Hi mamas, I have officially tried it all.
I have adjusted naps, wake/sleep times, used gripe water, colic drops, adjusted food schedules, added solids, tried formula, do drowsy but awake (that is how she goes to bed each night), she has a lovey, she has a wearable blankie so she isn’t cold, white noise, routine, she has heavy duty overnight diapers, you name it! I’ve tried it. I will say she is constantly sick thanks to daycare so she often has a cold or something (at which point I elevate one side) and she has 6 teeth. She hit a recent milestone of crawling. But if it’s always an illness, tooth, growth spurt or milestone then we are literally never ever going to sleep and mama is going to get more sick and sleep deprived!
Not including her middle of the night nursing she gets too much of but shouldn’t, lol, she gets 20-25oz milk during the day and 9-12oz of solids not including snackies like cheerios. She usually gets 2.5-3.5 hours of naps in. She continues to grow and gain a ton of weight! Her chunky little legs barely fit in 12mo pants. At this point I almost feel like I need to rule out a medical issue like reflux or something?
Her wake up times are always a little different but I never get a long stretch. Sometimes she wakes up at 9 or 10, then 11 or 12, then 2, etc. it always varies. Every once in a miracle while, she will do 11 and like 4 but last night, I lost count. It started early at like 9:30. And yes, I give in and nurse her. I am too sick and sleep deprived to fight her at this point. Desperate!
One thing I did notice though is she cannot seem to stay awake very long on her final stretch before bedtime. Even if she woke up at say 5, she will start looking tired after not being awake very long.
Sample day: when she’s at daycare
AM
5am – nurse (sometimes it’s 6)
Wake: 6:45
Bottle 4-5oz at daycare (around 8:15)
Nap 8:30-9
Solids 9:30 2-3oz
Mid Day
Bottle 4-5oz 11:30
Nap 12-1
Solids early afternoon 2-3oz
Bottle 4-5oz 2:30
Nap 3-4:30
Evening
Dinner – Solids 5:30pm usually 3-5oz
Nursing top off 6:30pm and then get ready for bed
Bedtime – 6:50-7