DD2 is 6 weeks and I'm struggling to settle her in the evening. she basically cluster feeds on and off from 7 till gone midnight, maybe with micro sleeps in between. she aslo gets really fussy wanting to be on the breast but squirming and pulling off. then we have the whole fandango of trying to get her in the hammock and staying asleep. she tends to go in, appear to be asleep then minutes later wakes up.
last night she was awake till 1.30am. i tend to take her up to bed around 9.30-10 in the hope that she will settle down. we swaddle her up but end up playing pass the baby as she fusses and i get more & more frustrated and tired and she fusses.
The thing is, she then sleeps for 7 hours so I am loath to mess with things too much, but by midnight I am getting really tired. I could really do with those 7 hours being brought forward a bit. I don't mind the cluster feeding but wonder if I am doing something wrong or need to try harder to get her to settle.
any advice? I am loath to instill a strict bedtime routine, I don't mind going with the flow, but wondering if I could do things a bit better.