Hello,
Thank you for the reply. Sorry it took a while to respond.
We've got past the 20 minute mark and she now wakes up exactly 40 minutes into her nap everyday.
To answer your questions, we don't use a pacifier when we put her down- she is constantly spitting it out so I didn't want to make it into a sleep prop for her.
We do swaddle her - but she screams and screams when she is being swaddled.
We do have a routine - for naps, its changing, followed by a little sing/walk around the dark room, rocking and shush/pat to calm her (as she is always crying at this point) and putting her down once she is calm, continuing with the "shush" "pat" if she begins fussing. For bedtime, it is bottle then bath, massage, swaddle, rock/sing. Bedtime seems a bit better, but it sometimes takes us a long time to get her down. My husband unfortunately took over last night after 45 minutes and got her to sleep by rocking her.
But she did sleep from 9:15-7:30.
She is formula fed. Right now, she is eating 6 oz every 3-4 hours (usually every 3.5-4 hours). I don't know if this is where the issue is. She will sometimes finish the bottle dry, but I'm afraid to offer more, as we just increased it from 5 oz and she is a reflux babe.
I am ashamed to say that our schedules have been all over the place.
I'm hoping I am picking up on her tired cues - there are days she will yawn 10 minutes after she wakes up - what do I do in that case?
E - 7:30 am
A - ~7:50 am - 8:25. At 8:25, she began getting fussy, increased yawning, began nap routine. 8:35 put in crib, shush pat.
S - Finally asleep at 8:48.
And this is where the fun begins. She woke at 9:35, let out a cry and fussed/talked to herself for ~ 9 minutes, then back to sleep.
She woke up again at 9:45 - tried the shush, pat - but could not get to settle again. She would for a few minutes, then wake back up the second you stop patting her.
At this time, I put her in the swing for 45 minutes, saw she was still tired, and put her back down for a nap in crib.
She fell asleep at 10:48, woke again at 11:20.
E- 11:20 am
A
S- 1:00 pm, then up at 1:28 because of my darn dog and I couldn't get her back to sleep. After 35 minutes of trying, I brought her out to the swing, where she fell asleep.
That is so far for today. The schedule will repeat itself, unfortunately. I'm at a loss and exhausted.
I know some babies take shorter naps, but I know she is still tired when she wakes.