Hi All,
I've tried implementing EASY since LO was 2 months old. Don't know what I'm doing wrong his night wakings only get worse.
At 2 months, he gave me a long stretch from 8p to 2a. After that it was 2-3 hours until 7-8a. Quite normal for a 2 months. I then introduced DF at 11pm, he started to wake up a lot more before 2a, randomly at 10, 10:30,11, 12:30, 1. I tried changing DF time but no luck. FYI, I do pure breastfeed.
Now, at 3.5 months, he goes to bed between 730 to 8pm. He would then wake up every 2 hrs. Last night it was 10:30, 12:30, 2:30, 4:30, 6:30, and eventually up smiling to me at 7:15. Sometimes I was able to shh-pat him back to sleep, other times he nursed for a few minutes. I'm pretty sure hunger was not the issue.
I believe not having a consistent schedule during the day is the problem. However, I'm having a hard time putting him into one because of the following issues:
1) He wakes up too full to eat. So at 7a he doesn't even want to nurse at all. Not even at 8a. Then by the time he needs to nap (at 9a) he is hungry. I still feed him so he can nap longer. He still goes to bed awake. If I don't feed him he will wake up early from his nap. Any suggestion what I should do here?
2) He still tends to nurse close to nap/bed time. Throughout the day he usually only nurses one side when he wakes up, he would then wants more after 1.5 hours - when he is sleepy. He nurses much better when he is sleepy. I don't know how to break this habit!
3) He can't/doesn't like to be swaddled. Although he is only 3.5 months old he is already 20 lbs! Its very hard to keep him swaddled especially when he has a fussy night. There were nights when I was able to keep him in his swaddle using double blankets but he still up the same amount. I've tried swaddling both arms one arm, and no arm. Nothing makes a different. I should point out he is sleeping in a bassinet so when he has his one or two arms out he can hit the sides. Maybe that is the problem?
I really believe in EASY as it works for two of my friends but I'm at a complete lost! What did I do wrong?! Is it just because baby is sleeping in a bassinet in our room? We have no option due to the size of our house. We could try a bigger bed but my husband is not convinced the bed is the issue.
With an older toddler I'm dying here. Appreciate any thoughts!