Hi,
He is a great nightime sleeper completely by accident! At 2 weeks old he decided to only wake once at night and the time he wakes up has slowly moved later and later. I know I'm lucky! I just hope it continues!
I've only recently started on EASY because before that he slept brilliantly during the day too so having a specific routine wasn't necessary (or didn't even occur to me because he was so good). This is it currently:
E 10am (20 mins on each breast)
A 25 mins
S err.... whatever he chooses! I usually try to get him into a permanent sleep for about an hour but he usually only gets 10 mins, wakes up, falls asleep again 10 mins later etc etc. I shhhh and sometimes pat. If I'm lucky he might do a solid sleep for between 30 mins and an hour once a day.
E 1pm (20 mins on each breast)
A 25 mins
S as above
E 4pm (20 mins on each breast)
A 25 mins
S as above
E 7pm (20 mins on each breast)
A varies - sometimes 25 mins then S. Sometimes he stays awake the whole time and has a massage and bath. Depends on his cues.
S sometimes
E 10pm (20 mins on each breast)
E around 5am
E 10am (20 mins on each breast)
I don't do a cluster feed or dreamfeed because his nighttime sleep has always been great as it is.
I have started to wonder why it's so bad to put him to sleep straight after his feed (as the book says it is!). Does it really matter if he associates eating with sleeping? I think he sleeps so well at night because I put him to bed after eating and he happily sends himself to sleep usually within 20 mins. I'm wondering if I should try reversing A and S during the day....
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Catriona.
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