Hi creations
Thanks for your your reply.
LO is now 8 weeks and although I can see a bit of a pattern, I could really need some advice for naps bedtime and self settling.
The easy routine is more or less the same as I wrote above.
But I have great problems settling her in the morning for her first nap, the other naps I go out with her in the pram and she sleeps instantly.
The first nap is a tough one because I have my little boy to get ready for daycare and make breakfast for.
I normally give her a bottle around 6:00 and then my little boy gets up just after 7. So I try to settle her before that , sometimes it. Works but most of the time it doesn’t. So i pop her in her bouncer while I get big brother ready ( he is 2,5) she is pretty cranky around 8.. when we have breakfast so normally I’m bouncing the bouncer with my foot and she will drift off... maybe for 20- 30 mins and then i put her in her pram at 8:45 for daycare drop off. And she will then sleep until 9:30. She has her bottle just after.
I’ll then go for a walk with her in the pram around 10:30 for just over an hour and she will sleep mostly until 14:00. I have noticed she will always go into a light sleep after 30 minutes then again after another 30 mins. That why I go for over an hour:)
She then has her bottle just after 14:00. I change her, “play” time then I get her ready to pick up DS1. She will then have another nap in the pram while I take DS1 to the swings. We come home around 16:30.
Most of the time she will wake up straight away or if not around 17:00.. she then has her bottle. We have diner and she will sit happily in her bouncer next to us.. staring most of the time at her big brother haha!
I have noticed that in the evening she starts getting sleepy around 5:45-6 so I aim for the bedtime around then.
I take her into big brothers room which will also be hers in 4 months:) everything is calm and dim, I change her, give her a wish and get her into her pjs. She will then have a little top up bottle. And then she falls asleep by me rocking her.
Now here is the dilemma .. as she only goes into a deep sleep after an hour, I hold her during an hour and transition her through every 30 mins.
She sleeps next to us in her nest on the couch until around 10:30 , where she will have her dreamfeed... and then sleep until around 1:30- 2:00. Sometimes she is difficult to settle after that night feed.
she then wakes up around 5:30.. where I can kind of settle her with her pacifier until around 6:00.
Can you advise me on what I can do better?
I think it would be nice if she could go to her bed in the evenings in our room. The bedroom isn’t far from the living room
I tried it once but it was very exhausting and she got over tired
Is she too young to self settle ? How can I teach her ? I’m guessing I need to work on one nap at a time ?
I also have a trouble sometimes when she falls asleep straight after her bottle.
Thank you