Etta like Belle has her long sleep first up at night. We put her down between 9 and 10 (depending on when her feed is). She usually stays down for 6 hours - until 3 to 4 and then feeds again at 6 - 7 and I keep her sleepy and she goes down for another 3 hours. So she can be sleeping (including feeds) from 9 until 9. The odd time she'll awake around 12 - 1 for a feed but that is rare.
She's only breastfed and we are feeding every 3 hours. I am looking forward to her dropping the 3-4am feed but guessing that may be a while away yet.
During the day she catnaps with sleeps being a max of an hour long. She's up for about 1.5hours after a feed and I bathe her at 8.30pm ish to stop her sleeping after the 7pm feed - she's then easier to put down for her night sleep. She will sneak in a quick 20mins sometimes before her bath despite my efforts to keep her awake.
Good to be reading everyone's posts ... Etta is growing like a weed. She's 6.2kgs and 68cms already. Loving the gurgles and smiles too!
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Last edited by Ells; September 19th, 2008 at 10:15 AM.
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