Help! Can't get rid of 30 min nap before bedtime!!!

[LuluBaby]

At 630pm, we start our BT routine and she will fall asleep within 30 minutes after that (around 7pm) but will then wake up 30 min later and it takes about an hour more or less for her to fall asleep again! She's been doing that for a few weeks now every single night! I don't know what to do or why she does that... Does anybody know how I can break that habit? Whether she takes a nap closer to bed time or not, or if we start the BT routine earlier or later it still happens regardless... She even has taken a nap right before bedtime and it still happens...
The first time after her BT routine I feed her, put her in bed drowsy and do the shush pat and she falls asleep but when she wakes up 30 min later I have to walk and rock her to sleep. That's what I spend my evenings doing, taking at least 1hr30-2hrs for her to be asleep for the night and by the time she falls asleep it's time for me to go to sleep as well : /
Any ideas? It's exhausting

[ZacsMumme]

Hugs, how old is your LO?
Can you post your EASY?

[LuluBaby]

She will be 10 weeks tomorrow. She has been doing this for about a month already! This is how our days normally go:
6:45/7:00 - wake up/diaper change then eat.
8ish - nap
10:00 - wake up/diaper change/eat
11:00 - nap
1:00/1:30 - wake up/diaper change/eat (although this week for some reason, sh has been falling asleep a little before these times, and waking up earlier napping for only an hour or so!)
Now the PM is much harder! After eating I put her back in the swing, and during that time she might fall asleep for 30 minutes before 4pm.
4:00 - Diaper change/eat
Hoping for another nap before bedtime and if shedoes nap it'll be for 30minutes.
6:30/6:45 - BT routine (bath/lotion/pjs)
7:00ish - Close blinds/turn on white noise/swaddle/eat
30 minutes after falling asleep she will wake up taking us another 45 min to an hour to get her to fall back asleep. During the night she will usually wake up at 1 or 2 am to feed then again 3 hours later. Dr said to try to drop a feed at night but I'm not sure if she is ready for that yet...

*since we brought her home we tried so hard for her to follow the EASY schedule that is in the book but it I nearly impossible to get her to nap in the afternoon. She has just started taking those cat naps. In the morning she naps in her swing in the living room and after eating I just need to put her in it and she will fall asleep on her own. But in the afternoon she occasionally might fall asleep in it but I'll usually have to rock her and keep her in my arms until she wakes up.
I'm pretty sure the reason why she wakes up after 30min at bedtime is because she's OT but even the times where she's had a good 2.5 hr nap until 5:30 she still woke up...even if her cat nap is right before the BT routine...
 
I don't know how to change that? Or why she hasn't been napping as well as usual this week either! : /

[ZacsMumme]

Hugs, it is quite common for little ones to have a wakeful period. Your doing so well
I would try a wee Atime increase to see if it helps balance the day. So if she was doing ~1 hr try adding 15 mins the the first A and all ones after if youet a good nap see if it helps

http://babywhispererforums.com/index.php?topic=164027.0

Are you on a 3 hr or so EASY at them moment ie feeding 3 hrly? Bf or bottle.

[LuluBaby]

Ok I will try that...thank you! I am also going back to work in a couple weeks and I am scared that her whole routine will be thrown off...
We will have to leave the house at 9 which will cut her nap short and I will be dropping her off to my mother in law's. She naps in her swing in the am and I can't imagine carrying her swing back and forth so I'm afraid she won't be napping well in the morning because of that. We will arrive to my Mother in law's at around 930ish and I have to go to work and pick her up on my lunch break around 145 to now drop her off at my mom's where she will be until I get off of work around 615ish. Which means we won't be getting home until about 645/7 where we'll just be starting our BT routine...
Do you think it's too many transitions for her during the day? I'm scared that the later bedtime will throw her off even more especially if she still does the cat nap... I don't want her to become sleepdeprived...

[ZacsMumme]

How long is the car ride? Do you think she will nap in the car/capsule? Is your MIL ok with APOPing if she has too?

[LuluBaby]

The car ride is a good 30 minutes...when I pick her up at night I'm sure that she will sleep but in the am after waking her from her nap I'm not sure she will...
What does APOPing mean? Sorry not familiar with all the acronyms yet!

[ZacsMumme]

Accidental parenting on purpose. So purposely rocking or cuddling etc to help your LO sleep. You may find she adjusts okay. Maybe try MIL to offer nap 1 hr after LO wakes from car ride in the morning

[LuluBaby]

So I have been hesitant to write back sooner fearing to jinx myself, but for the most part, she's been falling back asleep on her own!!! I hope she keeps it up!!! She will be 12 weeks this Friday and I know there's usually a growth spurt around that time and I go back to work next week so I'm hoping it won't throw her off too much! :/

[ZacsMumme]

great!