Hello all,
I am a first time mom to my now 18lb son who was 10 lbs at birth. He is EBF and doing well, however, we have always seemed to struggle with naps. I am trying to follow 3hr EASY...have tried to stretch but with no avail. I have also done the DF but he will sometimes give me a 4-5hr stretch and wake once at night. Other times he is up every 3 hrs. I am EXHAUSTED!!!
He is only taking 45 minute naps and will do maybe 3 a day. He goes down to bed around 730 pm. I don't know what to do. He self soothes (thumb sucker) and refuses a paci. I have watched his sleep times and it seems he will fall asleep on his own around the 2hr mark (from last feed) but will only stay asleep 45 minutes. I have tried to catch him prior to wake up and sh pat, paci etc. but NOTHING IS WORKING.
I don't know what to do...I know he needs his sleep. And it throws us off EASY if he wakes before his feed time...we end up doing EASAE which then leads to poor feeding for the rest of the day.
Any advice??
Sabine