Hello there:
I have a 6.5 month old daughter (7 months next week) and i'm looking for advice as to how i can perhaps change the e.a.s.y routine with her because she is consistently waking up quite early (5-5:30 am). I introduced e.a.s.y in december'05 and she is now sleeping through the night (so far anyways
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. i find that with the early wakings she is so tired by 8:30 am and it is hard for her to stay up until 9:30. I'm trying PU/PD & shush pat when she is up early (no! not again.... :roll: ), but she just gets furious, so i don't know if i should:
- just start our day at this time
- get her to bed later? earlier??
- continue pu/pd and shush pat so she can learn to put herself back to sleep again ( i don't know about this one because she does know how to fall asleep by herself, and she's sleeping through night, so i assume she already learned how to send herself back to sleep....)
I don't know ....please any suggestions are welcomed. here is our e.a.s.y (times are approximate):
5:30 - 6 am: up and breast feed (bf)
6:15 - 8:30am : activity
8:30 - 9:00 am: breakfast (solids)
9:30 - 11:00 am: nap (1.5 hr max!)
11 - 11:15 am: bf
11:15 - 1:30 : activity
1:30 -2:00 pm; lunch (solids)
3:00 - 5:00 pm: nap (1.5 hr. max) * naps are rarely continuous. she
often wakes up somewhere in between
and needs shush-pat or pu/pd to go
back to sleep - so different from
a continuous night time sleep....
6-6:30 pm: dinner (bf and solids)
7:30 bedtime(falls asleep between 7:30 and 8 pm)
thanks!