Sorry for taking a while to get back online! We were on a long flight and then resettling her.
I wanted to share a success story!
I'm not sure if it was the 15 hour flight that dos it but something has definitely clicked and her sleep has improved so much over the past few days!
I've been trying an app called Sound Sleeper which seems to be helping her a lot. It has a shush sound. It's as if she's hypnotised when I put it on, her little eye start closing and she starts relaxing! I've tried it for 2 days now and she has slept well. When she starts waking up I turn it back in (wake to sleep) and she doesn't even wake up! Last night she only woke up once but I didn't even have to lift her from the cot. She was awake for about 40 minutes but didn't cry, just shuffled in the cot and slept again. She kept on waking herself up but would sleep again with no tears.
I've taken her back to a 3 hour EASY. Such a long flight has clearly made her very tired, despite sleeping a lot during the flight itself.
The interesting thing to me is that her sleep cues have changed. She doesn't yawn anymore, I can see her starting to get agitated and more vocal. But where a few weeks ago she would give the clear yawn of tiredness now it's legs and arms everywhere. So for the moment we are going by the clock; an hour and 15 minutes and I start winding her down. It's worked well so far but it's only 2 days so not getting sassy about it!
Maybe we are turning a corner?
Xx
