I've noticed the last week and a bit my daughter can stay awake for longer than before which fits with her age. But she is awful at sleeping at night. I used to give her a dreamfeed and she would only wake up once and then we would start our day at 7. She now wakes up at least 3 times and wants to start her day at half 6. She usually ends up with a really long morning nap but the other naps are really short. Here is how our days are now going:
6:30am wake up and feed. Play.
8:30am/8:45am goes for her first nap
11am/11:30am wake up and feed. Play
1pm/1:30pm goes for her second nap
1:45pm/2:15pm wakes up from second nap and feeds. Play
From there her naps are all over the place. I let her nap when she shows signs of tiredness as she stop being able to do as much time awake.
7:15pm bed time routine bath, feed, story. Asleep between 7:45pm and 8pm
She wakes up just after 10 for a feed. Then feeds at 2am, 4am, 6:30am.
When she wakes up early from her second nap, I try to rock the moses basket, but she jsut seems giddy. She is wrapped up but manages to get her arms out. She tries really hard to get them out. I usually resort to putting her in a swing which occasionally allows her to nap slightly longer.
I know her morning nap is far too long but I feel bad wake her up as obviously she needs the rest. But then the second nap is so short it should cancel it out. Should I be trying to wake her up earlier from her morning nap? Will that help sort the rest of her naps and nightime? Is there any other advice I need to know? I'm trying to do the 4 hour EASY sleep routine which I think she should be fine with.
