6.5 month n/w

[marlowsmom]

Yesterday as follows
E bottle feed 420am (she needed a bottle since she only had two solids meals the previous day)
E solids 8am
S 930 til 11am  (1.5 hour nap)
E 3oz bottle 1130
E 1230 solids
S 2pm-245!!!  (45 min nap)
She had a CN yesterday from 5 til 535pm.   We left for dinner and she ate solids while we were out.    She was asleep in bed by 8pm.    She slept til 530am.   I heard her stir at 430am.    I wonder if her EW was due to her CN?   Since she had a short nap from 2 to 245 I had to give her a CN in order to make it to her bedtime.     This is her second time to wake at 530am.   Should I W2S?

[marlowsmom]

The EW are back.   She has woken up at 5am the past 3 days and her afternoon naps are hit or miss.   She has 3 hours A time in the morning and then another 3 hours A time between the morning nap and afternoon nap.   

[marlowsmom]

I pushed her A out to 3 hours and it worked for a couple of days but now I'm only getting 45 min naps all day long except for the last nap of the day.   Then she wants to have a long nap.     She seems to want to go to sleep after 3 hrs and it takes her about 5 min to fall asleep.     The other day I gave her 3.5 hrs A time (after she STTN) and she slept 1.5 hrs.    I've had an issue with NW but I believe that is related to the 45 min naps.     She is having a habitual waking at 330am.   She is also getting her second bottom tooth in and it almost through.

Here is her schedule lately:
630 awake
7 bottle
8 solids
930 -1015 sleep
11 bottle
12 solids
1245 - 130 sleep
330 bottle
400 CN- the last two days her CN has lasted an hour then I woke her
600 solids
730 bottle and bedtime

She woke and put herself back to sleep at 1230 and 215am.    Since she woke at 215am I thought I wouldn't have to W2S for the 330am NW but she woke anyway.
I know the last feed is backwards but we have always had cuddle time in her room with the bottle.   She does not fall asleep on the bottle and she usually eats about 5 oz.

Any advice?

[jamm]

Just budding in here...   I have always found that my daughter seems to work best with a shorter first A vs. second A (of course, this is before her current 40min naps came back!!) ie. now first A time is 2.5 hrs, which ends up with a good 1.5-2 hr nap and I'm going to try to push second A time to 3 hrs (2.5 and 2.75 still don't seem to work).

Good luck!

[marlowsmom]

Today I went back to 2.75 hours and I got a 1.5 hour nap.    Then we had to leave for a road trip and she took another 1.5 hour nap in the car!     She did get a CN of only 20 min at the max and she got to be late.    We are at my BIL house and we went to dinner late.   I didn't get her into bed at 850pm.    I know she is OT because she woke at 930.    Could be a long night.....

[marlowsmom]

OK thanks Jane.     Much to my surprise she slept wonderfully and didn't wake at 330am (like she had the last two nights) or 5am like I expected her to.      She woke at 630 and went back down at 925am.   We've got a big day today so I hope she does well.   Will do for 3 hour for second A time.    I'll keep you posted.    Thanks again.

[marlowsmom]

Well after a wonderful nights sleep I put her down after 2.75 hr A time and I got a 45 min nap.    That seems to be the issue.    She gets a wonderful night sleep and she has a 45 min nap.    She was tired but not super-rubbing my eyes- fussy-tired.     It took her 5 min to fall asleep.    Because of our big day she has had 45 min naps all day.     I think I'll be able to get her to bed early by 7pm instead of the 730-745 I've been aiming for b/c of the time change.   I am at the mercy of family and a potential dinner out.   Luckily, my FIL wants to go eat ASAP and its 5pm.    I'm all for that.     Fingers crossed for good night sleep tonight.

[marlowsmom]

Oh there is no relaxing for me.    At least not until she is STTN on a permanent basis and I can get her naps down.     She didn't sleep well last night b/c she didn't have a proper lunch so she woke to eat at 130am.     I knew I would have feed her and then she woke at 230am    It took me 30 min to get her back to sleep.   She was tired but wouldn't let herself fall back sleep.    She woke at 630am.     She had a one hour nap this morning in the car on the way home.    We got home and I got her back to sleep after 2.75 hr A time.    She was tired but she only "slept" 20 minutes.   

[marlowsmom]

She had another 45 min nap yesterday afternoon.   I put her to bed by 730am and she woke at 830, 930, 2, and then 530am!   She was hungry at 2 which is odd since she had 3 solids meals and an additional bottle.    Is she in a GS?   I thought she would have been past it by now.   She is in her first week of being 7 mo old.    She has her 2nd tooth coming in and it is very visable in the gum line.   I think in the next day or two it should break the gums.   Shes going back to nap at 830.   Its going to be a long day.

[marlowsmom]

I did have a good nap day.     She slept 45 min, sh-pat, then 30 min for her morning nap and almost slept 2 hours for her afternoon nap.   I was able to sneak in a 30 min CN since she woke at 245pm and had to go to 745pm for bedtime.   I'm still working the CN until the time change at the end of the month.     After that I'm going to work on dropping it.     I hope I'm able to pull this again tomorrow.

[marlowsmom]

She STTN last night and I waited 3hr 15 min to put her down.    She woke after 45 min but I was there to pat her back to sleep within 2 min.   She slept 1.5 hours.  I'm going to hold out another 3hr 15 min before the 2nd nap and hope for the best.    I may not have to do a CN today if she sleeps 1.5 hours for her 2nd nap. 

[marlowsmom]

UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Her second A time of 3 hours resulted in a 30 min nap.   On a side note, I realized that she HATES Orajel in gel form.   It numbs her lips, tongue, throat and gums.    She tries to suck her thumb and she can't feel it.    On that note, it took her 20 min to fall asleep and that MIGHT have something to do with her 30 min nap.  I'm so frustrated!! She's going to sleep awful tonight.   

[marlowsmom]

Well she went to bed at 730 last night and woke at 830 and 930 but that was ok given that she didn't have much of a nap in the afternoon.    She did STTN but woke at 530 again.   UGH.   I will have to W2S yet again at 430 it try to stop it.    I gave her 3 hr A time and she went down like a dream at 830.    She got another 3 hour A time and had no interest in taking a nap so I gave her another 15 min and went back to her room.    She fought me even though she was tired.   It took me another 20 min to get her to sleep.   She finally went to sleep and has been asleep for over an hour.     That 2nd round of A time is confusing to me.   She doesn't want to go to sleep.    In total she had 3.75 hr A time before she fell asleep.    She seemed OT when I was trying to put her down.     Now  I still have to fit a CN in before her bedtime of 745pm. 

[marlowsmom]

Her first nap was 1.5 hours long as was the second nap.    I hope to keep her on track.   She is EW at 530am.   I will have to do W2S at 430am in the middle of the night.

[marlowsmom]

I did W2S at 430 am and she woke at 6am.   Well thats better than 530am I guess.   Anyway, I did 3.25 hr A time this am and I got a 1.5 hour nap.   She stayed at my MIL this afternoon for a nap and she only slept 45min.   My MIL started to get her down at 130pm but she fussed and didn't go to sleep until 145pm and woke at 230pm.   What is the magic number??!!   Is it possible that she could go for a longer A time in the afternoon?  Maybe 3.5 hours?