I"ve been reading through some other posts of babies the same age as Abby and something new has occured to me... I generally let her sleep as long as she wants to in the morning, reasoning that I don't want her to start off the day overtired. Is it possible that not having an exactly consistent wake-up time is part of what's messing up her evenings?
She goes to bed about 7-7:30, and she's been waking and crying consistently from about 9:15 - 10:00, when I usually give in and give her the DF. Then she's up once or twice more to feed, and often sleeps til 8:30-9:00. Should I be waking her earlier than this?? I can't imagine trying to keep her up any later at night, she's just about exhausted by the time I put her to bed most nights. I'm paranoid that waking her up in the mornings will start off her day cranky, and that's often the only time of the day she's really happy!
Saw another post referring to having around 8.5hrs of awake time during the day, and I don't think she gets that much - maybe 11 hours up less three naps of (in theory) at least an hour each, makes 8 or less. Is it possible that she's not been awake enough during the day to settle in the evening even though she appears so tired?
