My daughter is 5 mo & we're hitting the 1 week mark on EASY. She's been doing great, taking good naps (total 1.5 hr each) & sleeping almost through the night. The problem is that she fights her first nap HARD. IF she sleeps, it's for the last 30 min or wakes up every 15 after fighting for an hour. She screams & cries the whole time. I'm starting to wonder if she's even tired at this time. She's talking & playing & it's like we're trying to force her to be tired just to get the routine. The other naps, she only fights a little (15-20 min) & will take a solid nap after. Is it possible she doesn't need this nap or should we lengthen her awake time before? Here's our routine:
650-7: Wake & eat (really hard to keep her awake to eat)
730: Activity
9: Sleep (we spend about 20 min on a routine: book, singing & prayer, sitting quietly for approx 10 min)
11: Wake time we aim for & eat
1130: Activity
1: Sleep (same nap routine, goes down much easier) approx 1-1.5 hr stretch, sometimes wakes once
3: Wake (sometimes have to wake her) & eat
330: Activity
5-6: Usually catnap
6: Activity
7: Bedtime routine: Eat, baby massage, book, singing & prayer, sitting quietly for approx 10 min
730: Sleep time we aim for
11: Dream feed
3ish: Wakes for no longer than 30 min, using PU/PD back to sleep
650-7: Wake & eat
My sweet girl is doing great learning to self soothe & put herself to sleep, so I'm not sure what it is about this time of day. Any help would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you!!
