8.5 month old and EWs - need to tweek routine?

[AlanaCYK]

Hi!

I was just wondering if someone might take a gander at our DD's EASY routine and see if you spot anything that would be causing sporadic EWs? She is bottle-fed after each sleep time.
I've attached what we've tracked for the last week or so.

Sometimes an objective view helps you see something you didn't see before 

TIA

[katie80]

Hi there, I see you haven't gotten a reply. I'm on my phone and have a hard time reading your chart so small, could you write out the last few days in EAS format and I'll see if I can take a look?

From what I can tell, it looks like the EW are just 30min earlier than normal wakeup. Is that correct? If so, and they're sporadic, it may just be a case of normal variation in wake-up. If they persist, you may look at increasing A time or cutting some day sleep (but that is what I have a hard time reading on the chart).

[AlanaCYK]

Hi Katie - sorry about that! I forgot about people viewing the boards from their phones (I'm old school I guess lol)
Here are the details:

Friday, June 06, 2014
E - 6:00am (EW)
A - 6-9:30
S - 9:30-11:30
E - 11:30
A - 11:30 - 2:30pm
S - 2:30 - 4
E - 4:00pm
A - 4 - 8pm
S - 8pm - 2am
E - 2:00am
S - 2:30am - 6:30am

Saturday, June 07, 2014
E - 6:30am
A - 6:30-10
S - 10-11:30
E - 11:30
A - 11:30 - 3pm
S - 3-4:30pm
E - 4:30pm
A - 4:30- 8:30pm
S - 8:30pm - 3:30am
E - 3:30am
S - 4:00am - 7:30am

Sunday, June 08, 2014
E - 7:30am
A - 7:30-11:30
S - 11:30am -1:30pm
E - 1:30
A - 1:30 - 5:30pm
S - 5:30 - 6:30pm
E - 6:30pm
A - 6:30- 9pm
S - 9pm - 3:30am
E - 3:30am
S - 4:30am - 7:30am

Monday, June 09, 2014
E - 7:30am
A - 7:30-10:30
S - 10:30am -12:30pm
E - 12:30
A - 12:30 - 4pm
S - 4 - 4:30pm
E - 4:30pm
A - 4:30-7:30pm
S -7:30pm - 2am
E - 2:00am
S - 2:30am - 6:00am

Tuesday, June 10, 2014
E - 6:00am (EW)
A - 6-9:30
S - 9:30-11:30
E - 11:30
A - 11:30 - 2:30pm
S - 2:30 - 4
E - 4:00pm
A - 4 - 7:30pm
S -7:30pm - 2:30am
E - 2:30am
S - 3:00am - 7:00am

Wednesday, June 11, 2014
E - 7:00am
A - 7:00-10:30
S - 10:30am -11:30
E - 11:30
A - 12:30 - 3pm
S - 3 - 3:30pm
E - 3:30pm
A - 3:30-7:00pm
S -7:00pm - 2am
E - 2:00am
S - 4:00am - 6:00am

Thursday, June 12, 2014
E - 6:00am (EW)
A - 6-9:00
S - 9:00-10:30
E - 10:30
A - 10:30 - 1:30pm
S - 1:30 - 3
E - 3:00pm
A - 3- 7:30pm
S -7:30pm - 3:30am
E - 3:30am
S -4am - 7:30am

Friday, June 13, 2014
E - 7:30am
A - 7:30-10:30
S - 10:30am -11:30pm
E - 11:30
A - 11:30 - 3:30pm
S - 3:30 - 5
E - 5:00pm
A - 5- 8:30pm
S - 8:30pm - 1:30am
E - 1:30am
S - 2am - 6:30am

Saturday, June 14, 2014
E - 6:30am
A - 6:30-10:30
S - 10:30am -1pm
E - 1:00
A - 1:00 - 4:30pm
S - 4:30 - 5:30
E - 5:30pm
A - 5:30- 8:30pm
S - 8:30pm - 2am
E - 2:00am
S - 2:30am - 6:00am

Sunday, June 15, 2014
E - 6:00am (EW)
A - 6-9:30
S - 9:30-11
E - 11:00
A - 11:00 - 2:30pm
S - 2:30 - 4:30pm
E - 4:30pm
A - 4:30-8:30pm
S - 8:30pm - 6am

Monday, June 16, 2014
E - 6:00am (EW)
A - 6-9:00
S - 9:00-11:30
E - 11:30
A - 11:30 - 3:00pm
S - 3 - 5pm
E - 5:00pm
A - 5- 9pm
S - 9pm - 3:00am
E - 3:00am
S - 3:30am - 7:30am

[katie80]

No worries... it's just easier to read (for me, at least) in EAS format.

So, it looks to me like the first two EW came from a bit of OT (short pm nap and still long, 3hr A time). The next few look like they're coming from too much day sleep or too long of a day. At 8.5 mo, you won't want to let any nap to longer than 2hr, unless the other is only 30-45min (then, you could probably get away 2.5hr). Ideally, it looks like she should be around 3hr day sleep with an 11ish hr night. You might want to think about setting the nap times as well (within 30min or so), as on the days they got a bit wonky you seemed to end up with an EW as well.

Are those the things you were thinking when you looked at your log?

[AlanaCYK]

I've been wondering about whether those long naps were impacting EWs. DH is on paternity leave so the routine is all his and he loves her long naps! :-)
She had her earliest ever EW this morning (5:30am) so I tried the below routine today...let's see how it goes tomorrow morning.
E 5:30am
A 5:30-9:30am
S 9:30-11 (woke her)
E 11:00
A 11-3:00pm
S 3-5 (woke her)
E 5pm
A 5-8
S 8pm

[katie80]

FX!!