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September 2nd, 2010 | 
Author: I’m a first time mom and I am finding it harder now than ever to get my baby on a schedule. At first it was so routine, wake up , eat, play, sleep. Now he’s just all over the place. He’ll eat 5oz first feeding and last feeding, but during the day 2oz-4oz and I never know what it’s gonna be. He drinks water sometimes. He won’t take a pacifier to calm down. When he was up to 3 months he loved his pacifier, now he throws a fit when I put it in his mouth. I’m just trying to establish some sort of schedule for him. Does anyone have an example of a daily schedule they have their 5 month old child on? I’m new to all of this, and the doctor just shrugs the shoulders and says, it’s normal; he’s doing fine. It’s hard though because when his routine is screwed up, the whole house’s routine is screwed up! Is he not sleeping enough? By the time he’s over tired and screaming his head off with his little eyes shut because he’s exhausted, he’s frustrated, I’m frustrated…he’s hungry because he didn’t eat his meal, tired because he hasn’t slept…poor baby. I just feel so bad that he gets so miserable. Also, a lot of the time when he does FINALLY falll asleep it’s only for like 20-30 minutes…then some times it’s for 1-2 hours….I just never know what he’s gonna do, and I wish there was something I could do to help him get regulated. I make sure I rub his gums, because he is starting to teeth. He screams when I use baby ambisol, so we skip that. I found some homeopathic tablets that disolve in his mouth, he LOVES those…Any suggestions to help my little guy get full and get some rest??
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Aww the poor baby
its miserable when they are over tired. My son gets like that sometimes( he is 5 months too). Have you tried laying him down in his crib when he starts to get tired? I do that with my son and it works most of the time. He’ll cry and fight it for about a minute or so but eventually falls asleep, i stand there the whole time and pat his back, i don’t really believe in letting him cry himself to sleep (it breaks my heart!) As for eating, have you started with solids yet? When he finally goes to sleep for the night, how long does he sleep for? Or is he up and down all night? I started my son on solids at about 4 months and he sleeps the whole night through, I’m talkin like, 10 hours! I have come to realize that its all trial and error when its your first child, so keep trying different things and your bound to come across something that works for both of you 
hope this helped a little bit and good luck to you 
If you follow the feed, sleep and play routine than your bub should not be awake for more than 1 1/2 hours. If you keep him awake longer than it will be very hard to settle him as will be overtired. So once he wakes and you feed him and play, start to calm him down about 15 minutes before you are wanting him to go to bed. It’s very hard to settle an overtired baby and some will just not sleep at all. As your bubs gets older, say about 6 months than awake time would be 2 hours. If you can get them into bed before their tired signs become visible than it’s much easier to settle them. Hope this helps.
I would start him on some solids, like maybe baby cereal. They have this other thing that my lil one loves, its a mesh feeder thing. You can put fresh, or frozen fruit in it and he can gum it to death without the chocking hazard..great for teething! Try giving him a bath every night before he goes to bed, it will help him to relax. My lil one loved her binkys too, then all of a sudden she didnt like them, so I went out a bought a different kind, and she seems to like them now, so maybe try buying a couple different binkys, maybe he is just bored with the one that he has:) But if he is teething, then most likely his schedule is going to contiue to be off. But good luck!
I think the reason why he is eating 2 to 4 oz during the day is because you gave him water. Babies shouldn’t be drinking water according to the Pediatrician. Breast milk or Formula has enough water for the baby and you don’t have to give him extra. It will only fill up his tummy and force him to eat less(eventually he might have a weight loss problem).
And it is hard to set a set schedule for a 5 months old. He is exploring and learning new things everyday. You can’t force him to do the same thing every single day. Just try to meet his needs as it goes. If he cries, change diaper, try to feed him and play with him. If you see him rubbing his eyes or eye brows turning red, put him down for a nap(I usually put my baby down with a pacifier and she will fall asleep within seconds. I am sure you have your little trick). I know it is hard, but hang in there. Babies don’t nap 3, 4 hours as they grow older. My baby does the same too. Just let him be.
Good luck.