naps during the day are ok. i can't put my baby to sleep after dinner!

[Michelle333]

Hi,
My baby girl is 2 months old.
She does great during the day with the EASY system.
She eats at 7 AM, 10, 1 PM, 4, 7 & 9.
After almost every meal she plays and then I put her to sleep.
But after 9 PM meal she would not go to sleep 'till the 11 PM feeding.
I breastfeed her and she sleeps from 12 'till 7 AM.
She is a great baby,    but I'm exhausted during the evening,
I don't know whether she has tummy aches.
I would love to get your help and advice!
Michelle
 

[marensmama]

Hi Michelle, and welcome to the BW community!  I'm glad to hear that you are getting great nights, hopefully we can help you sort out the evenings!  Can you post your routine with the nap times as well?  That will help us get a better idea of what exactly is going on. 

Thanks!

[Samuel's mum]

Fussy evenings is a pretty common phenomenon at this age. There are lots of theories as to why it happens. There is a general chat about it here:
http://www.kellymom.com/babyconcerns/fussy-evening.html

[Peek-a-boo]

Michelle--my LO does something similar; she's 6 weeks old.  There's a window in the evening, where I know she's tired because she can't possibley handle that much awake time at her age, but she won't go to sleep no matter what song and dance I do.

I was making myself crazy about it trying to get her to sleep and finally just gave up and embraced it and use the time for baby massage and cuddling.  As long as we are in a dim room with white noise and not much stimulation, she's not fussy--she just won't sleep.  For her the window is from 6:00ish-10:00.  I take her for a walk in the baby bjorn to get in one cat nap, but then after that she's up for too long. 

[Michelle333]

Thanks for the warm welcome!!!
here is her routine more or less...

E 7.oo
A 7.30
S 8.45
E 10.00
A 10.30
S 11.15
E 1.oo
A 1.30
S 2.45
E 4.00
A 4.30
S 5.30
E 7.oo
A 7.30 bath
S 8.00 (short nap)
E 9.00
there's supossed to be no activity here, but she won't go to sleep! 
E 11.00-11.30 (brestfeeding + bottle)
S 12.00-12.30

i hope it will let you understand us! thanks again
Michelle

p.s. i wake her from her morning and noon naps. i assume she would sleep longer if i wouldn't.