NW's with 9 month old - help!!

[kellywelly]

Hi there,

I am just looking for some advice re my little ones NW's. She is 9 months old and is crawling. For the past 2 weeks I would say she has been having some issues with NW and I think I may need to tweak her routine. When she wakes I will go to her if she is really crying and normally I will give her a drink of water - which I dont think is helping, but when you are half asleep you dont think straight!!! I would say she is having maybe 2 nw per night but has also started to wake an hour earlier (6 instead of 7, not sure if these are linked).....here is her routine.

7 - awake and bottle feed 6oz
7-8 play
8 - breakie - porridge with fruits normally
8:30 - 9:15 play and get ready for the day
9:15 - wind down and nap for 1.5hrs
so A time is only 2hr15 but she is definatley tired when I put her down and she goes straight to sleep. But I am thinking maybe I need to strech this time?
10:45 - awake snack
11:00 - play/run errands/go for walk etc
12:00 - lunch
12:30 - play/run errands/go out etc
1:45 - wind down and nap for 1.5hrs
so in the afternoon her A time is a little longer and she doesnt seem to get tired for about 3 hrs...
3:15 - awake, bottle 6 ozs & sometimes a little snack rice cake or some thing
3:30 - 5:30 play/run errands/go out etc
5:30 - dinner
6:30 - bath
7 - bottle
7:15 - bed
I am also wondering if I should tweak bedtime by 15 mins and put her down at 7.....

She goes down for sleep really well, the odd time she might fuss a little but its not normally for too long. We do BLW and she eats very well - more than most of her friends. She was low birth weight and still a tiny little lady so not sure if this would effect the amount of A time she should have, she has met all her milestones on time, although she doesnt have any teeth yet and I have thought she may be teething so have been giving her the teething salts......

I hope someone can help - if you need any more info please let me know
Thank you !!!

[kellywelly]

Thank you so much for your reply,
She has a dummy but is able to re plug it herself, I really dont feel this is an issue and I am happy for her to keep it.
No milk feeds through the night, however I have been giving her water every time she wakes and I really think this has become a prop as last night she woke up at about 10:30 which I am sure is habitual, I didnt give her any water and it took ages for her to settle after alot of screaming! It was hard because I kept thinking that maybe she was thirsty but I really think this has become a prop for her. I did some pupd but this only made her worse so I just stayed with her and comforted her in her cot. She then slept for ther whole night until 7!

I pushed her A time out in the morning by 15mins and I put her down for BT at 7, so maybe these little changes have helped and I just need to tackle the habitual wakenings at 10:30 for the next few nights and hopefully we will be back on track. I may try pushing her afternoon A time out buy 15 mins so that will shorten the A time before BT for her. What do you think?

I read the links you posted for me, very useful especially the 2:1 transition one I will look out for this as this could well be a factor too....

I really appreciate the time you have taken to look at my routine and I would love to hear anymore advice you have for us.

Thank you
Kelly

[kellywelly]

Hi there,
Yeah it was tough but I am so sure it is a prop for her so we have decided not to give it to her. We are pretty good at reading her cues and she was not 'acting' thirsty (spitting out dummy etc) so I am confident we did the right thing. I have the BW book so I have the info on wake to sleep, I think I will tweak the routine, cut the water out and see how we go if not then I will try wake to sleep.
Oh the joys!!
I will post back and let you know how we get on over the next few nights.
Thank you so much for your time!!!