iI have answered the questions re our routine below.
My LO is 6mths and has started waking every night at approx 4am and plays (really loudly!) Have left her to play for upto just under an hour, more recently though 20mins or so as she keeps us awake too! Giving her a chance to chat herself off to sleep...Once she sees me at this time though she gets upset if I dont pick her up and as its 4am I feel she prob be hungry so give her a feed. I havent done the dream feed unless she wakes as she is at the higher end of weight gain and has lots of healthy rolls! I have been lucky with the fact that she slept from 7.30pm to 6am from 11weeks and only started night waking at 5mths when her teeth came through. She started sleeping thru again until this week and has started waking playing at roughly the same time every night. I dont have The BW answers all your problems book anymore but do recall a section on waking same time every night but cant remember what it meant! I am not complaining and happy to feed her if thats what she needs but just wondered if anyone else had same experience? I did try her on solids at 5mths as I thought she was showing signs but she lost interest after a week so we held off until last week. She was on once a day around 6tsp but upped her to twice a day this week - again 6tsp. I think I may have increased her to twice a day too soon? As the past couple of nights when she gets a feed at 4am she has filled big nappies after already doing a nappy in the day..I am wondering if she is having a wee bit too much in her tummy too soon?
Just wondering what other folk do for night time play waking?
Would it be the solids that are waking her?
Should I cut back to 1 solid a day for a bit longer?
Thanks in advance...
How old is your child? 6MONTHS
What’s his/her daily routine? 3.5 TO 4HR EASY
What’s nap routine? 2X1.5 TO 2 HR NAPS OR 1 X 2 HR AND 2 X 45MINS
What's bedtime routine? Time? BATH, LAST FEED, STORY, CUDDLES, BED AROUND 7PM
Do you bottle or breastfed?? BREASTFEED
How much? or how long? APPROX 10-15MINS, 5 FEEDS A DAY SOMETIMES 6
If breastfed.. one side or both?? (at each feed) USUALLY BOTH
How many wakes per night? USUALLY NONE, OCCASIONAL ONE, STARTED ROUTINE 4AM WAKE UP
What’s your LO like when waking at night? How long is he/she up? WAKES PLAYING, HAVE LEFT HER TO PLAY FOR UP TO 50MINS BUT STILL DIDNT GO BACK TO SLEEP!
When you go to him/her is she fussing or crying? Or is it a mantra cry? PLAYING, BUT ONCE SEES ME STARTS TO CRY IF I DONT PICK UP
What have you tried to settle?? DUMMY, MUSLIN TO PLAY WITH, CUDDLES, USUALLY FEED
What do you do for A time and how long is it? 2 - 3 HRS EACH TIME THROUGH THE DAY. READ, TALK, SING, TUMMY TIME, EXERSAUCER, PLAYMAT, LOOKING IN MIRROR
Are there developmental issues such as teething or milestones? STARTED SOLIDS AGAIN
Have you introduced cereal? Why, how much, and how many times a day? (for LO’s under 6 months) NI CEREAL - JUST FRUIT OR VEG AT MOMENT
Do they have a prop? If so what is it? OCCASIONALLY TAKES DUMMY BUT NOT OFTEN
Do they have a lovie? HAS LOVIE FOR DAY IN CAR SEAT OR PUSHCHAIR, NOTHING AT NIGHT. CANT SOMETIMES GO OFF TO SLEEP AGAIN IF GIVEN MUSLIN SQUARE TO PLAY WITH.
