Right now, we're in the middle of adjusting him to 4 hour-EASY, but he has done this for a long time now. I think it started when he was diagnosed with reflux, but I don't think that's the problem now, he is doing great and we have started doing a lot of activities on his back without him crying (which is an achievement!).
I'm really at lost. I know I have to be missing something or not reading his cues properly, and I hate this feeling of not understanding my own son...
Also, I must add that my husband believes his cries are his ways of telling us to put him to bed already.
Anyways our routine was like this (now it's a bit all over the place as we adjust his routine but since he has done this for a while maybe our old routine serves you well):
8AM - wake up and feed
9:15/9:30 - down for nap
11AM - feed
12:15/12:30 - second nap
2PM - feed
3:15/3:30 - nap
5PM - feed
6:15/6:30 - catnap (this is a nap he sometimes sleeps and other times doesn't)
7 or 7:30 (depending if he has slept the catnap or not) - Feed, bath time and down for the night
11PM - dreamfeed
(And he sleeps until 8 the next morning)
*I know there's only a 2-hour gap in the evening feeds, but feeding him at 8PM means he goes to bed very late, so this works for us.
I have just put him to bed for his first nap, he was crying in my arms and calmed down as soon as I put him down... I'm really confused, he was showing tiredness cues...