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Infant Napping and Eating Schedules
by starblue332, Jun 12, 2007 12:00AM
I have been following Dr. Weisbluth's sleep schedules, and it is finally working, but I was wondering if anyone else used his methods and how they fit feedings in? Do I schedule his feedings around the naps or what?
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Sometimes we'll put him in his crib awake and he'll cry for a few minutes then fall asleep. My husband is much better at this than I am, as I can't stand for him to cry!
Good luck.
Once your little one hits the toddler yrs. you will be so grateful for having a good sleep routine.
When we did the book with my son it worked awesome. Still to this day (he is 4 1/2) he sleeps great thru the night. He took naps up until about age 4. It's true what he says in the book the more sleep they get the more they sleep.
Sorry if I am not much help. I am gona have to relearn all this stuff again myself in about 9 weeks. I plan on reading the book over again.
Look in the book again and see if he mentions anything about this.
I guess as long as you know he is full and your breast is emptied when you nurse and he is gaining weight then all is good.
The author talks about the importance of sleep in small children. How their naps should be at home (not in the car or at Target). They should take 2 naps during the day and get to bed early at night.
With my son he would take a nap at around 10AM another at 1PM and would be down between 6 or 7 at night and up at 6 in the morning. The author talks about sleep cycles and stages of development. How important it is and the more sleep a child gets the more they will sleep, not the opposite of what alot of people think. In other words keeping up a child until 10 at night will make them sleep longer, it is the complete opposite.
As long as he seems content then I'm sure he is fine.
Do you have any breastfeeding resources or books? Look and see at what stages how much they should still be nursing. I dont think they nurse as often once they are a certain age and are on solids. Of course I have seen some moms that let kids that are walking even go to the breast whenever they feel like it, like contantly. So it all depends on your own approach.
It also sounds like he is sleeping good, so that another good sign.