Hi -
Thanks sooo much for your reply!
The huge jolt I mentioned where she shrieked I was not there. So for the next nap I stayed there patting. I noticed the 10, 20, 30 minute jolts and then the 40 minute jolt came. Mind you, I had not left her side at all and had not stopped patting and the 40 minute jolt came and she went from being motionless, sleeping nicely to wide awake in a split second. I have never seen anything like it. So I kept patting and added shush and I was able to extend the nap. I stayed there and patted for more time. In the end I was there for almost 2 hours :shock: patting (and shushing as needed).
Our troubles really started once we started having feeding problems, meaning she is not interested in eating at 3 hours. She would not want to eat as much and then we would end up with night feeds. I switched to a faster flow nipple per the advice of other BW ladies.
Before I forget, where in the book does it detail how to switch from the 3 hour EASY to the 4 hour one. I think I should be doing this and am confused about how to coordinate her eats and sleeps!
Her schedule before was just like the 3 hour EASY in the second book except that sometimes we would be up at 6:15/6:30. She had 3 naps of 1.5 hours and a catnap. She went to bed closer to 8:30 and sometimes we would have a nightfeed and sometimes not. We were not doing the df. Since we started having these feeding and sleeping problems, dh is doing the df.
Here is an example of a wonky day but she ate well this day:
Night feed 4 AM - 5 ounces. She had also become unswaddled and was cold.
Never fell back into deep sleep, made tons of noise and dozed (literally a noise/grunt every 5 minutes or so). Was sleeping peacefully for like 20 minutes and then up at 7:30 (this is late for her).
7:30 E - 5 ounces
8:50 S Woke up at 9:50 extended a bit to 10:20 but she never really slept well after the initial wake up
10:25 E - 6 ounces
11:40 Did a light feed per Deb's post and she took 3 ounces
12 S I had to wake her up at 2. She was hard to wake up and keep awake during/after her feed.
2:10 E - 6 ounces Was basically sleep eating
4:00 S
4:40 Awake
5:15 E - 2.5 ounces
Catnap around 7 for approx. 30 minutes
7:30 E - 6 ounces consumed off and on over one hour
8:10 Bath
8:40 Asleep
There was a 4 AM nightfeed - dh did not do DF (fell asleep)
Wow this ended up being really long....so sorry. If you have any thoughts about what I should do next I would love to hear them. Thanks for your caring concern and generosity. Hugs to you and your cute dd (love her picture

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