Need some help with getting my 9 week old back on easy!! We had him
In quite a good routine since about 4 weeks - following his queues and he fed about every 2.5 hours and was doing good long sleeps! Had got into a routine of waking once a night. Then he had his 8 week vaccinations and it's all gone to pot! He is doing 30 min naps, and I can't get him back when he wakes no matter what! He is an EBF baby, and at 9 weeks weighs over 13lb so a good size! His routine is out of the window though and we are battling some days when we have 530 wake ups when he wont go back so rest of day goes to pot!
His easy on some days is:
E 715
A
S 845/9
Y
E 930/945
A
S 1115
Y
E 1130
A
S 1330
E 1400
A
S 1515
Y
E 1600
A
S 1730
Y
E 1800
A
S 1930/2000
Y
Then dream feed at 1030ish and he will wake then at 2 and 430/5pm. My main problems are:
I can't seem to stretch him fully to 3 hour feeds but some feeds he does take at they 2.5hr mark he barely takes anything so then is looking for more an hour later when he is due to sleep- so sometimes that leads to feeding to sleep;
He likes to be held to sleep - never needed this before hut the night he got his injections he was up all crying and wanting held and its escalate from there;
His awake time seems all over the place - I had always watched for cues which seemed to come at the 1.5 hr mark and we were getting bling sleeps at this pre the injections. But now we are getting 30 min naps at the 1.5 mark? I tried last few days winding down earlier and trying for th3 1hr 15 awake mark and got 45 min naps? So I don't know what to aim for? He hates shhh pat, gets him totally wound up and then it takes me ages to get him back calm!!
The other issue I have is that I have a 2.5 year old so can't go on spending the 40 odd mins it takes to settle baby for his nap sometimes! Or spend ages trying to get him back if he does wake!!! I feel lost!!
