Just some advice

[Florena49]

Hi Ladies,

Not new to BW, but with a 6 week old in the house everything feels new.
So we are trying with a routine and during the day it all pretty good really. Maks sleeps in his Ergo, today slept really well. We have difficulty with the evenings and getting him off to bed for the night. He seems to struggle in the evenings and im just not sure if im missing something. He is a happy, calm, smiley baby during the day, but come evening and either the last nap or settling for BT he becomes a screamer and just cant settle.

8.15
9.15nap-11.20
12nap-2.10
15.30nap-5.20
Still awake

I know its early days, is there something very obvious that im missing?

Feeds are every 3 hours, he feeds well and could go longer easily.

[lauradj]

Sorry, are you asking about your 6 week old?  Could you post the whole day, through BT and right up until the morning WU?

[Florena49]

Hi, yes 7 weeks on Sunday.

The day goes approx like

8wu
9.20nap-11
12-2
3-4
And then he struggles to settle
Fell asleep at 5.20 for 30 mins or so
Fed him and he started getting really unsettled again and crying.
He is asleep now on dad....
In the night the first stint is generally 4 hours, he will eat then and what happens for the rest of the night i cant even explain he is in and out of sleep, not crying 20 mins sleep then just chilling out looking around, smiling ocassionally. A little at loss with this. His older bro wasnt a great sleeper but at least we had some sort of nights...

[lauradj]

Sorry, what I meant was, could you post your day like this:

WU-7 am
E- 7:30am
A-7-9:30am
S-9:30-11:30am

It's easier to see patterns etc. 

[Florena49]

This was yesterday, up for the day at 6.30 today, i can see that he is sleepy falling asleep as eating and unsettled early in the morning. All his naps are in the carrier,sometimes pram. I also need to somehow get him to nap somewhere but not on me at least once a day. Not sure whAts the best way to get that going

7.10wu eat
8.30nap-10.10
10.10eat
10.50-11.40
12.30 eat
12.55-2.10
3.10nap-4.50
4.50 eat
6.10-7
Bath
7.20eat
7.50Bt

Nw

12.10 eat
2.44
4.50
6.30wu eat

[lauradj]

Hi hon,

  Ok, I'm trying to read your schedule, I just can't really tell where the Eating takes place, A etc. It's easier if you actually put the E, A, S in front of each time. 
Regardless, one hour and twenty minutes is about the maximum Activity time you want to push for at 7 weeks.  You might find a cat nap helps to minimize the later afternoon drama but that is also, very commonly, known as the Witching Hour.  Basically by the end of the day, babies are just done.  They're tired and ready for bed and they often become quite fussy.  A cat nap can help them make it through.  3-4 NW's at this age are not uncommon and you can most likely assume your baby is waking from hunger.  This will abate over time but it's pretty exhausting for the first three months. 
Something I would highly recommend would be the dream feed.  This is done before you go to bed, between 10-11pm, no later than 11pm. You might find that holds him through until 2ish, which could minimize one, possibly two of the NF's.  You do not wake him for this at all.  The lights stay off, you sneak in and very quietly/carefully pick up babe, feed him, sloooooowly lift him onto your shoulder while carrying him back to his crib, he might burp then.  If he doesn't burp, don't sweat it.  Then you sneak back out of the room and cross your fingers   

[Florena49]

I will try the dream feed when he doesn't wake early on in the night.

It seems whatever i do he is fussy in the eve. This was today

7wu
E 7
A 7.20-8.05
S 8.05-10.40
E 10.40
A 11-11.45
S 11.45-1.40
E 1.40
A 2-2.20
S  2.20nap-3.40
E 4.20
S 4.40-6
7.45BT

So with decent sleep i would have thought that he would settle by 7 no problem. No chance there. He also woke 20-30 minutes later and then only settled after 10pm, he wS quietly lying down and then fell asleep himself.....
The crying is difficult at BT because the toddler doesn't go to sleep whilst Maks is crying. I just cant work out why the settling at BT is so difficult and never works just yet.

[lauradj]

Try to cap that last nap to no more than 45 minutes, and you may find he doesn't wake at BT.  Regardless, this is a difficult time in baby's development, and yes, they're likely to be fussy no matter what you do.