3.5 hour routine?

[Brandonsmom]

I've had Brandon on a 3 hour routine from day one. But in the last 3 weeks or so I've noticed he can stay awake longer and his naps are a little longer. So I tried adjusting his routine to a 4 hour routine. It seems to work well one day and the next 2 or 3 days it doesn't work at all and we've reverted back to a 3 hour routine. My questions are have I rushed him into a 4 hour routine too early and would it make more sense to keep him on a 3 hour routine until he's ready to switch. He's 3.5 months old. While he was on his 3 hour routine his wake times would be between 1 to 1 hr. 15min. long. Now they can extend to nearly 2 hours.

[Intransit]

HI there,
Just a few questions for you..how old is your LO? I remember my LO switched on his own.....with very minimal help from me..but this isn't the case with all LO's of course.He was about 5 months old I think.
Some babies can go longer between naps, but that doesn't always translate for feedings.
What does your "normal" routine look like?
Look forward to reading you reply.
 

[HeatherC]

I would let him guide you. He might need a variation of 3, 3.5, 4 throughout the day.  If he has an A time of 2 hrs, then sleeps 2 hrs, feed him when he wakes.  Then he might have an A time of 1.5 hrs, sleep 2 hrs, so just feed him when he wakes.  I would be cautious, though, of naps going past 2-2.5 hrs as you don't want to completely through the day off.

[Brandonsmom]

HI there,
Just a few questions for you..how old is your LO? I remember my LO switched on his own.....with very minimal help from me..but this isn't the case with all LO's of course.He was about 5 months old I think.
Some babies can go longer between naps, but that doesn't always translate for feedings.
What does your "normal" routine look like?
Look forward to reading you reply.
 

Thanks for the quick responses. The 3 hour routine he had been on was the 7, 10, 1, 4, 7 routine. I don't let him sleep past 2 hours during a cycle. He was waking up around 3 am for a feeding (we tried doing a dream feed but that didn't work so we dropped it and let him wake up) but about 3 weeks ago he started sleeping completely through the night till the next feeding which was at 7 am the next day. So I guess I'm reluctant to change his schedule because I don't want to drop a feeding but at the same time I'm mindful of his naps. I'm not totally stressed over this because I'm very blessed he's sleeping 10-12 hours at  night. After thinking about it some more today I think I'm going to stick with the 3 hour schedule for a little bit longer. And he's 3.5 months old.