Ok maybe more then one question here.
My DD is 5 months now. Up till 4 months she was a dream to put to sleep, at least at naps. I would swaddle her, give her her suckie, lye her on her side, a few quiet shhh and off she went. And slept for 1.5-2 hours most of the time. Then DHs gramma dies and we hd a week of trekking a hour away for various serivces etc, then we were on vacation which was lots of driving and sling/stroller naps. Now we have been back at home i have been trying for two weeks to get her back to napping well.
She goes to sleep fine. Now. It took a week to get her to go to sleep and stay that way, but almost consistantly she will fall asleep, swaddled with her suckie on her side in her crib. Then she will wake up like she cannot transition into her next sleep cycle. But the times vary so I am not sure that is the prob. sometimes 20 min sometimes 60. I have been trying to get up there to shush her through the transtion and it has only happened once. I was so happy and knew that time I went up 35 min after she fell asleep and she transitioned about 40 min then went on to sleep for another hour. But I have never caught that window again.
So, do I try to get there to shush her through the transition? Will this eventually re-teach her how to nap longer? (I mean she was already there, she used to be a 1.5-2 hour napper) Also once she opens her eyes all bets are off with shh/pat. I just cannot resettle her that way and have to resort to pu/pd. So should I just wait till she cries after she wakes and then do pu/pd? (if I cannot get there to shush her through transition??) Will pu/pd teach her to extend naps? Also she does not seem to sleep very deeply after a pu/pd session and sometimes cries so hard she pukes. But in reality I get better results with pu/pd. I dont want her to be so upset she pukes so if I see she is getting to that point I may hold her a little longer to settle more and hopefully decrease the chance of puking.
As you can see I need quite a bit of help
What do you think I should do? I need more of a game plan cuz when I get up there I lose my mind. Oh, she has about 1h 45m to 2h A time right now, trying to feed every four hours (I am finding her cues hard to read and she seems hungry all the time, but I was thinking I may have some supply issues as well. I make more foremilk then hind milk. Can I feed every two hours off the same side?) Wow I am in a mess
TIA
