Hi there
sorry, I was distrraught yesterday and incapable of full detail...hopefully this is a bit better.
until last week we didn't have a set time for naps. he napped approximately every 2 hours for approximately 30 mins. I breast fed on demand with approximately 3-4 hours between feedings. I would breast feed usually before nap time in the morning in his crib, his second nap was often after shopping, afternoon nap at home and then late day nap in his chariot after taking the dog for a walk.
nights are always the same - bath or sponge bath around 7-7:30, bottle usually with dad or occassionally breast, then bed.
at 3 months he could sleep through the night occassionally, or get up just once maybe twice, then it started getting really haywire, some nights good some not. there was no appreciable reason for the change. However, I just figured that the recent round of extremely frequent wakings (5 times a night) may be due to the fact he no longer sleeps in his chariot, so is missing a big chunk of daytime sleep.
I would try pick up put down but not successfully. We tried cry it out on a very limited basis once or twice at night and a couple of time at naps when really frustrated. It got so that I was always breast feeding him to sleep. He goes to his crib still awake unless he's just crashed on the bottle.
Since last wednesday, no more breast before naps. I will feed him maybe once during the night as I'm trying to start listening to whether he's actually hungry or not and he has adjusted quickly to this.PUPD is working well sometimes and not others because I'm having trouble differentiating when to pick up and when to just be quiet and wait. So while things have improved, I need to break his habit of waking so quickly, both at nap time and at night.
We started solids at 4.5 months and he's now almost 7 months. I've moved very slowly with what I've introduced. He gets 3 meals a day including cereal, fruits and veggies. We'll start meat and plain yogurt soon. He's likely over 19lbs now and very healthy.
We did have a minor miracle last night after a day of crappy naps. He had a bottle at 6pm (off schedule), slept for 20 mins, had dinner and a bit of activity. Then sponge bath and another bottle and bed and sleep by 7:30pm. He woke at 10:30 and I got him back to sleep within a few minutes and I think giving him a light fleece blanket to hold onto helped (he's very active in his crib). I didn't hear from him again till 6:30am and he played until 7
So, I'm seeing improvements but need to extend the nap durations and cut the night time wakings...right?
