3 month old - 4 hr feeding but short A and naps

[ecamille29]

Hi,

My exclusively breastfed 3 month old (13 weeks) daughter has started refusing feeds at 3 hour intervals and seems to do best at 3.5-4 hour.  But she can't stay awake for 2 hours (it's a struggle to make it to 1 hr 45 min) and has very inconsistent naps after the morning one.  For the morning nap she'll often sleep 2 1/2 - 2 hr 45 min, thus getting to the 4 hour feed interval.  She's then up for 1hr 20-1 hr 45 min but for the next nap she rarely sleeps more than 45 minutes so she's up way before it's time to eat and then is exhausted by the time she eats (sometimes it's been 2 hours since she woke) and then sleeps right after eating and is up way before the next feeding.  I would just stick with the 3hr EASY for now but she refuses to eat or else does and spits it all up.  Anyone else dealing with this?  Any advice on how to get a consistently longer 2nd nap and on a 4hr EASY?  Is it too early for her to be at a 4 hour EASY?

Thanks,
Elizabeth

[ecamille29]

PS - I should add that her first feed is at 6:30 am (I'm trying to get her ready for when I start back at work).  We give a dream feed at 10:30 pm and she usually sleeps until 5 am, sometimes all the way through to 6:30 am.   She will often be consoled without a feed at 5 and sleep until 6:30.  If she wakes before 5am, I usually feed her. 

[nevinsmama]

Take a look here, I think it is a bit early, maybe you could try for 3.5 EASY?

short naps at 3-4 months? Take it easy, it will get better!
Time to Transition - 3hr, 3.5hr or 4hr EASY

[eyenosquat]

PS - I should add that her first feed is at 6:30 am (I'm trying to get her ready for when I start back at work).  We give a dream feed at 10:30 pm and she usually sleeps until 5 am, sometimes all the way through to 6:30 am.   She will often be consoled without a feed at 5 and sleep until 6:30.  If she wakes before 5am, I usually feed her. 

What do you do to console your daughter at 5am other than offering the breast?

I have a 2 mo 1 week old.
Mine woke at 2:30am, then again at 5. I fed her at 2:30 and she ate, however, I fed her at 5 and she didn't really eat, but just fell asleep after about 7 minutes of sucking. I would love to extend her sleep to 6:30. How can one tell if they're really hungry or just awake for some other reason? What to do?