I get out of bed and feed Ash in his room at night. I find that when I do that he knows he has to go back to sleep cos that is the only time we do a feed in there iykwim. The few times I did do it in bed we all ended up falling asleep, so I figured it was best to get up. I do do his rollover feed before I go to bed in bed though.
Ash also tends to wake up after about 30 or 40 mins during the day. Usually I just leave him unless he starts crying or really grizzling. 2 out of 3 times I end up having to get him up because he has decided he has had enough sleep, but sometimes he will chatter to himself for 10 or 15 minutes and then fall back asleep (which I think he might just have done ).
We also had a bit of an unsettled day yesterday, he didn't sleep for any longer than 40 mins, so our routine got really thrown out of wack. But I think that's because his sleep patterns are changing. Sat, Sun and Mon nights he slept through (woo hoo!) but then Wed morning he woke up at 5.30am so I put him back to bed (in my book it isn't sleeping through unless he makes it till 6am, and even then I might put him back to bed so I can have a sleep in ). Then this morning he woke up at 3.45am . It seems that if I get him up earlier and don't put him back to bed then he has longer naps during the day, but if I get him up (when he sleeps through) at 6.00 or 7.00 he has naps of around 1.5 hours... Just don't know which way I prefer it...
Last week definately was a wonder week for us. He was feeding heaps and quite unsettled, but his development has come along in leaps and bounds since. He's just started rolling off of his tummy, is batting at the toys on his playmat, grabbing hold of toys and anything he can get his hands on to feel them and he did start sleeping through the night for the first time.
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