my DS is also 6 months old but he has no idea of any routine. i am lucky that he will happily go about his day as long as he is occupied. a big day running errands and such, may be out and about for 5 6 hours and he wont eat the whole time. i will make time while i am out btu he is too distracted.
i will admit i have tried the FPS but it really depends on his mood. he will on occasion try all at once. feeding is a game sometimes which involves spitting milk at me, then bang he is asleep. then i will go to put him down and the play begins all over again.
i think it is most important to do whatever works for you. and try to read their cues more than anything.
My baby has actually just put herself into the pattern of Feed - Play - Sleep in the last couple of days and I have to say, it is soooooo much easier to read her tired cues now that I am not feeding her to sleep. I was a bit confused as to what to be looking for and wondered how on earth I was going to get her to "self settle" and now that we are FPS-ing, she does self settle! It's really made things clearer for me and Evie seems to be happier in between feeding and sleeping. Don't get me wrong, I always offer her boobie before I put her down to sleep just in case she is hungry but so far she hasn't taken it.
Sue xxx
I know that this is a bit of an older thread, but while looking for some info just now, I found it and it was a question I wanted to ask.
Problem for us with F - P - S is that if DD has a feed then a play, she can't do tummy time as she will have a chuck.
But if we do P - F - S then she feeds (BF) to sleep - which now seems to be the only way to get her to sleep
I am still struggling with finding a routine that works for us! help!
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