Hello,
My baby is 7mo this week and has never been a good sleeper along with being a spirited baby.
We've had to work hard at naps and self settling- sometimes works, sometimes requires more back rubs etc.
For the last month or so, nws have got worse. She used to wake roughly 2/3 times a night...now it's more like every 45mins to 1.5hrs that she wakes. She can go up to 4hrs in the day between feeds. So I've been trying to resettle her if she wake within 3hrs of her last feed....but she's having none of it most of the time and needs feeding to settle her. She then ends up sleeping on top of me (very safely) from about 2 or 3am as I just need some sleep!
She is crawling, sitting, trying to stand. Has just had a bottom tooth break through the gum, but hasn't moved up yet, so I think still teething quite badly...which she's been doing since 10 weeks old!
I'd really appreciate some advice or tips!
We are trying to get to a 3hr awake time, but I think we are in a slightly overtired state so it can be difficult.
Here are two days...
7am awake
7:30 feed
8 solids
9:10 sleep
10:40 awake
10:45 feed
12 solids
1:20 sleep
2:50 awake
3 feed
5 solids
6 feed and bed
Woke 3 times before 9pm needed resettling. Gave calpol and feed at 9 think teeth causing issues.
11:48 feed and back to cot
1;55 feed and back to cot
2:30 tried to settle but wouldn't so feed and back to cot
3:30 as 2:30 but stayed asleep on me as I need some sleep!
Fed on and off until waking around 6. Fed and stayed asleep till 6:45
Awake 6:45
Feed 7:30
Solids 8
Tired signs at 8:30 so tried cot but then was wide awake and fighting so more play time until more tired signs at 9:20, into cot, cried and needed stroking and white noise.
Sleep 9:25- 10:40
Feed 10:40
Solids 12:30
Sleep 1:45- 2:30
Feed- 3
S-4:50- very tried so tried for catnap but couldn't fall asleep.
Solids - 5
Bed at 6:15 but cried and found it hard to fall asleep. Finally asleep at 6:35.
Thanks! Xx