that I have a hard job trying to decide where to start really  :-\.