Sofia is now 6 1/2 months old and I have been following EASY since she was about 5 weeks. We have ALWAYS had to shush-pat to get her to sleep except the morning nap which she used to do completely on her own. Sofia rarely naps for more than 30-45 minutes three times a day and wakes grumpy and tired. She's very easily overexcitable; a dark quiet rooms has her chatting away for an hour kicking her legs about and eating her toes even if she has been yarning (the spelling of this doesn't look right but I'm so tired I can't think anymore) and rudding her eyes
I have tried patting, pu/pd and as a very last resort breastfeeding to get her to sleep longer during the day- nothing seems to work just occasionally she'll go for a long nap and then not do it again for days. We generally have the same routine for naps (although times vary depending on when she wakes in the morning)
At night she used to sleep (10 weeks to 5 mnths) from about 8.30 till 6.30, but it has always taken about an hour to get her to sleep. Recently, however Sofia has started waking frequently during the night, she's a very big baby so we started her on solids just over 5 months and this has been going ok. However she is still waking during the night especially before 1 am and only I can put her back to sleep- she screams as soon as she sees my husband with me she will hug my arm while I pat and stoke her. Shushing now seems to distract her so I tend to avoid this
The big concern is I am going back to work and she will be looked afte my my husband one day per week and my parents the other four days. At the moment I feel she really doesn't know how to comfort herself and I am her soother. Any ideas would be really really really :cry: appreciated.
