Notes

Cruz
Schedule: Eat, Awake, Sleep
We are on a 2 1/2 to 3 hour schedule from the start of a feed to the start of the next feeding. Right now he is eating a total of 8 times a day and waking once in the middle of the night. Cruz will eat and be awake for a total amount of about 1 to 1/2 hours before he usually starts fussing. This is when he likes to be swaddled tight and rocked or walked to sleep. He usually sleeps for an 1 1/2 to 2 hours and when he wakes its time to feed him again and the cycle starts over again. He has recently started waking 45 minutes into naps and I read it is because his sleep cycle is restarting and babies have trouble settling themselves for the rest of their nap. Please try to put the pacifier in his mouth and pat him back to sleep as soon as you hear sounds like he is starting to wake up. I am trying to resist picking him up and rocking/walking him to fall back asleep so he doesn't expect this. I understand though sometimes the pacifier will not work to get him back to sleep though so if you have to pick him up to get him back to sleep to finish his nap that is fine. I would rather him take a full nap than not. If he wakes up and wont go back to sleep before it has been 2 1/2 to 3 hours since last feeding him please play with him and keep him settled until this time and then you can feed him again. If he is crying and cannot be consoled before it has been 2 1/2 hours since his last feeding he is really hungry so please feed him. He has been on this schedule since birth and so far it has not been a problem, he has been very predicatble. This schedule helps us know what he needs and if he is upset what is wrong with him because we know if it is time to sleep eat or gas and other issues. It has also been proven to help infants sleep through the night at an early age so we have stuck with it as best as possible. I understand it doesn't always work out perfectly but so far it has worked well for him and us.