Do you think I should take him downstairs so he knows its daytime and he should be awake longer?
I think if the reason he is so drowsy is because of the environment than i woudl definitely try to clearly define the start of the day. with my older daughter we made a big deal about starting the day (idea is in Tracys first BW book) and we used to say good morning and then turn on the light (whereas night feeds are in the dark/dim light), then we used to sing her a special ditty "good morning, good morning, good morning TO YOU, good morning, good morning, good morning TO YOU, Alexandra Halle Dane" while rubbing / tickling her belly while saying her name. i think we did this most her first year - she used to smile at us and giggle. anyway - it worked for us. :lol:
although there is nothing wrong with an A time of 1/2 hour (olivia had an A time of 45 min max until 4 months old) it is the fact that he can handle an hour and a half later so i woudl try to increase morning A time gradually to 45 min and later to 1 hr
how did it go today putting him to bed for naps in his cot? since he is not really used to it don't be surprised if it takes him longer to settle or he does not nap as long as previously. if he is used to the household noises you might make sure to run a radio or white noise machine in his room or leave his door open if he can then hear you...
if you had success with naps in cot, wondering how bedtime in cot went? again this will be an adjustment.
If he is not receptive to Df i woudl just let him wake naturally and feed him according to his hunger - the DF is not for everyone - we stopped it for alex before 3 mo because even if she fed she still woke at 2-3am so i at least got more sleep by going to bed early
It sounds like he is doing well overnight some of the time so he is probably on his way to maybe extending that 5 am feed to get to 6 or 7 eventually - i woudl just keep an eye on trying to feed at most 3 hourly over night (except in growth spurts which he might have been having if that 2:30 and 5am feed was recent - 3 mo is a notporious growth spurt and 6 mo is usually the next one)
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On occasions he's gone back to sleep but mostly he demands food and is inconsolable until I feed him and his little tummy rumbles like mad when the milk goes in.
don't worry or feel you have to justify this - i am a firm believer in feeding any baby that wakes looking for food / true hunger. i know that many decide when their baby will stop getting night feeds, but i personally figure it happens when they are ready and certainly it is normal in the first 6 mo to have 1 middle of the night waking after a DF even.
I know he's still only young at 3 months and I dont expect miracles but I would like to know that we're going along the right road and will get to our happy destination sometime rather than going along a road to problems which I have to fix later on.
you are on the right road :wink:
