Hi everyone,
Any advice anyone could give would be great as my husband and I are absolutely exhausted!! First I"ll answer those questions:
How old is your child? 5 1/2 months
What’s his/her daily routine? wake at 7:30am - bottle at 8:00
10:00 nap for 45 mins.
11:00 - rice cereal (started a couple of weeks ago)
12:00 - lunch bottle
2:00 or 3:00 - nap for 45 mins-2 hours (unpredictible)
4:00 - bottle
7:15 - bath
7:45 - bottle
8:00 - bed
11:00 p.m. - df
What’s nap routine? Difficult! She sleeps for about 45 mins if put in her crib. I can get her to sleep for longer if she is in the same room with me, either in her bouncy chair or in my arms. When in crib, she starts cooing after 45 minutes. If I don't catch her right at that point (and pick her up, and shush her), she will be wide awake by the time I get upstairs and I can't put her back to sleep. The only way I can get her to take the recommended 1.5 hour nap is to have her on my chest (I know - a big NO NO)
How long are naps? (above)
What's bedtime routine? Time? Activity, bath, bottle, then bed. She goes to sleep very well at this point.
Do you bottle or breastfed?? Bottle (6 oz per bottle except for the 8:00 p.m. bottle where she takes 7 oz).
How many wakes per night? Previously, about 2. For the past 3 nights, 6-10!!!!
What’s your LO like when waking at night? How long is he/she up? She looks uncomfortable, rolling around in her crib. She doesn't appear hungry to me. She is squirmy and unhappy. Diaper changes don't seem to help.
When you go to him/her is she fussing or crying? Or is it a mantra cry? We just stopped responding to the mantra cries last night - a couple of times she did put herself back to sleep.
What have you tried to settle?? She has a pacifier which has worked very well up until this point. I also shush (she doesn't like patting) and rock her a bit.
What do you do for A time and how long is it? Lots of things - playing with toys, going to the store, going for walks, reading books.
Are there developmental issues such as teething or milestones? I don't know!! Maybe she is teething - she has been drooling for a few weeks now and putting lots of things in her mouth.
Have you introduced cereal? Why, how much, and how many times a day? (for LO’s under 6 months) 2 x per day - about 4 tsps each tiime - the amount has been gradually increased. She enjoys it.
Do they have a prop? If so what is it? Yes, a pacifier.
Do they have a lovie? No.
My 5-month-old daughter has been on EASY pretty much since birth and took very well to it. She is an Angel/Textbook baby according to Tracy's classification. She was only just recently weaned off her 4 a.m. feed - her previous feeding schedule was 8:00, 12:00, 4:00, 8:00, df @ 11:00, 4:00a.m. We stopped the 4 am feed 2 weeks ago as she suddenly didn't seem to be hungry at that hour, she was just wide awake. With a little shush-pat and paci, she was back down. But that only lasted for about a week and a half. Now, for the past 3 nights, she has been up at odd times (i.e. 12:30 a.m., 2:00 a.m, 3:00 a.m., 4:00 a.m., 5:30 a.m.) She seems uncomfortable when I go into see her. She sometimes doesn't even have her eyes open, and is just squirming around and crying. We thought we were overstimulating her during the day, so I tried keeping things really calm yesterday - but no change in the nighttime wakings. Any advice anyone could give would be much appreciated as we are exhausted over here!!!