How has it gone so wrong?

[dijjibob]

I have posted before trying to sort out little ones day naps and used to worry about waking once or twice a night, but now those nights seemed wonderful!

DD is 6m and 2 weeks old and has just had an awful cold and started solids and had nan move in and of course dad off for the holidays plus possible teeth coming. As i write i should not be surprised things have changed.

Any help still though. Bedtime has always been at 8pm and she has always gone down fine and slept till at least 1am, but even before all of the above she began waking 45 mins after going to bed, could re feed alittle and then back to sleep, but then after a week she would not settle for up to 2 hours. That is still the case now but with added wakes in the night and now unable to settle for and hour after feed or if she does will wake 45 mins later crying again and then won't settle.
We have never got a perfect EASY as naps are short, still trying to extend. Been extending A times and now getting a longer pm nap but too late to fit in CN and yet too tired to go without.

Todays EASY

         W 7.30
         E  8.00 BF
             8.30 solids
         S  9.45 45mins
         E  12.00 BF
             12.45 solids
         S   1.30  2 hours 20 ( longest ever but was on a long walk with OH )

         E   4.00 BF
              4.30 solids
         Bath 6.30
         Bed 7.15

Very over tired at bedtime, didn't do wake after 45 mins though.
So i just don't know what to do OH says no CN anymore but it seems such a long time till bedtime and usually pm nap can be 45mins to 2 hours so what then when A time before bed would be even longer.
     
I am typing too much and think i had better get to sleep as soooo tired at moment. Any help would be great.
Thankyou

   

[dijjibob]

Thanks for the reply, all sounds good. Just checked out the CN posts, so good to read other peoples days and nights and know i am not the only one awake so much.

She stayed asleep till 1am this morning and then fed but woke again at 3.30 again and in the end and desperation gave her a little feed after an hour trying to get her back to sleep. Then we all lay in this morning till 8.30 upps, but i am just tired these days.

Pulled the A time till 2.30 today with a 45 min sleep again, so A time 2.45 this afternoon and out walking with OH,( he is keeping fit this christmas)
I will try and make A times 3 hours and drop that CN and early bedtime for a while and see how we go. Really enjoying the longer A time though as far more time to play and have fun with her.

Thankyou again and i'll keep you posted .

[dijjibob]

Okay, days on from last post, mmmm not going well at all.
The two days we had good afternoon sleeps were when my OH was taking her a walk, although she falls asleep on her own in the pram and he started walking after about 30 mins, it was great though as we could drop the catnap. Better nights 11pm and 5am wakes.
I put her in bed the next day though and she had her normal 45 mins wake up, so next day i walked her and still 45 mins, this had ment she was awake from 3.15 and bed really early. Wake again after 45mins of being in bed, and up 3 times in night. Last night took 2 hours to settle at 1pm.
So today she slept in till 8.30
                             E   9.00
                             Solids 9.30
                             S   11.00 couldn't last any longer 45 mins
                             E    12.00
                             Solids 12.30
                             S   2.45    15 mins only arrrhhhhh

                             E    4.00
                             solids 5.00
                                           Tried for a catnap but wouldn't have it
                             Bed 6.30
                             Awake 7.15 on the dop, really upset and took ages to resettle
                             
I can't get these naps longer and so how can i get the nights better and how can i stop being a human dummy.
Thinking of waking earlier say 7,30 but worried about doing it after bad nights as she will just be so over tired to start with.
When she always wakes from naps happy so can't try PUPD to help extend naps.
Should i be concentrating on the day naps, trying to get longer or the night time trying to get her back to sleep without having to feed.

[dijjibob]

My little one is 7 months in a few days.
I feel at the moment that all the watching , thinking has she been up long enough, is that rub of eyes tired, over tired, undertired everything is getting me down, and whatever i get 30 or 45 min sleep. For the past two days i have just cried and feel i am loosing all my fun with my little one.

She is currently asleep after only being up 2 and a half hours and i know she will be up after 30 mins but i just can't control it how ever hard i try. It makes me feel like a crap mom and i know i am not that really.

I give up, thanks for past advice x