[Santiago Carrillo]

Hi Emma. Thanks a lot for all the suggestions. We’ll give it a shot!!!

Regards,

Santiago

[Santiago Carrillo]

Hi again!

1. Her general mood during the day.

There´s times where she´s satisfied and is able to stay on her own for a bit, but most times it´s hard to even get a toilet break. If you play with her she´s pretty engaged and smiles a lot for a bit, but after maybe 30 mins she gets uncomfortable (squirming and becoming vocal) and we start wondering what to try next. Changing activities doesn´t really help at this point. She might have just been changed and been awake and fed for less than an hour, so we start trying to feed her again or put her to sleep, and she resists both.

2. The daytime routine.

It´s inconsistent. Yesterday, 3 out of 5 naps required an extra feed before getting her to sleep. Today, most naps didn´t require the extra boost, except for when we wanted to put her to bed for the evening, when she required 2 boosts. Average breastfeeding session length is around 7 or 8 minutes. We sometimes wonder if she´s eating enough, but she´s been gaining weight and getting diapers wet consistently.

3. Self-soothing with her hands.

Yes, she sucks on them a lot when she´s awake and it´s one of the best cues we´ve seen for sleepiness. But when she´s sleeping her hands tend to take the pacifier out and she gets upset and doesn´t self soothe with them.

4. Bedtime and wake time preferences.

We´re fine with our current schedule.

5. The 40-minute waking.

When we put her to sleep in the evening we´re pretty quiet, just sitting and reading and keeping the volume down when talking. It´s a very similar behavior to all other naps.

6. Her daytime naps.

The timing of the first nap is not consistent. She stays awake for between 1 and 2 hours.

7. How she’s actually falling asleep.

When we think she´s kind of ready for sleep, we take her to the bedroom, draw the blinds, change her diaper if he haven’t recently done so, turn the white noise on, and start singing while rocking her. Most of the times she resists and starts crying for a bit. Sometimes we´re able to soothe her pretty quickly and as she´s dozing off we put her down, pat and shush her, and we can get her to sleep in 5/10 minutes. Other times, as soon as we try to put her down, she starts crying. As I´m writing this we just finished putting her to sleep by breastfeeding after 30 minutes of trying to put her to bed unsuccessfully. Update, she started crying after 15 minutes.

8. Sleep Environment.

The room is pretty dark and you wouldn´t be able to read a book, except in the late afternoon if it´s sunny, which is not usual (we live in Denmark). We live in a small town, so it´s very quiet. She´s sleeping with my wife every night. She sleeps in a crib for naps and the long night stretch, and in a co-sleeper the rest of the night, since she gets more demanding as wake-up time draws near. Up until 2 weeks ago she napped exclusively in a baby carrier because we had to walk her around the house to get her and keep her asleep.

About the pacifier

Right now we can´t even think about putting her to sleep without the pacifier, she cries her lungs out without it.

Hope this helps clarify things a bit. Looking forward to your comments! Thanks!

Regards,

Santiago