hello! I have been reading other posts for advice for my daughter who is almost 10months old. She has been a poor sleeper since 3.5 months. I know her wake ups at this point must be just what she's used to. She eats a lot when I feed her but really I want to put the calories in her during the day instead of night! Way to old for this. Anyways, recently I just made her an independent sleeper during the day with a schedule that I think works. I have company off and on for the rest of summer so I don't think I can do an all at once break habits style. Any ideas as to ways to improve how long she goes at night? heres a typical scenario. (typical as in the last week)
7am wake up
730 solids breakfast
920 breastfeed
950-1030 nap (I wake her up because we have to go)
1030 breastfeed
1230 breastfeed
1-3/330 nap (she has gone as long as 3 hours because she was tired out from the schedule not being this schedule!)
330 breastfeed
530 solids supper
730 breastfeed and then night routine
800 asleep
wakes up about every 3 hours, has gone as little as 2, or as long as 4 hours (I feel this is dependent on how well we have stuck to her schedule)
I can see that her breastfeeding is still somewhat close to her nap time. I am trying to give more time between her feed and nap but it used to be her sleep prop so I am doing a slow change for that. I get her up and walk and do something with her after I feed her, often see her sisters or something.
Any ideas how to adjust her nighttime needs without it being an all or nothing sort of thing?