Hello,
I'm brand new to this forum, so forgive me if this topic has already been posted. I have an 8 week old, and have been trying to implement E.A.S.Y. for the past week. Mornings are wonderful, and we keep the same schedule every day (although sometimes he sleeps in a bit), but afternoons are a different story. He will NOT nap! I'll look for cues, and as soon as I see a yawn, or he rubs his eyes, I'll try to put him down, but as soon as I do, eyes are wide open and it takes me forever to get him settled. Sometimes swaddling works, sometimes it doesn't. If he does manage to drift off to sleep, 5 minutes later he's awake and fussing. My first thought was maybe he's not actually tired, but is it normal for an 8 week old to be up for 3+ hours straight and not be tired?
Here was our schedule today (this is like most days)
7:45 awake, Eat
8:00 - 8:45 Activity
8:45 - 10:45 Nap
10:45 Eat
11:00 Activity (play mat, then outside for a walk in stroller)
12:00 - seemed tired (fell asleep during walk), tried to put down for a nap - did not work!
12:30 - 1:30 - slept in 5 minute stretches, fussy most of the time, no real napping
1:30 Eat
1:45 Activity - but was showing sleepy cues, so tried to put down for a nap - did not work! Slept in 5 minutes increments again, but acted like he just wanted to play. VERY fussy all afternoon - I'm guessing he was over tired.
3:30 Eat (was only 2 hours since last feed, but was acting really hungry)
3:45-3:50 Activity - then FINALLY was sleepy enough to go down for a nap.
5:45 Eat (only just over 2 hours since last feed but woke up super hungry!)
6:00 Activity
7:15 Eat
7:30 Activity (bath, get ready for bed)
8:00 bed
Still wakes up twice during the night (around 2am and 5am). I tried doing a dream feed at 10:30, but he was still waking up twice in the night, so I stopped.
Once the schedule is thrown off in the afternoon, it makes it hard to get things back on track for the evening. Is he still a bit young to expect him to follow a schedule? Any tips on getting him to drop one of the night feeds?
Any advice/tips on his schedule is much appreciated - I am very new at this and still learning
Thanks!