Hello everyone,
I'm really desperate with my 4 month LO! She has always been difficult before bedtime (thanks to colic) but in December there has been an improvement and I thought it was over. Wrong!! Since a week things have gone south as she is now taking for than 2 hours (!!!) before I get her to bed. At the end I feed her poor thing and either she falls asleep on the breast or she would be still awake but them I can put her down after one or two attempts. I'm using shush/pat for now and during the day it works quite good.
She is still on 1.30 (max 1.45) activity as I have difficulties to lengthen them because she is not a great napper. Usually she has 1 good nap and a bad or acceptable nap and a catnap. But at night she fights shush/pat a lot! I put her on the side and she would turn her head and little butt like a (very strong!) worm just to get out of my grip whilst crying with frustration. If after 45 or 60 minutes take her out of the room with light she would be fine and smile most of the times.
I have her eating now 7 times in 24 hours even though she ate 5/6 times when she was only two months old (I am breastfeeding). she could easily eat every 4 hours but she cannot handle awake time and also doesn't sleep long enough
She also has inverted her night sleep: instead of sleeping 5 hours and then eat and do another 2-3 hours; she now sleeps 2-3 hours then eat and sleep the longer bit.... It is also very confusing to me and I really don't know what to do anymore. I'm dreading bedtime because I really can't stand it anymore to be 2 hours or more trying unsuccessfully to put her to bed......!
Please please help me.
I put down the easy of yesterday day but she is hardly doing the same thing twice in a row.....
WU/E. 8.00
S. 9.40 (good nap all by herself - I had to wake her)
E. 11.50
S. 13.40 (woke up after ca 40 minutes and managed to put her down again, lasted max 10 minutes, then I was in again and she was crying until 15)
E. 15.00
S. 16.00 (had to go in after 30 minutes then again twice, but she was always easily to calm and no big crying)
E. 18.05
S. 19.20
A 20.05
E. 20.50
BT. 21.20 NO SLEEP
E. 23.00
S 23.30
I'm aiming at a WU and BT at 9.00 am and pm as in December it seemed the right hours for her.
Thanks for any advice