I've just had a read of GIna Ford and whilst I was only reading it for tips (and got a few) I was shocked by the sleep rountine for a baby, it would be akin to torture for my 8 week old. Which is nearer normal, her book or my baby? What's the experience of others?
He's ill so sleeping even more than normal but naps today so far:
up at 7 (feed)
nap 8-9 (mini-feed) 9.10-9.40 (mini-feed)10.10-10.40 (feed) noon until now. so far.
The mini-feeds are because he's ill, they're only about 30ml to keep him hydrated. Proper feed around 120ml.
This is fairly normal, maybe he's awake 40min-hr between feeds normally, but not at all at night, feeds then sleeps. Night is roughly 7-7, I dreamfeed about 10.30/11. Some nights he wakes for a feed before 7, some he doesn't so I don't think his daytime nap habit affects his nights. By the time you've feed and nappy changed him (feeding slower in day) you're lucky to get more than 10 min of smilely play time before he's grumpy for sleep. At night he sucks in the feeds inside 15min as opposed to daytime slow looking around 40 min feeds. IS this excessive sleeping? Is such a thing possible at this age? As I said it's just stunned me to see her rountines contrasted to his behaviour.
He's bloody grumpy and screams for sleep if kept up for too long.