For some reason, ever since she was born, my baby would wake multiple times after she sleeps. Sometimes every 10-15 minutes even and its driving us crazy. We do not get to do anything at all after she goes down because she is up again soon and will cry until I give her a bottle or nurse her. She has a strong need to suck but she has rejected a binkie since she was 4 months old. Also, there must be milk in the bottle (or nursing). If its water she will just continiue crying. She doesn't take much, just sucks or nurses for like a minute then she falls asleep again so i doubt its hunger.
3 hours after her multiple wakings, she will sleep a 4-5 hour stretch then up again for milk, which I am ok with unless she decides not to go down again after her milk, but that is another topic by itself, lol. On very rare occasions she only gets up once in the first 3 hours, but on average its 3-5 times.
I have tried adjusting the temperature of the room, dimming lights, turning off lights, leaving on a night light. We have white noise in the form of our air conditioner. Tried a more relaxing bedtime routine- soft music, baths, stories and also tried playing games with her to tire her out. Also tried an earlier or later bedtime to no avail. I don't understand why her sleep is not restful no matter what we do. In short she sleeps terribly almost every night and gets a total of 8-10 hours sleep only. Any tips?
Her schedule
9 am wake up
12pm nap
4.30pm nap
10 pm bedtime
Have tried for earlier bedtime multiple times but not working, she just flat out refuses to sleep and would cry for a whole hour.