Im relatively new on this forum(never posted but I consult it often), but I'm doing or trying to do BW with DD who is now 7 1/2 mo. We'd been doing just fine until she got sick in January and got a string of illnesses that lasted until 3 weeks ago. For the past 3 weeks, we've regained the weight lost during the illness and then some. We've had our growth spurt, we want to extend our A time, we've taken to solids like we've been doing it all our life, we sit up, we crawl, we're even trying to stand while grabbing on to things! So much going on, so much energy spent, you'd think the kid would sleep, right? WRONG! My questions are in parenthesis)
She used to be right on schedule for her naps and BT, but for the past week it's just been so out of whack! She wakes around 6:30 has milk then eats breakfast around 8:30, she will go down anywhere until 9:30-10:30! That would be ok if she didn't wake at 11:15, 11:30 bright eyed and ready to play... (
should I give her a bottle before nap, since she hasn't had milk since 6:30)
Of course she's then starving so she has milk at wake up and lunch around 12:30-1:00. She then plays until 2 at which point she starts rubbing eyes, fussing, etc. In order to keep her asleep longer I give her another bottle and I procede to put her down, and it goes well. But 30 min. later, I hear her playing in her bed. She'll stay and play alone, no fussing until about 3:00. I go in, redo the wind down and she sleeps only until 4:00-4:30 (I don't do PU/PD because the sight of me over excites her. Tried it, not for us...She's been that way since she was 2 weeks old. I had to cover her eyes so she couldn't see me and stay calm)
(where do I begin with the issues here???)Upon wake up, she's fine, plays, is not hungry or grumpy. We play til 5:00 or 5:30, have dinner, play some more, bath around 6:00, milk around 6:30 then sleep around 7:00 sometimes right after milk.
She get a DF anywhere between 10:30-11:00 and then wakes @2 OR @4:30 Each night is one or the other... It's a nightmare! If I dont feed her at 2, she doesn't resettle and proceeds to play in her bed until 4 and I finally feed her cause by then she's no longer a happy camper... She'll then sleep til 6:30 and it starts over again. (
When she wakes at 4:30, I dont mind feeding her as she hasnt had anything since 11:00, but is that ok??)
(should I drop the DF? What do I do then when she wakes @ 2? Feed her? She last ate almost 8 hours ago?!?!)If you've read this long, I thank you SO much! And I'll even put it in EASY format...
E 6:30 Milk
E 8:30 breakfast
A 6:30 to 9:30 or 10:30 depends on the day
S til 11:15
E 11:30 Milk
E 12:30- 1:00 Lunch
A 11:30 til 2:00
E 2:00 (half a bottle of milk)
S 3:00 til 4:00 or 4:30
E 5:30 dinner
E 6:30 Milk
S 7:00
E 2:00 or 4:30 depends on the day
A depending on wether I feed her or not ...
OMG, that's a disaster... HELP ME! Please!?!?!?
