[Jessica Macklin Mitchell]

Hi Emma,

Thanks a bunch, yes I’ll try that this week and let you know next week if there’s been any change.

😁

[Jessica Macklin Mitchell]

Hi Emma ,

Thanks for the advice, I’ve done a few things and I’ve answered the other questions below.

Bedtime routine:

Lights dimmed, Change nappy, massage, pjs, sleep sack, lights off, sound on, song then crib.

I settle her with a bit of rocking. And I put her down eyes open.

Nap routine:

Sleep sack on, Curtains closed, lights off, sound machine on, sing song, rock her a bit and put her down eyes open.

If she’s been extra fussy or overly tired I’ll rock her till almost asleep and then pop her down. If she’s in a better mood I’ll put her down after a couple of minutes of rocking and give her space to put herself to sleep which she often can do 9/10 times.

Drowsy – staring into the distance. Unless been challenging/ she’s been upset the practically asleep – eyes opening and closing.

A couple of other things:

• She hasn’t been sick.
• I’ve been stretching her wake windows to an hour and 15 to an hour and a half and she’s responded really well to this. But, she is still walking every hour with loud noises calling out crying. Not full walking. Eyes are closed.

Something to try in the meantime:

I’ve been doing the steps and she can often be settled with shushing but sometimes she settle and rouse again 10/20 minutes later needing shushing again. I think I’ve got quite good at discerning when she’s fully awake and when she only partially.

I’ve found that she is making so much noise she wakes herself up and the is having to go back to sleep but we’ve managed that with just shushing on most occasions.

She sounds so distressed when she’s calling out, but in the morning she’ll sometimes do it when it’s time to get up and so I let her wake up and she then grins at me haha

[Jessica Macklin Mitchell]

So she wakes up around 7:15 in the morning and if she hasn’t I’ll make her by latest 7:45. She then usually is tied and falls asleep after an hour of wake time and that’s pretty consistent – without me putting her to sleep it’s the one nap where she gives real clear sleepy cues and falls of to sleep easily.

The rest of her naps are a bit more unpredictable and she is usually awake do an hour to an hour and half before seeming like she needs to sleep. She often fights the nap but will fall asleep within 10 minutes but cries when she realises it’s nap time – lights off, sleep sack on.

Each nap lasts between 35 and 50 minutes again that’s pretty consistent. She has 5 naps most days sometimes it’ll be 6 (because of a shorter nap and she seems like she needs an extra one) or 4 (when she’s had a longer nap due to being in the carrier)

Night time is a bit of an odd one. So she tends to fall asleep anytime between 6:30 and 8 depending on her tiredness levels. I try to keep it as close to 7 as possible but sometimes she just can’t make it 7 without me having to add another nap. Also, she tends to wake up an hour after being put down has another feed and then goes back to sleep. Often for a longer stretch. But the past few nights that’s been much more unpredictable. Last night she wake up at 33 minutes past the hour every hour from 2:33 am. Screaming in her sleep and only calming by either feeding OR by waking her up a little and then rock shushing her.

I’m wondering if she is just getting too much sleep during the day….