Hi
My dd is 6mths this week and I'm struggling with her A times. She is very unsettled, and has been for 3.5 weeks. She had a minor ear infection which has been treated with ABs. The doc said it looks like she may be teething. My problem is that she is sooo grumpy during her awake time, she appears to need another nap after 1 1/4 hours. Today she was so upset after 1.5 hours up that I felt I had to put her down but then she took 30mins to settle and then only napped for 1 hour. For her second A time she has been up for 2 hours but now won't settle. She has always been wonderful at settling - usually going to sleep without a cry.
I have read the guidelines for A time and know my daughters are much shorter than is normal for her age. I've tried gradaully extending them etc but we just end up with short naps if I keep her up even 10mins past the tired signs.
I feel overwelmed as she has been constantly grizzling through her awake times for weeks, not tolerating outings, feeding 3 hourly and waking more in the night. Getting out and about is getting harder and harder rather than easier due to her short, grumpy A times. I know there is no such thing as a bad Mum but I am starting to feel like one! I just don't know where to start / what to tackle or whether to just leave things and assume it's teething or something.