Help my baby screams all day and won't sleep

[Wormalot]

My 8 week old baby sleeps through the night and we have no problems at all getting her to sleep at night. However, daytime is totally different. I am trying to follow GF, therefore she has her first feed at 7am and then I try to put her to sleep at 9am, but all she does is scream. She may eventually fall asleep but that is only for about 10 mins as she then wakes up hungry. I can try putting her to sleep earlier or later and it makes no difference. Then after feeding her at 10am she suddenly isn't sleepy anymore and will play for a while. All of a sudden she will then be tired but again will not sleep and I have the same problems as with the morning sleep.

Can anyone offer any help I really don't know what to do?

[Tinker]

Throw the book away?

[WigWamBam]

All I can suggest is that you let her find her own routine - if you feed her when she is hungry and let her sleep when she is tired she will eventually find the routine that suits her best. I'm a great believer in routines but I don't believe that one size fits all - if you listen to your baby she will find her own.

[SenoraPartridgeinaPearTree]

I think the problem with gf is that it doesn't actuallywork for all babies. Most do need a sleep about 2 hours after they wake up in the morning though so i do suspect yours is getting overtired then. have you tried putting her down a little earlier and rocking her to sleep? (don't worry about the "bad habits" that Gina goes on about. sleep is sleep). possibly also feeding her more for the first feed?

once one nap works, you may find the rest falls into place, but you may need to rock to sleep for the second nap too. how do you get her to go to sleep at night?

[Tinker]

Sorry, that was flippant (being interrupted here). Seriously, would try to follow the babies cues (easier said than done). If you do want to follow a particular routine, perhaps leave it for a few weeks? She's still very young, give yourself a break.

[followthestarlover]

have to agree... forget gina ford!

if she screams when you put her down it means she wants to have a cuddle, and be near you... perfectly normal in a little baby! (and bigger ones too for that matter)

feed her when she wants feeding, and let her nap when she wants to... your life will be MUCH easier!

[tribpot]

Yes, I don't really understand this either. 2 hours is a long time for a little one to be awake, would be it better to put her down earlier, i.e. 8, 8:30? If she's waking up hungry, I would feed her more often.

[blueshoes]

Wormalot, your dd sounds a lot like mine at that age. She marched to the beat of her own drummer. Gina Ford may cause you more anxiety than blissfully following baby's cues.

[lovecloud]

I agree with everyone else, I read GF and used a few bits to suit me and my dd but I decided to not be so regimental. All babies are different and some realluy do co-operate with her army rules. It is a great book for mums of twins but most babies find their own rountines quite quickly and it sounds like your baby is fighting against the routine you are are trying to lay down so throw the book away for now.

sleeping 8 hours is fantastic - most mums would pay money for that Let her show you when she wants to sleep and feed you will find over a week or two that there is a routine to her own feeding and sleeping times in the day. i remember noting down when my dd wanted to feed and sleep in the early weeks and i could see a pattern straight away. like you she was a great sleeper at night. let her show you.

if it fails then you can always go back to the book.

i have heard about other mums who struggles so much to get a GF baby and it caused alot of stress, just go with the flow...

goodluck x