Well I think we can call last night a success even though overall he slept about an hour less.
We started his bed time routine later around 8pm. We would have started 30-45 minutes later except that we were out at the park with our dog earlier in the evening and the monkey woke at 7pm so by the time we got home and got him fed it was closing on 8 and I didn't like his chances of a mini nap.
Anyway, he went down in his crib at 8:45 after a top up feed and was asleep at 9:40. Daddy took his turn sitting by the cot with him last night and I just sat back in the room and wouldn't you know it he got coos and smiles followed by grizzles and whinges but no actual escalating cried do there was zero pickups!
He woke a bit earlier than the past 2 nights for his night feed at 2:45 (3 & 3:30 the prior 2 nights) and in his cot by 3:30 and asleep at 4:20 once again with no pickups required!
He woke this morning at 6:45 as well this morning so still earlier but not bad.
I'm thinking if I can push that last feed to after 9 and closer to 9:30 he might sleep that little bit longer.
I'm not sure how to work in that evening nap though so that he's not awake for 2 1/2 hrs before going to sleep, or even if that's helping get him to sleep!
I'm also hoping that he will starft settling quicker now going forward as mummy's insomnia reared it's ugly head last night and I only got 4 hours sleep in all of that. Nap time now that he's fallen asleep in his swing.I swear I only intended to put him in there for 10 mins while I got breakfast and daddy's lunch before he left for work!
so it hasn't affected him at all, and he's very cheerful all day despite his teeth acting up. We're off to the park later so we'll see if we have another good night.
I sent an email to customer service yesterday asking if I could address some concerns and ask questions via email as I had an appointment today during the call times and I never even received an acknowledgment that my email was received. I ended up rescheduling my appointment and just spent the last 2 hours wasting my time trying to get through on the phone number to no avail.
When he wakes at 10 i feed him, when he wakes at 12 i either pat his back and resettle him to sleep, or if i'm really tired he comes into bed with me. If he comes to be with me at 12 he sleeps well until 3am or so, then starts to get unsettled until he is offered the breast for comfort.
At some point or another he always ends up in bed with us.
It's SO hard hearing our LOs distressed. DD is going through a growth spurt and getting used to two solid meals a day, so has also been up four times...and waking v.early. Have you tried singing or talking to her quietly? Or does that make things worse?
At about 3am Earl started crying....same drill, sorted everything but he kept on waking. I changed his nappy and put on some teething gel and he went to sleep at about 4am in the end.....then I heard some crying, like proper wailing coming from the nursery. I leapt out of bed to see to him and he was crying in his sleep thanks to his teeth. I didn't touch him as he seems to calm down, but literally every 10 minutes from 4-5am he would wail! Of course, hubby slept through the whole lot but I was wide awake through the lot lol. At 5am, hubby's alarm goes off and wakes him up, I see to him and not a peep until 7.30. I'm going to have to try waking him up if it happens again to see if he will stop. But, he's asleep so my logic says 'Noooooooo! Don't wake the sleeping baby! lol'. What I have to bear in mind is in reality we only had 1 hour of waking last night, compared to 3-4 of last week! Victory!!!!!!! 
Early to bed for me tonight I'm afraid - usually sees me in the bath straight after Earl has gone off so about 7.30, swift cuppa brought up by hubby and into bed by 8 lol. But at least I get a couple more hours sleep....seeing as hubby can't do the dreamfeed he wakes me for that, then I can get back to bed (Earl wakes up too much as he's excited to see Daddy....last time he tried it at 10.30, he was still there at 12.30 playing peekaboo with a very very awake Earl! lol)
Polaris - I have to tell myself every day how lucky I am with Earl. He's brilliant, really predictable with his routine, sleeps well in the most part, eats without issue, is sociable (except with his granny but he hates her perfume! lol) and is just so receptive. I've met a couple of other mums with babies the same age or older and they haven't had half as good a time as I've had with this one....no colic, no sleepless nights at all (always managed at least 3 hours!) I really can't complain.
Last night was fun ladies.....I hate Earl's teeth and when they show their faces I'm going to invite them outside for a punch up! lol
Consequently though, I'm asbolutely shattered!
