Hello and thank you for getting back to me. I am from Costa Rica so the book I read was in Spanish and they call it Tracy's routine which is feeding baby, activity time, sleeping time, time for yourself; I'm guessing it is the 4 EASY routine just translated with a different name. Since I live right at the beach and we don't have A/C I can't swaddle my baby, because is too hot, even at night.
Since I wrote the last time my baby is doing much better sleeping at night. I decided to start over and now she wakes every three hours instead of two and goes right back to sleep, so it is much better now. She is going to bed at 6.30 pm the latest, I feed her again at 9 pm, since I go to bed early just after I do the 9 pm feeding, I don't do the 11 pm feeding that Tracy recommends, so she wakes up again at 1 am, and then there's another feeding at 3 am, which I'm starting to think its unnecessary, because its been only 2 hours since her last feeding. So I would need advice on how to help her sleep through the night, how can I tell if she is waking up because she is hungry or because she is used to do so. I also answered the questions:
How old is your child?
4 months old
What’s his/her daily routine?
Wakes up around 6 am, feed her, plays a little bit then go for a bath, takes a 45 min nap around 8:30 am. Wakes again feed her, plays again and naps again 45 minutes. Since she is still tired from her last nap this happens in like 1 hour and 30 min, so after she wakes up again it's been usually 2 and a half hours or so since the last feeding. Feed her again, plays, naps maybe 1 hour and a half. Feed her, we go out for a walk, when we come back go for a bath again around 5 pm, feed her after the bath, play a little more and around 6:30 pm she goes to sleep.
What’s nap routine?
2 naps in the morning usually about 45 min, and 1 longer nap 1.5 hours in the afternoon, I try she does all her naps before 3 pm. Some days she is able to nap for 2 hrs, but is not very common. I would say she is napping a total of 3 to 4 hours the most on very uncommon days.
How long are naps?
45 min usually, some times 1.5 or 2 hours
What's bedtime routine? Time?
Bath around 5 pm, feeding, a little time with us and then she goes to bed around 6:30 pm, some days 6 pm depending how tired she might be
Do you bottle or breastfed??
Breastfed only
How much? or how long?
It usually takes her about 5-7 min.
If breastfed.. one side or both?? (at each feed)
only one side
How many wakes per night?
3 some days 4
What’s your LO like when waking at night? How long is he/she up?
right now waking only to eat and going to sleep right after, up for 10 min the most.
When you go to him/her is she fussing or crying? Or is it a mantra cry?
little bit of crying just like announcing she's awake
What have you tried to settle??
nothing I just feed her each time
What do you do for A time and how long is it?
I don't know what A time is
Are there developmental issues such as teething or milestones?
not at this moment
Have you introduced cereal? Why, how much, and how many times a day? (for LO’s under 6 months)
no
Do they have a prop? If so what is it?
no
Do they have a lovie?
no
