Hi. I have a 17 week DD who is finding it hard staying asleep at bedtime after 30mins. She wakes up, does not cry but is quite happy chatting to me. It then takes 1 hour of patting and shushing to get her back to sleep. She doesn't cry through any of it. Eventually after 1 hour she falls asleep in her crib. I have read on other threads that this could be down to over tiredness but wanted to see if other people agree as she doesn't wake up crying. We started 6 weeks ago putting her down awake as previous to that we had held her to sleep. She used to take a bottle before bedtime and we held her upright for 30 mins as she has reflux. Now she has a bottle maybe 1 hour before bedtime we don't need to hold her to go to sleep. Her reflux is also improving. She falls asleep brilliantly on her own in the crib but like I said wakes happy after 30mins. Once she's asleep that could be it until she wakes for feeding. I've just moved her awake time from the last nap to 2hr 30min from 2 hours. She often does not have sleep cues so don't know if I'm keeping her awake too much or not enough. Depending on when her last nap was will depend on when she goes to sleep but she is usually in bed between 7-8pm. Any suggestions would be great.
