Since starting BW about three weeks ago, my difficult sleeper, Emma, of my nearly 10-month old twins has been doing MUCH better, for which I am very grateful.
I feel like we are slipping a little bit lately, though, and want to nip this in the bud. Last night we had a 2-hour long NW from 3:30 until 5:30am--UGH! And the past three nights she has been very resistant to going to bed, which is making me think UT. BUT her total amount of hours sleeping in a 24 period has been about 12.5 to 13 to maybe 13.5 hours; that doesn't seem like too much too me.
Her usual EASY:
7am-wake up, breastfeed (bf)
8am: breakfast: oatmeal/pears/yogurt
9:30-11: nap
11: bf
12:30: lunch: chicken vegetable stew, bread
2:00-3:30 or 4: nap
4: bf
6:dinner: red lentil soup/strawberries
7: bf / bedtime routine
When things were going well, she was going down to sleep easily and sleeping until 4am or 5am, then waking up for a quick nurse and back to bed until 7am. Lately, she's been waking up to nurse at 2 or 3 and up for at least an hour or longer.
Last night she seemed sleepy right after her bfing at 3:30am; when I put her down and slipped out of the room she was asleep. She woke up in about 8 minutes, though, and was fussing. We went back and forth like that for about 30 min, and then she got really mad and starting screaming and really upset, and wouldn't settle until I picked her up. Then she really woke up and basically wanted to play when I had settled her down again by sitting with her on my lap. At this point I wondered if it was teething pain (she doesn't have ANY teeth yet!) and gave her tylonel.
Finally we went back to her crib and she had a little scream in her crib (I was with her, repeating our sleep phrase, but she was going nuts). She wouldn't settle until I picked her up, sang her a bedtime song, and lay her back down, singing. She had one more fuss and then was finally asleep by 5:30 again. And then wide awake and happy at 7am!
I was wondering if it was either teething pain, and she finally settled when the tylonel kicked in, or just UT? Or something else?
A little note: I can't let her get TOO upset in her room because her twin sister is sleeping in the crib beside her, and I really don't want her screams to wake her up. It's a miracle last night she wasn't disturbed.
