It's been a long time since I have been to these forums, but I'm looking for some help or reassurance! My daughter is 15 months old, and for the past week or so she has taken about an hour to fall asleep on her own every night. She lays awake in her crib, babbling and rolling around until she is eventually out. Previously, she would be asleep within 10-15 minutes! During this same time period, she has also started waking earlier in the morning (from being OT maybe?) so she's getting significantly less sleep
A few things that might be related...she recently stopped nursing completely. It used to be a part of her nighttime routine. She doesn't ask to nurse or seem upset, but that's one less thing helping her to wind down at the end of the day. Her dad has also been doing bedtime more often, whereas it was always me before. I'm also starting to wonder if nights are just a little too hectic and we're not helping her relax enough...after her dinner I'm usually cleaning up and getting things in order, then during that time dad gets home, which is exciting, then pretty quickly after that it's stories with a cup of milk, bath, cuddle and another story, then into bed. This is just how the timing works out with DH's work schedule. We do spend a good amount of time with bedtime related activities though. Her schedule looks like this:
6AM - awake (this used to be around 6:45-7 before we started having problems at night)
Shortly after waking, we have milk then breakfast
Morning snack around 9:30ish
Lunch around 11:30
Nap at 12:30, usually 1.5-2 hours, some days a little longer
snack in the afternoon
Dinner around 5:30
6:30 offer a cup of milk, stories, bath, and in bed by 7:15. I am typing this at 8:10 and she is still awake and talking loudly.
She used to be asleep by 7:30 and would sleep 11-11.5 hours, but now she's getting less than 10 with how long she lays in bed awake. Anyone else been through this? Could it just be an adjustment period, or phase, or should I be trying to make a change somewhere?
