Hello. I have been using the EASY routine with my three month old son for about two weeks. My first goal was to teach him to fall asleep without nursing him to sleep. We have a smooth sleep routine now and he usually goes down very easily. Now I am trying to teach him to sleep through the night.
In the first week of EASY, he was waking at 2:30/3:00 every night. I would give him a pacifier and he would go back to sleep. Then he started refusing the pacifier and I nursed him and he would eat well for a good 20-30 minutes (a growth spurt?). Now it has been over a week and there has been little improvement. Last night I gave him the pacifier at 1:30 and then he woke at 3:30 to nurse. He gulped down both sides.
So I think that he might not be getting enough calories during the day. I feed him every three hours (7, 10, 1, 4, and 7) and I give him a dream feed at 11. Should I be cluster feeding? When he wakes and won't take the pacifier should I feed him or try to get him back to sleep another way (besides the pacifier)? also, he sometimes gets distracted while he is eating and wants to look around. I have tried blocking his field of vision with my hand and covering him with a blanket, but it hasn't really helped. Any suggestions? I should mention that he is very large. At his 2 month check up he weighed 15lbs and I am not sure what he weighs now. 17llbs?
Thank you!
