omg i cant take this!

[anielasmommy]

so my LO has never had an actual NW until 3 days ago! i mean she would fuss b/c she was hungry i would feed her and she would sleep no problem since birth. literally the day she was born it went exactly like that. she was always a horrible napper but now as of 3 days ago i have been successfully extending all of her naps and all of a sudden bam NW she was up 12am-3am day one and two and last night was 1:30am-3am! i feel like im gonna die! im a single mom and cant take this lol i have 0 help and have not slept since x-mas b/c she got a really bad cold and i kept having to suction her nose while she slept which didnt even wake her! shes almost 4 months old and we have been transitioning...shes on 3.5hr easy right now and her three naps vary from 1.5hrs-2hrs long.

7am wake up E
7:30 A
8:30 S
10:30E
11 A
12 S
2 E
2:30A
4S
5:30E
6 A
7E bedtime
we finally are having good days and now having bad nights idk what to do. is this b/cof transition

[malenka]

I don't have any advice for you but I just wanted to send (((((hugs))))) your way. While you're sorting out the NW, try to catch some sleep during the day if you can.

[brenda2]

it does probably have to do with the transition to 4 hour EASY.  she went from having not very good naps and good night sleep to better naps so she probably can handle longer A times now during the day due to the longer naps.  she may be waking during the night to make up for A time that she's not getting during the day.  especially if she is awake for extended periods during the night and happy about it this is what it sounds like to me.

her A time should be about 2 hours.  right now it is only 1.5 hours so i would try extending by 10 min every 3 days until you reach 2 hours A time.  keep in mind the first A time may be shorter. 

hth

[anielasmommy]

ok thanks
last night she woke up twice but she was whining not crying so i just left her alone and she ended up going back to sleep! (besides feeding times) we are working on increasing the A time but shes spirited so i have to take it very slow shes OS like all the time 30mins before her nap i have to go in a completely dark room with her and just hold her and sing/talk to her just to wind her down from 30-40mins of actual play time!