3 naps today maybe?

[legend_018]

ok currently my LO has about a 3-4 hour up time. Last night she was sleeping by 8/8:15pm and slept until 4:30am and had a 4 oz bottle and went back to sleep. Than she woke up I believe around 5:30am. She than had a 5 1/2 oz bottle at 8:30am and fell asleep. She slept until 10AM and than stayed up until 1pm had a 7oz bottle and fell asleep. She has now been sleeping about 35 minutes. I think I might hear her but I'm not sure. I'm going to go check. My question is - she usually goes down for her 2nd nap a little later. If she wakes up soon like less than an hour - Do I still give her another nap later on? Even if she sleeps an hour from 1pm to 2pm - well 4 hours would be 6pm. I don't know if I want to put her to bed that early. The earlies she has gone to bed is 7:30 and the latest 9:30pm. maybeeee 7pm a few times. I don't hear anything anymore - I was thinking maybe she was waking up after napping for just about 40 minutes. I know she didn't really burp before falling asleep and that sometimes will wake her up sooner. I guess it's safe to say she is still sleeping up there.

My LO is 8 1/2 months old.

[Mom to M&M]

How long did she end up sleeping for?

Her bedtime sounds rather late - I'd shoot for no later than 8pm (and ideally 7:30 even), which might also help with the early wakings.

[legend_018]

She slept from 1-2:30. She won't go back to sleep until it's bed time. ya I'm guessing unless she isn't feeling well that I might have luck getting her down between 7 and 8pm. That doesn;t necessarily help or change with early wakings though. She's very sporatic "lol". but her up time will be a bit over 4 hours since her napping schedule ended up being a little earlier than usual.

[Mom to M&M]

At her age, if she won't take a tiny catnap, I'd get her in for bed by 6:30 given her nap ended at 2:30

[legend_018]

She was sleeping by 7:30pm.

[debo620]

Hi, just looking at your post.....wondering why you don't feed when she wakes for the day?
I think this would really help you sort out her awake times and naps. does she always fall asleep on the bottle?
ie. had 4oz bottle at 4:30am
was she then up for the day at 5:30? is this the usual time she wakes? or is it later.
I would probably have fed at 6am, even if it just a top up of 4oz,

nap 8:30/9--for 1hr
bottle 10
nap 1:30-3pm
up by 3pm, bottle
bottle and in bed by 7pm.

[legend_018]

This is her today so far:

3am - 6 oz
6:30am - up.
7:00am - 3 1/2 oz

For about 2 days she was starting to get picky with her bottles a little. One morning she surprised me and didn't want to have a bottle until 8:30am and that was after waking up at 5:30am and had her last bottle before that at like 2am or something like that.

I do sometimes feed her when she wakes though. This morning by the time I took her into the bedroom with me for a few minutes and than downstairs it was close to 7am. She's also been doing stuff like this lately too:
This was yesterday afternoon, notice the 2 1/2 hour difference between eating. For 2 days before she started getting a little picky with the bottles - she went through stages "which she NEVER does" where she would guzzle 2 bottles in the afternoon only 2 1/2 hours a part.  Yesterday she just had a little snack @ around 3:30 as you can see.........
Yesterdays Afternoon Schedule:
1:00pm 7 oz bottle and sleep
230 - wake up
3:30 - 3 oz
7:/7:30 - 8 oz
I have another thread about her intake on solids which she currently doesn't do and hasn't for quite awhile "long story".

Ammm she has been waking at 5:30am a lot lately. However 6:30am is also a common wake time. In addition awhile ago she went through a stage where she was sleeping until almost 8am in the morning. That was a very short stage. Her up times are definetely at least 3 1/2 hours at times - sometimes even 4 hours. Than there are days like yesterday where she can barely go much over 3 hours without napping. But the majority of the time it's at least 3 1/2 hours.

oh and I guess I'd have to say that there are many days she doesn't have a bottle and fall right to sleep. Sometimes she does that a lot and other times the schedules don't really coincide.

[legend_018]

she wouldn't wait and had another 5 1/2 at around 9am and than due to being cranky I brought her up for a nap early and she as sleeping by 9:20am. She didn't really fall asleep drinking the bottle though.

I even tried sitting her in her highchair "another forum" and let her play/ sort of munch on a peeled pear and tried to give her some apple delight which she used to like - but wanted nothing to do with it. This was prior to her 2nd bottle. but anyways she was real whiny and wouldn't stop so I gave her a bottle and she sucked back about 4 oz at 9am and had another oz to oz 1/2 around 9:05/9:10am.