Hey hon, just wanted to pop in quickly and say that by the sounds of things you're doing a great job. If your LO is breastfed then it is completely normal for them to feed every two hours during the day, the more they feed during the day, the less they feed at night (which IMO is a good thing). My DS was much the same from that age and even now only sleeps more than 30 minutes about half the time. By the sounds of things your LO is getting a good amount of sleep overnight. I'm sure if you kept a record for a couple of days of sleeping and waking time you'd be suprised just how much sleep he is getting. At about that age my DS was getting an average of 13 hours in a 24 hour period, it is a bit less than the 'recoommended' but it worked for him, just like us all babies are different and need different sleep iykwim? Family and friends mean well and like to give advice, but at this stage I think the best thing you can do is follow his cues and let him set the routine.
late reply, but thanks for your help, it's nice to know that others have babies which have done the same and that really, babies have their own individual needs. last week i decided to move my baby's bassinet into the walk n robe in our bedroom cos it's much darker in their (are blinds are useless!) and consistently put his dummy in and put my hands on his shoulders to make him feel extra secure and rock him...it really worked for the first few days, on some occasions it only took a couple of mins to resettle him...it's probably not something i want to keep doing, i'm hoping that he will need the rocking less once he knows that this is sleep time and can self settle! so i have been able to extend his sleep which has meant i have been able to extend his feeds to every 3 hours during the day
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