Last night was our worst night ever. On Thursday night, DD (4 mo, 3 wks old) was up for just over an hour (after a week of STTN from 8 to
and I thought that was bad but this was way worse. DD woke up at 10:30 and did not go back to sleep until 1:15!!!!! When she first woke up, I tried sh/pat to resettle but it wasn't even close to working so I fed her and she was wide awake and wanting to play. I rocked her for a long time and she seemed to be drifting off but then her eyes would open and she'd smile. At 11:30, I put her in the swing and she talked to herself for 20 minutes and then it was quiet for about ten minutes and then she started screaming. I fed her again to calm her down and then she was smiling and playful. I put her in the swing again and she smiled and played and finally fell asleep with her mantra cry at 1:15. When I went to go get her at 8:30 this morning she was awake and calm and it currently very happy. I thought she'd be fussy after such a bad night.
Our EASY the last 2 days was:
Thursday:
WU and E: 7:30
S: 9:30-11:45
E: 12
S: 1:45 - 3:30
E: 3:45
S: 5:20-6
E: 6:10
BT: 8:30 - Started WD at 7:30 but she was definitely UT so took a while to get to sleep.
NW: 11:30-12:45, 4:30 (fed)
Friday:
WU and E: 8:10
S: 10:30-12
E: 12:10
S: 2:20-3:05 - She fought going to sleep. I tried resettling but she was wide awake and happy.
E: 4:00
S: 5:30-6:10 - She fought going to sleep for 45 minutes.
E: 6:20
BT: 8 - I think she was OT because there were a lot of jerks as she went to sleep.
NW: 9:00 (settled with her paci and patting), 10:30-1:15
I'm totally confused about what's causing the NW - UT? OT? A great universal mystery?
?. I know OT can cause long NW but our days have been pretty good lately (some 40-45 afternoon naps) and I know some of her naps are UT naps. We have had multiple days in the past with way worse/less napping and we've never had anything like this. Usually it's just an extra NW and occasionally an EW if we've had a few bad days in a row. We did have a bad run Thurs-Sun of last week that led to some extra NW but by Monday she was back to a good routine and STTN. The only thing we've been doing different lately is letting her have a longer CN especially when she short naps in the pm - we used to cap it at 20 minutes and I'm wondering if that's too much sleep for her too late in day.
Any ideas about the cause of this? What should I do with her today - aim for less sleep or more sleep? Long or short CN? More or less A time?
She had her 4 mo. immunizations on Wednesday. Could this be part of the problem?
Sorry for the really long post. I'm just exhausted and desperate to prevent another long NW tonight.