Routine

After a horrible night during which X woke up every two hours, and needed so much calming that I'd end up spending about an hour in his room each time, I decided it was time to have a set routine for X. He is four months old now and according to my baby bible of choice, The Baby Whisperer, he should be eating every four hours and taking two 1.5-2 hour naps each day. Instead of eating every two hours and being up for an hour and down for 45 minutes throughout the day, and then waking up at all hours during the night.

I haven't entirely succeeded yet, but I have gotten him to consistently (except at the end of the day, when he gets really hungry) wait about 3.5 to 4 hours between feedings and consolidate some of those short naps. And I've been writing down when he eats, sleeps, and poops, which has made things easier, despite JW's efforts to thwart me.

We're now approaching a week that involves three 4-hour car trips and probably three different sleeping locations, none of which are home. We shall see how the routine fares.