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« on: October 12, 2005, 20:58:07 pm »
HELP!!
Why is the late evening feed so difficult??

During the day Lydia and Sam sleep great, during the night they sleep great.  The problem is the last sleep before 'bed'.
Lydia tends to cluster feed - not a problem, don't mind that.  However, these last 3 nights have been awful.
Tonight, L took 4oz at 5.10pm, didn't sleep, and then took another 4 oz at 7.40pm and is now (9.55pm) screaming for more food.
Sam took 6oz at 6pm, slept for 30mins and then took another 6oz at 7.55pm and is also upstairs screaming for food!

WHAT DO I DO???
Harry: 29 July 2003
Lydia: 28 June 2005
Sam:  28 June 2005
David: 28 June 2005 - 12 August 2005
Daniel: 19 July 2007
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« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2005, 21:03:31 pm »
Are they on a growth spurt? Liv was like this when she was little and it used to do my head in. I'd be crying my eyes out and DH would say it's feed time again and it just seemed like it couldn't be.

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« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2005, 21:47:20 pm »
i agree - sounds like a growth spurt.  just keep tanking them up!

matthew's mommy has written many times that the catnap can be a "freebie" - get them to nap however you can - car, swing, stroller, etc. and it shouldn't affect other sleep training.
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« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2005, 23:01:25 pm »
Hi Ladies,
Finally got them to sleep.
Lydia took 2 1/2 oz, and went off ok.  Sam took 3oz at 10.40pm and had to be rocked/patted/shh'd to sleep, and finally went off at 11.20pm.

Just curious, how old are they when it comes to sleeping?
They are actually 15 weeks old, but their corrected age is just under 4 weeks.
Do I treat them as newborns?  I do try and give them a bit of 'A' time, but how much is too much?

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Sam:  28 June 2005
David: 28 June 2005 - 12 August 2005
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« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2005, 23:05:38 pm »
hmmm... i think you're supposed to consider them to be their corrected age???  in which case not too much A time.  maybe an hour total?  worth a shot anyhow.
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« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2005, 19:35:41 pm »
Hi Wendy I agree about the age thing (although never been there personally)

Do you mean how old are they when they sleep through? If so I'm not the best person to ask on that one as Liv has a milk allergy that was only "officially" diagnosed at 6.5 months and then we had a nasty habit to break.

My newphew slept through from 8 weeks and another friend's dd from about 12 weeks.

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« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2005, 20:33:44 pm »
Hiya Sara,
The question was more age related sleep cycles, if that makes sense?
I'm just grateful they sleep as long as they do!
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« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2005, 21:53:00 pm »
Hmmm, I think that the growth spurts and everything else is "calculated" from corrected age, so if yours are just under 4 weeks CA it could be the 3-week growth spurt, at least in Lydia's case. And since they're not identical, it'd be less surprising for them to follow slightly different patterns from each other.

Am I making sense? Hard to tell these days... LOL

Oh, and I would probably give them a  total Awake time no more than an hour, including feeding and changes for a while yet.

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« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2005, 23:33:47 pm »
Yep, agree with the others. Age is calculated from "corrected" age according to sleep experts. So no wake time more than an hour for now.

You're doing great!! Grats on getting them to sleep so long!!

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« Reply #9 on: October 14, 2005, 18:54:44 pm »
Hi Wendy, agree with the others on the sleep cycle. No more than an hour.

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« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2005, 21:50:06 pm »
Quote from: Livvismum
No more than an hour.

Would somebody mind telling them that please???!!!

They have both been awake since 8.40pm and have just gone to bed, 10.45pm.  :roll: <sigh>
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« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2005, 22:35:44 pm »
To the person who said that it's ok for catnaps to be anywhere... we currently try to make the catnap for DD (two months, 3 days) in her stroller -which is a snap and go carseat thing... she's close to holding her head up and once she can, she will be able to use her regular stroller. She LOVES sleeping in her car seat and we allow her to for at least one nap a day since it helps her reflux and congestion. She still always puts herself to sleep in her crib for at least one nap a day and at night, so we are not concerned.

However, once we transition her from the car seat stroller to her regular stroller, do you think she will still like napping in there? I'd really like the last cat nap (usually from 5:45-6:30 or therabouts) to be somewhere other than the crib and she doesn't like to sleep in the swing - likes that as more of an awake time thing...
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« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2005, 18:47:07 pm »
Oh Wendy, I totally know that child!! At that age I often resorted to taking Liv out in the car and let her sleep in the seat (in the cot!!) when we got back just to prevent myself from going absolutely crazy!! It does pass, our stage lasted three weeks almost to the day but it felt like 3 months.

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« Reply #13 on: October 16, 2005, 22:22:20 pm »
Marisa's Mom,

she may not like napping when it's not in the car seat, but if she's not that big she may well drop the catnap before she grows out of it!  they begin to want to drop it after 6 months - i think even my big ds was 6 months before he grew out of that thing!

and if she doesn't... well is there any reason you don't like the crib?
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« Reply #14 on: October 16, 2005, 23:54:28 pm »
This may be a silly questions, but if you calculate age for premature babies, would you also if a baby is born later? For example if my dd way born 2 weeks after my due date, would things like growth spurts perhaps come sooner?