Hi,
Hopefully someone can help me. I’ve been following the EASY approach for about 8 days now. My daughter is 3 months old (yesterday), weights a healthy 15.5 lbs. Before the EASY method my daughter was sleeping at best 5 hours at night by 10 weeks. Since starting the EASY method, after four days she began to sleep 6 to 7 hours, which is an improvement, but I was hoping she would be sleeping longer at night by now. She can’t seem to make it past 5 AM in the morning without wanting to eat. I’m going back to work in a couple of weeks and was hoping she could sleep through the night by the time I go back. In a nutshell, her routine is:
* Feedings: 6 day time feedings of 6 oz. (every 2 ½ - 3 hours) starting at 8 AM. The last two feedings of the day are about 2 hours apart. She’s usually in bed by 10 PM. One 5 AM feeding, that we can’t seem to get past.
* Active time is usually 1 hour
* Naps average about 1 hour, with usually one 2-hour nap. She naps best in a swing, but does take a shorter nap in her crib. When napping in her crib, I can put her down while she’s still awake and she’ll fall asleep on her own but does awake sooner than in the swing.
* Nighttime sleep: I swaddle her, or tuck her covers tightly under the wedge (that keeps her on her back). Occasionally, because her arms start moving so erratically, as she’s starting to wake or get upset, I’ll sometimes tuck her arms under the covers and pull them tightly so they aren’t moving freely.
* Props: She has a paci (recommended by her pedi), but I only use it when I’m having a difficult time getting her to soothe herself, (for example, if she wakes up too early form her nap and wants to eat) she doesn’t take it to fall asleep at night.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. After three months of less than 6 hours of sleep, I’m starting to become very tired!!!
Kind regards
,
Patty
