Nikki - yes he did then sleep until about 6.30am, so that was great. I'm fine with the earlier waking as he actually feeds better now when he wakes for the day.
Interesting development.... I just went to Plunket (for non-NZ'ers it's like a wellchild provider/nurse who checks the baby for development, growth, answers mum's questions etc), and I was talking to her about his short 40 mins naps again since unwrapping. Her advice was to keep him up heaps longer than I am. She said at 5 months he should be down to 2 bigger naps in a day, which is basically what he was nearly doing before I started unwrapping.
He wakes now about 6.30am, so she said keep him up until about 9.30am. Then hopefully he'll sleep for about 2 hours, then once he wakes keep him up again until about 2.30pm. Then down for about another 1.5h.
I questioned what I do when he gets tired, and grizzly and she said he'll get his second wind and be fine. Also to feed him before he goes to sleep again so he's full. Not feed to sleep though.
So it's kind of conflicting with BW routines, especially the feeding bit, but she said it will become it's own routine.
Also, I found he hasn't been getting nearly enough to b/milk. Being totally fed from me, not even the bottle I've never known how much he's taking. We weighed him then I fed and then weighed him again. He took one side and was weighing that he took 100mls. So he needs to have 2 sides per feed. He had only been 2 hours since the last feed, so he wouldn't have wanted the full amount. She also said he may only take one side, then need a 15 min break before the other. Wow, totally different to what I've been doing. The poor little fella has probably been really hungry as I've only been giving him the one side and offering the second and if he doesn't take it straight away not been offering it again. How bad do I feel?
!!!!!!! His grizzling is probably because he's been hungry.
Well, I"m going to try her idea with keeping him up heaps longer and see what happens. Hey, what have I got to lose? A few days of a grizzly baby until he settles into it, or 40 min naps forever!
I'll keep you posted and let you know how I go.
Oh dear, he's just woken.... 40 mins wouldn't you know it.