We are on a 4 hour easy routine. Bedtime is 7PM, usually she wakes around 7AM. I've just started to get her to take longer naps, so she usually has two naps a day that are between 1.5 and 2hours each, and a short 45 min nap around 5:00PM.
We started the dreamfeed around 10:30-11:00PM, but she's still waking up between 3:00 and 4:00AM. She seems to wake up in a good mood and just talks to herself and shrieks. Last night I tried to ignore her to see if she'd fall back to sleep, but she carried on for a half hour before I went in to give her the binky. She fell asleep briefly, was up again, I gave her the binky again...... this went on until I went in and fed her at 6:30AM. She drank 5oz (her normal feed).
What do I do about the 4:00AM wakening? Could it be that she needs to nap less during the day? Should I immediately give her the pacifier when she starts up? Should I start swaddling her again (we discontinued this about 2 weeks ago)? I know that she would fall back to sleep if I fed her, but I don't think this is the answer.
Any advice would be appreciated!
Michelle
Marin 6-12-05