Caeden is getting up more at night..... usually once by 11:30-12:30ish and then again by 3:00ish and then 4:30-5:30ish and up by 6:30-7ish. It does cary night to night on the actual times, but once he is up is gets shorter and shorter between the next times up :cry:
I am EBF and just within the last week or so have gotten very consistent on a 3-4 hour between feeds. He is going at least 3 hours, and has pushed closer to 4 numerous times, usually once a day. He will be 4 months old next week. And when I try and feed him sooner then 3 hours or so, he really doesn't eat as well and typically isn't "asking" for it until the 3 hour mark. He has also started napping better, usually get one sometimes 2 hour and a half naps, surrounded by the 45 minute ones.
Our day looks somewhat like this:
E - Wake & Eat (anywhere from 6:30-7:30)
A - Hour and a half - or slightly less, sometimes closer to an hour here
S - 45 minutes
E & A - Wakes and Plays till time to Eat and Plays after Eating - E is at 3 hours after last feed
S - An hour and half after last wake up
Sleeps at least 45 minutes, usually closer to an hour and is getting more and more regular at this being a consistent hour and a half nap
E - Wakes - and if it was a good nap usually eats right away, may wait a half hour or so sometimes
A - Up for at least an hour and a half - sometimes closer to 2 hours (esp if last nap was long!)
S - Usually just 45 minutes here (and in the stroller, I usually take my walk during this nap) - Occassionally this gets turned into a long nap if he transfer to car okay and I go do errands and he stays asleep! More often then not, it's just 45 minutes thought
E & A - 3 hours after last feed, A time either side of feed usually
S - Up for an hour and a half, sleeps for either 45 minutes or close to 2 hours - depends on how the rest of the day has been, his mood and what we are doing. If we are doing alot of running around, it is sometimes 2 shorter naps in the car
E & A - 3 hours after last feed, A time either side of feed, Up for an hour and a half
S - Usually can get a catnap here, 30-45 minutes, usually between 4:30-5:30 goes down for this nap
E - Typically soon after getting up he eats and then we play, or bathe, I will sometimes try and just give him one side when he first gets up and then the other an hour or so later after playing and bath, trying to get his tummy full
S - Typically goes down for the night between 6:30-7:30
We are doing good at the feeds being 3 hours, sometimes more apart and the time between naps is between 1 1/2 hours on average.
But he is getting up more at night now...... I noticed this starting about the time we started getting consistent with the feed routine and better naps. So I am thinking he is either not getting enough to eat during the day and making up for it at night or something else......? I am thinking we are working on teething as well, lots of chewing on things and drool. And I know that can affect sleep as well. He is nursing pretty typical of him when feeds during the day - usually about 10- 15 minutes long and usually from both sides. He does eat better when he first wakes up and when it has been at least 3 hours since the last feed.
When he gets up at night he nurses for 5-15 minutes and is back asleep and I can lay him down. Occassionally I think gas wakes him up at either the first time up or around 5:30ish cause he is often passing it or poops.
I don't really want to do PU/PD at this point cause it just makes him cry and get more worked up, I have tried the paci, but he doesn't want it and I haven't pushed it at night (he does go to sleep with it). We have a small house and I DH works long days and weeks and so I hate to wake him with a crying baby so I would love to get some improvement with night sleeping and not have to have hours of crying to do it. I have read Eliz Pantley's article on here and have kinda been trying to do this, but was concerned about maybe he is waking out of hunger and needs to eat.
So - what do you think? Should I change anything? Any thoughts or advice?
Thanks - for listening, I know this is long but wanted to give you the big picture!
