Got it on the DF! I always figured I fed him at 7 (BT) then 11:00/11:30ish would be 4 hrs post and the munchkin should be hungry. I will work on moving the DF up though
Heck I do not want to mess with the sleep cycle.
Need to pick your brain on the night wakes lauradj. My brain is quickly turning into a pile of mush with this lack o sleep...boo
Last night (Feb 2) looked like this...
0230 lot of rolling and movement, baby wakes, provide pacifier
0250 more rolling, baby wakes, reposition and provide little bear
0300 feed (perhaps earlier wakes indicate hunger?) 0320 back in crib
0412 rolling and awake
0445 coughing (seriously?!) and rolling, no intervening
0630 awake and feed - begin day
Previous night (Feb 1) was...
0300 whimper, rolling, provide pacifier
0320 whimper, feed
0343 back in crib
0500 cry, provide pacifier, settled promptly
0555 rolling and awake/agitated
0600 teething liquid
0617 PU/PD settled
0625 cry, lots of rolling
0630 up
FYI on what yesterday (Feb 1) looked like...
0700 feed but both baby and I fell back asleep. Tried to wake baby but he was super tired from a crappy night.
0915 baby wakes
E 1000 feed
A
S 1123 put down 1125 asleep
1246 awake, requiring intervening for 5 min
1335 wake baby
E 1335
A
S 1600 asleep
1647 wake baby
E 1700
A
E 1900
S 1915
2200 awake intervene with pacifier
2204 pacifier fell out, still sleeping
My concern is not reading this little munchkin's cues properly at night. I don't know if he is waking out of hunger or habit. If the pacifier seems to soothe him and he falls back asleep, I assume he is not hungry. If he wakes every 30-60 min and is biting on his little bear/gnawing on his fingers and fists alongside with being agitated/hyper, I am interpreting that as teething or some sort of discomfort. At that point, I will try some homeopathic teething liquid (which works some of the time in settling). Aside from the teething liquid, Tylenol, elevating the head...are there other teething management tips?
I am also unclear on when I should intervene - do I wait until he cries? My mom has been visiting from out of town and I was thinking that I may be intervening too soon, in hopes that baby doesn't mount to a full cry for fear of waking my mom and husband.
I informed Kyle's pediatrician of his status yesterday and interestingly, he didn't seem to think Kyle is teething. I still think teething may be a possibility though! The doc suggested Kyle needed sleep training.
On a brighter note, we have restored the day time naps at 2 hrs with your suggestion of increasing the A time! Woohoo
Thank you so much.
Apologies for the lengthy post. As always, I am so grateful for the help. Looking forward to recovering from this yucky cold and sleeping through the night soon.