My 5 month old son has been on the EASY for a month now. We started on the 3 hr and have transitioned to the 4 hr. I am trying to drop the 3a feeding. Last night was our first night. I did PU/PD basically from 3:30-5 at which point I fed him and put him back to bed. Then he got up at 7a (6 or 7 is usual). So now do I feed him again to start the day even though it's only been 2 hrs from his last feeding or do I wait for 4 hours to feed again? If I wait for 4 hrs his schedule will be messed up because he went back to sleep at 5a instead of having an activity. So not sure how to structure the day.
How old is your child? 5 months
What’s his/her daily routine?
7a wake & breastfeed
8:30 or 9 Nap (1hr)
11 Breastfeed
1 Nap (1-1.5hrs)
3 breastfeed
5-6 cat nap (sometimes)
6:30 & 7 breastfeed
7 or 7:30 sleep
Dreamfeed - usually he wakes and I feed him used to be 10:30, lately he's been waking at 9:30.
sometimes wakes at 1a pu/pd back to sleep
wake and feed between 2& 3
wake for the day 6 or 7a
What’s nap routine? usually only sleeps 1 - 1.5 hours rarely he'll sleep 2. Sometimes he'll have 3 one hour naps
What's bedtime routine? Time? Feed, get pj's on, sometimes a bath, feed again then in bed
Do you bottle or breastfed?? Breastfeed
How much? or how long? Usually quick, 10 min. Very distracted when his sister is around, hard to find a quiet place because his sister is too little to leave alone.
If breastfed.. one side or both?? (at each feed) one side ususally
How many wakes per night? usually 3 and I feed on one of them
What’s your LO like when waking at night? How long is he/she up? He can easily be up for 30 min, lots of times he just falls asleep then wakes again, even if I'm shushing and is hard to get quiet again
When you go to him/her is she fussing or crying? Or is it a mantra cry? Mantra cry turns into cry quickly and then he's hard to settle
What have you tried to settle?? PU/PD, Shh
What do you do for A time and how long is it? Tummy time, swing, floor time, mostly just watches his sister, sometimes errands
Are there developmental issues such as teething or milestones? Not noticing any teeth, rolling over
Have you introduced cereal? Why, how much, and how many times a day? (for LO’s under 6 months) I try around 6-6:30 pm to give cereal, sometimes he eats it, most of the time he pushes it out.
Do they have a prop? If so what is it? No prop
Do they have a lovie?[/b] no lovie