I am now embarking on setting up a 4 hour EASY with a consistant waketime and extending nap time. I know that these are two big things and I am not quite sure how to go about it. Should I tackle one thing first if so which one?
I think these will go hand in hand. Once you start with a 4 hour EASY, if she wakes early from a nap, you will want to work on extending it. What is her current routine, and how long does she currently go between feeds?
If she is waking at five do I start her day here or do I try to put her back down? Would a dream feed at this point help her to sleep longer in the morning. Although 6 is an OK wake time because I will be heading back to work in a month I would like her wake time to be more like 7 because I think this will help her transition into daycare.
Any waking before the time you want her normal wake time to be should be considered a night waking. You would feed if truly hungry, or comfort, or use shh/pat or pu/pd to get her back to sleep. Of course, if she were a baby sleeping until 7 am, but you wanted it to be 8 am, that might be a little unreasonable. However, since she is waking around 5, I would treat that as a nightwaking. Have you ever used the df? It wouldn't hurt to try it for about 4 day- a week and see if it helps. It might not work the first night, but try for a few days in a row.
Again, could you post your current routine?
