Well I am sooo darn hardheaded, I kept robbing him of sleep, and he kept trying to make up for it - so his days were all screwy!!! So I figured out how much sleep he needed by taking an average. These are not actual numbers, but say he got 13.75 then 13.5 then 14 then the next day he slept 15.75. I averaged them out to see what he needed for the day. (This may sound loony!) Turns out I'm PRETTY sure he needs 14.25, which is more than I thought. I kept putting him down later than I should have b/c I was scared he'd wake early! Well he did b/c he was overtired! AAAAARHG! I can't believe how long it's taken me to figure that one out!! So now I make sure he gets 14.25. What ended up happening is he fixed himself after a couple of days of me doing that. Before Nov, he used to wake b/w 6:30 and 7:30. Today he woke at 5:30 and did the same thing today as the day before... (took two long naps - which seemed to be the thing that got him good and rested, and i was able to put him down later.) So tonight he was able to go to bed (w/o being overtired) later than he has in a long long time. So I guess the two things I'm big on now is not too long A time and make sure he gets enough hours of sleep for the day, whatever time that is that I have to put him down. Now we haven't had days and days of good wakings, so maybe I will still have to figure out more, but I feel like it finally clicked. Finally!!!! Man, I feel like an idiot!!! I have no idea what tomorrow will be like - he can't keep having these long naps b/c his bedtime will just get later and later. But then I kind of think he will adjust to normal. Normal meaning most babies go to bed b/w 7 and 8. So maybe once he gets there, he will sleep normal during the day. We'll see.
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