hi Ali,
His days look something like this:
WU @ 7
E (breast) 7:15
E solids 7:30ish, but really not much. I've had a hard go getting him to enjoy many things. Many morning are some cheerios and 1/2 banana
A 8:15-10:30 or so
E at 11/11:30 (he nurses to sleep. really trying to end this habit because its taking over my life!)
S 11:30-12:30
E 1pm solids (strawberries, maybe some toast) & breast milk
A 1:45-3:45
E 4/4:30 (breastfeed to sleep)
S 4:30-5 very short nap here pretty much always.
E 5:30/6: solids, usually some grapes, blueberries, more cheerios. I've been trying to add meat. He likes sausage so far and that's it
A until bedtime routine usually 7. Routine is bath, massage, book, nurse. *
*This is where he's been just so awake lately. During his final A time he will be definitely sleepy, then after his entire routine he gets a second wind..
Tonight was particularly hard. He went down 30 min ago, its currently 10:15pm. I started his bedtime routine at 6 because he was acting SO sleepy. So we slowly did a bath and everything. He passed out while nursing at around 6:30 in bed with me. I was so excited! Then I tried to move him to his own crib and he woke crying
I nursed him again, but he was wide awake. Rolling around in bed with me, crawling on me, smiling, cooing... Very cute but not so much at bedtime, you know what i mean?! Then he nursed, pulled off, nursed, pulled off, about 20 more times (1 hour) until I had enough and we went out of the room. I gave him some blueberries which he ate happily. Eventually after another hour in bed with him he went to sleep. I was in tears.
If you read that entire thing...bless you. I'm feeling pretty low, how incompetent am I?!
Side note: DH and I are getting ready to start PU/PD in the next couple of days. Wanted to make sure we were on the same page and had to get a new crib for the LO because his current one killed our backs when we attempted PU/PD a week ago.
