Hello everyone! Have been lurking here for a while. Thank you for such a wonderful forum and for all the help you provide ...
My LO will be 6 months in 3 days. She is EBF, no paci, usually pat to sleep in her bassinet. 4 hour easy. Wakes up screaming most of the time. I wake her at 6.40 every a.m. every week day and can give 15 mins extra on a weekend. I've been struggling for a long time with her night sleep wakings. Some history...
Until 2.5 months old slept only while been held day and night. No stroller, no car seat, no car ride, no swing - she would scream her head off until I picked her up and snuggled her. 5 mins after you put her down she would wake up and scream..
Per baby whisperer book at 2.5 months I swaddled her, put on her side supported so that she doesn't roll and she started sleeping stretches of 4 hours... I was trying to do a routine by the book (didn't save any records) and in a couple of weeks she started waking up at 45 mins every single sleep cycle day and night. During the day we helped her to transition by holding her tight (in her basinet) or shhh/pat. Usually it worked. But at night was a disaster. She was extremely hard to settle and started getting long NW. Her day time sleep was by the book (with the help to transition) and 45-1.30 mins after bed time she woke up and played until 11-12 at night. Then she would do a stretch of 4-5 hours sleep. Every morning I woke her up at 6.40 as I was taking DD1 to school. So her days were starting at the same time but she stayed home with my mom.
I removed swaddle at about 4.5 months as LO was rolling and getting out of it, plus it was hot here... Big problem was that LO could not sleep her face up. I had to put her on her side first (she was not ready for swaddle removal), and when she was really drowsy put her on her tummy.
Now she falls asleep on her tummy but if she is having a hard time to resettle, she turns on her back and screams. I have to turn her back on her tummy and pat to sleep or nurse (after 11 p.m I am trying not to do that too often). Looks like this happens when she is not tired enough.
Because of the school runs from 7.10 to 7.55 and 13.35 to 14.25 p.m. I started doing short/long/short nap routine. LO doesn't like sleeping in a car seat and usually will scream nonstop if she is tired, but would not fall asleep. So I had to put longer sleep around noon so it was done at home. At around 5 months old I cut her morning nap to 40 mins and she stared transitioning between her sleep cycles during the day. She would do 2-2.30 mins of day sleep (that never happened before) and again 40 mins p.m. nap. Nights got better little bit. I kept slowly decreasing her morning and evening nap. Certain nights she would do with 1-2 wakings but more nights would be a complete disaster with waking at every sleep cycle or at every other sleep cycle. I tried to repeat the routine from a good day the next day but it never worked. She would do fine during the day but would never repeat the night...
School is over so for the next 2 months I don't have to worry about timing her naps between school runs. I am aiming at 7 a.m wake up time...
Here are some of our days… I am trying to do Martii85 routine 20 mins/2hours/20 mins for LSN babies. But I don’t know how long A time needs to be, so I am just looking at LO tired signs ( if there are any as she is very hard too read)…
Here is a routine before I started cutting her am and pm naps. Almost 5 months old
May 5
Up/down all night, early wake up
WU 5.40
A 5.40-7.40 ( 2 hours )
E 6.45
S 7.40-8.00 in a car
s 8.10-9.30 in a bassinet
A 9.30-11.43 ( 2.13 )
E 10.45
S 11.43-12.03 woke up screaming, shh/pat to resettle
S 12.10-13.10
A 13.10 – 15.24 ( 2.14 )
E 14.45
S 15.24-15.34 Woke up screaming
S 15.40-16.20
E 18.p.m.
A16.20-19.28 ( 2.08)
E 19 p.m.
S 19.28-20.20
A20.20 – 22.00 (1.40)
E 21.30
May 6
S 22.00- 3.20 a.m.
E 3.20
S 3.30-6.40 a.m
WU 6.40
A 6.40-7.47 (1.07)
E 6.45
S 7.47 -8.15 in a car
A 8.15-9.47
S 9.47-10.47
A 10.47-12.35 (1.32)
E 10.47
S 12.35- 13.25
A 13.25-15.34 (1.49)
E 14.45
S 15.34-16.24
A 16.24-18.45 (2.20)
E 18.00
S 18.45-19.30
A 19.30-22.00 (2.30)
E 20.00, 21.30
S 22.00-3.00 a.m
E 3.00
S 3.10-6.35 a.m
Here is our recent EASY since I started cutting her morning and afternoon naps, almost 6 months old
May 29
Disaster night with long awake from 22.13 to 00.09
WU 6.40
E 6.45
S 8.58-9.24 I wake her (0.26)
A 9.24-11.50 (2.25)
E 10.45
S 11.50-13.40 I woke her and put in a car, school run
S 13.45-14.30 in a car ( total 2.35 of sleep)
A 14.30-17.30 ( 3 hours)
E 14.45
S 17.30- 17.50 (20 mins) I woke her
A 17.50-21.05 (3.10)
E 18.00, 19.30, 20.50 hoping that she will fall asleep
S 21.05-7.48 a.m I think she got up around 5 a.m to eat and went back to sleep. It was the longest stretch I ever got from her so I decided to let her sleep and see what will happen..
May 30 Saturday
WU 7.48
A 7.48- 10.32 (2.40) following her tired signs if she has any
E 8.00
S 10.32-10.52 (0.20)
A 10.52-12.55 (2.13)
E 11.50
S12.55-15.08 (2.13)
A 15.08-17.55 (2.50)
E 16.00
S 17.55-18.15 (0.20)
A 18.15-21.07 (2.55)
E 18.30, 20.30
S 21.07-1.00 a.m , E 1.00 a.m.
May 31 Sunday
S 1.25-3.00 a.m. pat to sleep
S 3.15-7.00 a.m.
WU 7.00
A 7.00-9.05 (2.05)
E 7.15
S 9.05-9.27 (0.22)
A 9.22-11.45 (2.20)
E 11.15
S 11.45-14.10 (2.25)
A 14.10-16.56
E 15.15
S 16.55-17.20 (0.25)
A 17.20-20.30 (3.10)
E 17.30, 19.30
S 20.30-22.00
E 22.00
S 10.20 , up every 45 mins till morning!!!!
Fed her every 3-4 hours, all the rest pat to sleep
I don't do CIO . Tried PU/PD a couple of times ( succeeded once), hubby is not on board with me on that, so I am leaving it out for now..