ok, so my 5.5 month old has been waking at 5 am the last few days .... sometimes she settles herself, other times she just wakes herself up more if left to her own devices. i have gotten her to go back to sleep a couple of times, but today, she's bright eyed and bushy tailed and will not go back down. it's now 630 am, and i fed her since i heard her tummy rumble - she only took 4 oz. i've tried increasing her daily intake, but the last few days, she won't even take 6 oz most of the time. She's been extra tired and irritable the last couple of days as well and can hardly stay awake for 2 hours. up until the start of this week, she had been having 2-2.25 hr of A time - now it seems to have all gone to pot. and it's not boredom, she's full out rubbing her eyes and whining, and won't be distracted by another activity, low-key or not.
the last couple of days have looked like this
wake 630ish
E 7am
S 830-1030 or so
E 11
S 1230-2 or so
E 230/3
S 4/430 for about 45 min
rice cereal
bath close to 7, E and bed
no DF - wakes between 12-1 for a change and a feeding, where of course (!) she takes a full 6oz
i have introduced rice cereal, which she sometimes takes and sometimes doesn't.
i am literally at the end of my rope, completely at my wits end. she's been having a lot of NW as well, though they're getting much better. i'm so exhausted. i know it's not about me, but it's hard to be a patient parent when so tired.
she's not sick, has no ear infections ( just went to the doc) ... you can see the white bumbs on the front of her gums but no teeth have erupted yet.
please help!
