thank you so much for replying and for the much need encouragement. i;m happy now to go with my lo having activiity before and after feed.
i agree that doing a feed at 9.15 pm interupts her sleeping so last night having come to that conclusion i decided to top up with formula after the 6.15 pm feed which she took 125ml. the reason i'm topping up and was clustering is our lo wkes so much at night thats why we said we would try EASY. we thought she might be waking habitually as she woke almost every night at 4.30am and sonetimes 1.30. we used give her the dummy but when it would fall out she would squirm and wriggle and start to cry. it turned into us holding it in until she fell back asleep. we tackled that first, using four S to winfd her down during day naps without dummy. she doesnt need it now. :)however she still wakes at least twice a night now at different times..last night 3.15 (it took 20 mins of shh/pat) then she woke at 5am (it took an our of shh.paat...as it seems like mantra cry we dont pick up, even if it turns to real cry if we pick up she fights us arching back crying more so we put her down and use shh/pat).
the waking at different times is not a new habit, going on since she was four or five weeks old (before that she just woke once for night feed and slept till 7 am). we are happy how EASy has helped us wean off dummy and extend day naps and teach our lo how to fall asleep hersefl which she does easily for day naps we dont even have to stay in room she smiles as we lay her into cot!
however our main qustion is
should we be trying to get her to sleep till 7 am (ussing shh/pat and or pu/pd) or should i feed at 5am or 6am? i'm having hard time trying to figure out is it hunger?
now and then she does sleep till 7am( rarely). i havent been consistent(two weeks ago fed atfive to see if it was hunger,she took full feed but wouldnt settle back to sleep. if she wakes at six i moslty feed her,she takes full feed,ready to start day which i dont mind but it throws routine ass she tired by 7.30, sleeps till10 and not looking for feed till 11.30 or soetimes even twelve!) i know we need to be consistent and sticvk to plan while my husband thinkns we shouldnt feed till 7 am otherwise we are reinforcing the 6 am waking time? we never rusehd in at 5 or 6 am to tlak or play, but we used give dummy which used get her back to sleep (often till eight). but then i went back to feeding at 6 am to try get some routine going(before i read about EASY_
my head is wrecked trying to figure out plan of action ( lack of sleep i guess, we atre committed to EASY but confused, we know we have confused out lo too!)
