Thank you for your reply. Right now I'm nursing her for her naps. She used to be put to sleep by rocking with music or when she yawned I put her in her crib and she would go to sleep.
The routine I'm trying to put her on and stay on is:
7:00 wakes and bf
8:00 activity ( older sister has to get ready for and take to school)
9:00 cereal and fruit
10:00 I try to get her to nap..she may go sooner
12:00 bf
1:00 lunch - meat and veggies
3:00 - 4:30 nap - maybe an hour..time depends on if I need to pick up her sister from school
4:30 bf
5:00 supper veggie
6:00 or 6:30 bath
7:30-8:00 bf - bedtime
This is usually the routine but it all depends on the going ons during the day. My older dd is 4 and is in junior kindergarden and goes to school everyother day so routines are not allways consistent. I know this is not what a routine should be like, but I'm trying to fix that.
When she wakes up at night I first see if she will go back to sleep before I go in. I try to get in fast if she gets really up set...my older dd wakes up if I take to long. My lo usually is rubbing her eyes. She seems mad when shes awake so I know she is tired. I pick her up first and see if she will go back to sleep in my arms like she used to do. If not, and she gets really mad, then I then feed her in her room on a rocking chair. If I'm really tied I take her back to bed with me. She seems happier to sleep the night with me there.
This I beginning to think is separation problem.
Time varies at night...after I put her down it seems about anywhere to an 1 hr or 2. I usually can rock her to sleep then. Next time is usually around 12am or 1am. Next time is some were around 3am to 4am. She is then usually is happy to sleep till 7:00 or 7:30.
I'm going to try and keep better track on her wake times at night. I know this is alot to digest. I really want to do better with her. My first daughter was a textbook baby, used a soo-soo and was bottle fed. So I feel like a new mother all over again
Thanks,
Ravyns Mom