Evening from hell yesterday, dd of 9 weeks old only napped for about an hour and a half yesterday during daytime (she is really hard to settle to nap anywhere at the moment), then from 7pm, was screaming pretty much every time we put her down anywhere. We took her for a walk in her buggy and although she was calm while we were out, didn't sleep and wouldn't settle after feed when we got in.
To compound matters, she was so overwrought, that she couldn't even get latched on for feed before bedtime (usually 10pm), so we couldn't get her to sleep until 11.30pm. . Thankfully, once she fed, she settled and apart from feeds at 4.30 and 7.45 was asleep the whole night and still is too (10am).
I'm worried that her sleeping so late in the morning is contributing to the nap problems, as she is so unsettled from 6pm to 9pm, she won't sleep, but can't get her to settle for many naps between 11am and 6pm. Does anyone think I should start trying to wake her a bit earlier? I'm loath to do so, as she obviously needs the sleep, but this is the 5th day she has slept so late and I don't want this to become a routine if it is affecting daytimes/evening in a bad way. Must say I love having a few hours to sort myself out in the morning , but it means that dh and I spend all evening tryig to calm her down .
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mandymac · 23/08/2005 10:01
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