Hi there,thanks for your response. I haven't been around because (surprise!) I got sick. Laryngitis, bronchitis, and terrible cough, congestion and sinus pain. Now I'm on antibiotics. I guess it was inevitable, the way I've been living lately.
Anyway, to answer your questions: yes, she does take a paci. Sometimes I can just plug her and she'll settle down again, sometimes not. No other comfort item really. I think she may have had discomfort with her top teeth coming in. They have broken through now, and she is sleeping a little bit better at night. And for your last question, when she wakes up she is CRYING. If she's just fussing, she can resettle herself or I can replug her. When she's crying, she either needs BF or to be cuddled.
I am going to take another look at my naps. I think I am generally going over 2.5 hrs. So I will try to modify it and keep it at 2.5 max during the day.
Each day that passes by I am believing more and more that her BFing issue is also contributing to the problem. She physically pushes away from me during the day. I think a lot of it is because of my other 2 kids, who are constantly interfering, screaming, and fighting with each other. And they follow me all over the house so I can't seem to get away from them to bf either. They just barge right in. Additionally, it's hard to leave them alone together because they fight so much anyway. So I think DD needs to "catch up" at night. ☹️️ I don't know what to do about this.
On a positive note, we're doing a little "better". And by "better" I mean that she is waking up EVERY TWO HOURS all night long instead of like every 45 minutes or whatever. I just really hate my life lately. 😢