Are you back yet Tawnya? Hope it was a good trip! Hi Zoey,
I wanted to update you both on our status:
We have been trying and trying to get his bedtime later, somedays 6:15, most days 6.
I started to realize he's doing 11.5-12 hrs at night, but since putting him to bed so early, he's waking early.
DS now has 2 routines for night:
Scenario 1:
wake 9 ish, either self settle, but usually requires some assistance from me (hands on him, saying it's okay, just sleep, etc)
wake 11:30~1:30 eat
may wake 3~4 but usually self settles
wake 5~5:30 and never really gets back to sleep.. usually doesn't demand being picked up till closer to 6.
Scenario 2:
wake 10:30 ish eat
wake again 2:30~3:30 eat (I've been slowly reducing min on this one, but then some nights he follows scenario 1....)
wake 6 ish, usually doesn't demand being picked up till around 6:30
The past few days I tried something new, though it may be a bad idea. He's followed scenario 1, only eaten once. Around 5 I go in to whether he is awake or not, and bf (sort of like a df, though he's mostly awake) and put him back down. he gets one More sleep cycle, so it gets him till 6:30 or later. I don't think this is a good habit to form (teaching him to have a feed at 5 AM) but his early wakings screw up his day so much and I can't seem to kick them.
Any other ideas?
His A time is still at 2:45, except at day end is usually 3-3:30, depending on his naps. both naps are usually 1:30, but sometimes shorter. His total day sleep is often slightly less than 3 hrs. I know you've said before early wakings are a result of too much day sleep or overtired at bedtime. How do you get to bedtime without being overtired?
Still frustrated with early wakes. I think he's back to chronically overtired. He wakes about 12 hrs after we put him down (6-6) but it's not good sleep, several wakes and 2 feeds. Then 3 hrs or less day sleep. How do I break it? Do I need to start putting him down BEFORE 6? It seems ridiculous to expect him to sleep past 5:30 AM if I'm putting him down at 5:30 PM, KWIM?
To make matters worse, I cannot stop stressing out about this. So when he wakes and self settles at 4, I lay there wondering how long till the next wake...etc.
Also, what's the deal with that 9 pm wake? It's not every night, but about every other or so. How can I get rid of it? Can I do w2s even though it's not every night? He's going to be 7 mo next week. I really didn't think I'd still be working on all of this (how nieve of me!) Seriously, am I doing something wrong, or is he just a poor sleeper?
PS either of you know what's up with the site lately? Seems to be down a lot.
