DD is 4M1W, we're (trying) using 4H EASY. Here is an approximate schedule of our day:
Wake up: 730am
Eat: 8am
A: 8am-930am
S: 930am-10am
Wake up: 1130am
Eat: 12pm
A: 12pm-130pm
S: 130pm-2pm
Wake up: 330pm
Eat: 4pm
A: 4pm-7pm
S: somewhere b/w 530pm-6pm
Bedtime routine:
Bath: 7pm
Eat: 7-7:30pm
cuddle/book/song: 730pm
S: 730-8pm
8pm-7:30am sleep
twice night time eating: 1030pm & 230am
I don't purposely do dreamfeed, she wakes up for both feedings.
We've changed to the 4H schedule since she was 4 months old. She simply doesn't want to nurse until 4 hours after her last nursing. Even so, she doesn't nurse much -- about 4-5 mins one single side each time. However, she eats much more during her night eating -- about 10 mins each side, both side each time.
Up till now, I think I can still handle two wakings during the night. Although, I'd prefer her eating more during the day than the night.
Her main problems are:
1/ bedtime battle, at both nap and night sleep time. I tried taking her into her bedroom to winddown 1.25 hour/1.5 hour/1.75 hour/2 hour/2.25 hour after her last waking up. She consistently protests it. The moment we enter her room and do the sleep routine -- curtain down, listen to light music, she already starts to cry. Normally she starts to fuss about 1.25 hour after she last wakes up. I normally hold her and carry her around the house, not stimulate her much.
She recently become battling against sleep since about two weeks ago. Before that, after the curtain/music/door routine, I put her down in the crib, shush-pat her to sleep. She was all calm through it. Now, no matter when I bring her into her room, she'd start crying 1 min after, and it's really hard to calm her down, and normally she has to cry 15-20 mins before she finally falls asleep. I've tried leaving her alone crying, sitting beside her when she is crying, soothing her with holding/patting/white noise when she's crying, basically nothing works. Soothing does work, but as I put her down again, she starts to cry again and it just lengthens the process.
2/ She used to wake up 30 min after initial falling asleep, both naps and night sleep. Since a week ago, she taught herself to sleep on her tummy, she is able to transit the 30 min waking during daytime naps. However, she still cannot handle it during the night sleep. If she falls asleep 8pm, she would wake up at 830pm and has to be soothed back to sleep. After that, she's able to sleep till 1030pm/11pm. The main difference between naps/night sleep is that my husband does her sleep routine before night sleep while I take care of her nap routine.
Please help.