first... no we don't use a paci. dd won't take it, she gets frustrated. and she cries as if she can't stand that she'll suck and nothing will come down.
our daily routine goes something like this.
E 7/7:30 for 30 to 40min. then a change of diaper, may or may not continue to sleep after that. if she does sleep, then it's feeing at 10/10:30, if not she'll sit and play and coo, then start crying from overtiredness after an hour. this happens throughout the day.
i give her her bath at 8:00 with a feed after that and hope she'll sleep, but she sometimes has different thoughts.
i know it sounds as if she's the one ruling, but everytime i try to take things into my own hands, she lets us know she has other thoughts :shock: . and once she starts on the screaming....believe me there is no stopping it.
she averagely takes 2-3, 1.5-2 hour naps throughout the day with a 5-6 hour nighttime sleep.
she usually goes to sleep at night around 2am. i try to winddown starting 10 with a feed and a quiet room but she still stays up till 2
i'm not complaining about the duration of sleep, its the getting to sleep thats hard.
she takes a feed at 11pm and can stay up to 2am screaming to sleep.
i have tried putting her in her crib at the first/second and third yawns or when she stares off into space, but she always starts bawling 5 min later, i'd go in pat/sh, but that doesn't work either........i'm at the point where i'm clueless..............