Nicky_Jones
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Hi, I would like some advice from people.
Our little one is approaching 4 months and our routine hasn't really changed much since the beginning.
7:30 - get her up, wash her, feed, and dress followed by some play time
anywhere between 8:30 - 90 - Nap when she is showing signs of being tired. Her nap will be anything between 30mins and 1hr, recently they have been more like 1hr which is getting longer.
When she wakes I put her in her bouncy chair where ever I am and talk to her while I am getting jobs done.
10:30 - nappy change and then feed followed by play time
any where between 11:15 - 120 - nap when she shows signs of being tired, length of time as before.
130 - nappy change and feed, on an ideal day this would be 13:30 but she never seems to be able to wait that long. Followed by some play time.
~150 - nap when she shows signs of being tired.
160 - Nappy change and feed followed by play time and then a massage on her legs.
170 - Nap
180 - Feed
19:10 - Start her bed time routine off nappy off time, bath, dressed for bed, feed and then bed.
23:30 - Dreamfeed
My question is, is this OK? Is it a problem that she is showing no signs of wanting to go 4hrs between feeds during the day? Should she be starting to nap less now? At what age should she be napping less?
I would love to drop the dreamfeed and she doesn't take huge amounts then - I tried again last night and she was restles from about 2:30 onwards - she was awake making quiet (non distressed noises) and then going back to sleep for 15mins then waking again. I finally fed her at 4am (maybe I shouldn't have?) because she was starting to sound a bit more distressed and I couldn't sleep because of how restless she was. She seemed very suprised to see me and initially only latched on for a couple of sucks and then turned away. She was quite blocked up so that could have been why she was restless as well, but then latched on and had a decent feed. When I put her down she made noises for about 30mins afterwards before going back to sleep.
Sorry for the long post. I am breastfeeding BTW.
Thanks
Our little one is approaching 4 months and our routine hasn't really changed much since the beginning.
7:30 - get her up, wash her, feed, and dress followed by some play time
anywhere between 8:30 - 90 - Nap when she is showing signs of being tired. Her nap will be anything between 30mins and 1hr, recently they have been more like 1hr which is getting longer.
When she wakes I put her in her bouncy chair where ever I am and talk to her while I am getting jobs done.
10:30 - nappy change and then feed followed by play time
any where between 11:15 - 120 - nap when she shows signs of being tired, length of time as before.
130 - nappy change and feed, on an ideal day this would be 13:30 but she never seems to be able to wait that long. Followed by some play time.
~150 - nap when she shows signs of being tired.
160 - Nappy change and feed followed by play time and then a massage on her legs.
170 - Nap
180 - Feed
19:10 - Start her bed time routine off nappy off time, bath, dressed for bed, feed and then bed.
23:30 - Dreamfeed
My question is, is this OK? Is it a problem that she is showing no signs of wanting to go 4hrs between feeds during the day? Should she be starting to nap less now? At what age should she be napping less?
I would love to drop the dreamfeed and she doesn't take huge amounts then - I tried again last night and she was restles from about 2:30 onwards - she was awake making quiet (non distressed noises) and then going back to sleep for 15mins then waking again. I finally fed her at 4am (maybe I shouldn't have?) because she was starting to sound a bit more distressed and I couldn't sleep because of how restless she was. She seemed very suprised to see me and initially only latched on for a couple of sucks and then turned away. She was quite blocked up so that could have been why she was restless as well, but then latched on and had a decent feed. When I put her down she made noises for about 30mins afterwards before going back to sleep.
Sorry for the long post. I am breastfeeding BTW.
Thanks