Could someone please offer some advice on how to get my nearly 7 week old daughter to sleep in the evenings? I am making an effort to get into a good evening routine with her, starting with a massage and bath with the lights dimmed at about 5:30, then a feed in the darkened bedroom, at which point she usually drops off and then a further cuddle to be sure she is fully asleep (using the arm drop test!) before putting her in moses basket for about 7pm. Some nights this is the last I hear from her until I rouse her for her 10:30 dream feed. But more often than not, she goes in without any trouble but then wakes up about 15 minutes later. She is easily settled and goes off to sleep again, but again wakes not long after. This goes on and on with her becoming more and more difficult to resettle until she eventually falls fast asleep, seemingly of her own accord, when she is ready. I am really keen not to get into bad habits already, and would prefer to put her in to bed awake to self settle, but she is still so little.... I am also keen to have some kind of evening for myself and my husband and rocking a grizzly baby until 9pm isn't my kind of fun.
What did everyone else do at this age to settle baby to sleep? I should add that once she is properly asleep for the night she is a little star when it comes to being re-settled after her night time feeds- straight back to sleep alone in her basket.
Thanks.