WHAT NOW?! Not sure what to 'do'.

[natashakate]

Hi
I have previously posted on here and the advice I was given really worked - my LO was waking around 45 mins after going to sleep at night. A couple of people suggested she might be OT. I have sorted her naps out and she now sleeps from 7(ish) to 11(ish) at which point she wakes up and whinges. She's not hungry so I know I don't need to feed her; she's not doing her 'I need you' cry so I can't do PU/PD but it's not quite her 'I'm just about to go to sleep' cry either. It's a strange one and I'm not sure how to respond? I feel like I'm waiting for her to get more worked up so I can start 'DOING' something, but I feel sure that there is a way to help her get back to sleep - any suggestions? She is 7.5MO, eating 3 meals a day plus snacks and BF (she also has a consistent 3am NW at which point I do feed her because she is giving me her hunger cues but I WOULD LOVE to drop this feed!! )

Any advice appreciated.

Natasha.

[natashakate]

My 'typical' EASY is as follows (but sometimes she wakes at 6am and has an extra catnap around 7.30am ish)

E - 7am - wake up and BF, eats breakfast around 8am
A
S - 9am - naptime, typically 45 mins but do W2S or PUPD to extend to 1- 1.5hrs
E/A -10.30am - small snack and activity
E - 12pm - lunch
A - usually involves taking my DS to nursery at 1pm
S - 1.15/1.30pm - naptimes as above
E/A - 3pm - BF and activity afterwards
S - 5/5.30pm - Catnap in the car on the way to collect DS from nursery (about 20-30mins)
E - 6pm - dinner
A - 6.15pm - calm play til bed at
S - 6.45/7pm - usually takes about 20 mins for her to get to sleep w/me 'helping'

She then wakes at 11ish, 3am (for feed) and past couple of nights have included a 4am wakeup too.

She doesn't have a dummy or take a bottle. She does have a bear and a blanket but she's not that bothered about either of them on most nights.

Natasha x


 

[natashakate]

Forgot to include her last BF at bedtime (6.45/7pm)

[natashakate]

Will definitely try to extend her A times - someone has suggested similar for extending her short naps. Hopefully the routine tweak will sort out her sleeping. Fingers crossed!

Thanks for your advice, it's MUCH appreciated!!

Natasha.

[natashakate]

Isobel STTN last night - for the first time ever in her cot. She had two one hour naps (I extended her A times) and dropped the CN. She went to bed at 6.45pm and when I put her in her cot she rolled over and went straight to sleep. I didn't hear anything from her until this morning. MAGICAL!

Fingers crossed she keeps going this way!

Thanks for your advice x