Hi ladies,
My LO is turning 4 months tomorrow. He's a great sleeper, but I've been having some trouble lately with early waking and crying in the 5-6am range when he goes in to light sleep. I think this is just a phase related to the 4 month sleep regression, but I'd like your take. This is our general day:
- Between 5-6am, he cries. I let him cry for about 3 minutes before going to him. Maybe 1 out of 5 days he'll go back to sleep on his own and sleep through until 7. Other days, I go in and give him the dummy and he's immediately back to sleep.
- E: 7am I wake him up and he takes 6-7oz bottle.
- A: 8:45 he starts to get sleepy
- S: 9:00 I put him down. I change his nappy and sing a song. He'll sometimes fuss or do a tired cry for a couple of minutes before nodding off.
- A: 9:45 I wake him from his nap. I only give him 45 minutes at this nap to allow for a longer lunchtime nap to coincide with my toddlers nap
- E: 11:00 bottle 6-7 oz
- S: 12:00 I put him down for a sleep. Same routine as above.
- A: I wake him after 2 hours and 15 minutes
- E: 2:30 bottle 6-7oz
- S: We go out in the pram in the afternoon, so he nods off when tired, usually around 4:15 or 4:30 for half an hour
- A: 5:45 bath
- E: 6:15 bottle 6-7oz
- S: Asleep around 6:45 or 7pm
- E: 10pm dream feed 4-6oz
He is brilliant at falling asleep independently. As I say above, he sometimes cries a bit but never in distress, more just a 'I'm trying to get comfortable' sort of cry. I never hear a peep out of him during the night, other than around 5 or 6am. When he cries at that time, he doesn't start off fussing and then work up, he's immediately at a pretty high pitch and it's a tired cry.
He's super awake and happy in the morning, so I think the A time before his first nap of the day is right. I can't imagine it's a sleep association thing.. I give him the dummy for his pram nap, but no dummy in the cot and he falls asleep without us in the room. The room is also super dark.
I should also add that we've tried feeding him at this time, but he doesn't seem interested. In fact, we've been thinking about reducing his dream feed intake because lots of morning he's not all that interested in his 7am feed.
Any thoughts?
Thanks!!