Hi,
I'm here to update on our last night.
Naps yesterday where good as usual - except she wouldn't go down for the first one. I was away so DH did Wi/Wo, with zero success - finally put her outdoors in the pram and she fell a sleep already on the floor of the entrance hall with her duvet-suit on.. Both naps had to be capped, first one at 1,5 hours (should have been earlier), second one at 2 hours.
Bedtime was normal 21.30, she went down like clockwork, even though we fed her too much oatmeal (thought to try this so she wouldn't be hungry during night..) and she did throw it up during evening BF.. nice. So she didn't have her usual full BF yesterday night, but plenty of oatmeal.
Our plan for the NWs yesterday was:
1. Try to settle in crib
if not working:
2. Pu/Pd
if starts really bad crying:
3. Diluted milk (75%) from bottle + back in crib with dummy
if not taking diluted milk:
4. Normal milk from bottle + back in crib with dummy
This is what happened:
1. BT 21.30
2. Between 22-23 - Two small wake ups related to loud outside sounds (she stands in crib crying - I do pd+Wo and she sleeps again)
3. 11.30 - She wakes up when we went to bed: standing up crying hard in crib. Wants me, not DH. I do Pu/Pd about 6 times and she falls asleep.
4. 1 am - Wakes up, stands up crying big, doesn't settle in my arms when picked up. Doesn't take either of the bottles (diluted or normal). She won't take her dummy. I rock her in my arms and then suddenly she gets quiet and starts drifting off. I put her back in the crib and she wines, takes the dummy and her lovie, moves around a bit, sits up - I put her down on her back - and then she settles. I walk out and stay away for 5 minutes. Then go back in and go to bed. All of this took only about 15 - 20 minutes.
5. Between 1.30 - 2 am she is crying a bit but settles herself. (I do nothing).
6. 2.30 am - Exact repetition of NW at 1 am (#4.)
7. Between 3 - 5.30 she is crying a bit but settles herself on the first one (I do nothing) on the 2nd one I do pd once.
8. 6 am - She wakes up, stands up crying big, doesn't settle in my arms when picked up. TAKES the diluted milk (4 oz). Cries some more, but settles in bed with 2 pd. All takes about 15 minutes.
9. 7.45 - She wakes up, it is morning and BF. She eats all she can get and seems very content.
So we didn't have hours of crying and pu/pd as I feared. Also, I was surprised she didn't take the bottle until 6am - maybe this was because she is so used to be BF?
Let's see how the next night goes..
This am nap she went down in her crib with just a little mini-crying (mantra cry?). I did not go in. She is currently sleeping outdoors and I will wake her up after 2 hours. (She sleeps incredibly well outdoors..)
I will update tomorrow on how it is going.