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Not Sure Where to Start
« on: June 27, 2006, 16:22:02 pm »
My DS is 4 months old, and a terrible sleeper.  The problem is, I can't figure out what is causing it, so I don't know where to start to solve it.

Here is his daily schedule:

7:30 - Wake/Feed (BF)
8:00-9:00 - Activity
9:00-11:00 - Nap
11:00 - BF
11:30-12:30 - Activity
12:30-2:15 - Nap
2:15 - BF
2:30-4:00 - Activity
4:00-4:45 - Nap
4:45 - BF
5:00-7:00 - Activity
7:00 - BF and to bed

I don't do a DF as that made the night wakings worse.

He is up at a variety of times each night...from 2-6 times.  Sometimes the paci will work, sometimes not.  I usually feed him once (somewhere around 2:30ish) but even then he often doesn't seem all that hungry.

He is swaddled, with one arm out and has a toy he sometimes holds.

Basically, I don't know where to start solving the problem because I don't know what the root cause is.  Paci? Swaddle? Hunger? Something else?

Any thoughts how to identify what the problem is so I know how to try solving it?

Thanks.


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Re: Not Sure Where to Start
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2006, 22:17:53 pm »
What does he do when he wakes? Is he crying, talking...?
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