have i ballsed up here

[littleginger]

Dd is 7 months old and ff. She no longer required night feeds from 10 weeks but did not sleep through. She would wake fussing/crying but would fall back asleep when i gave dummy whilst i went to get bottle.

These dummy wake ups seemed to become quite frequent from 4am onwards but i never fed as she was never that interested in morning bottle so know its not hunger. Dummy wake ups gradually started ocurring earlier in the night until about 8 weeks ago they seemed to stop! Downside was she would wake between 4 & 5 for a party! Then the dummy wake ups started to creep back in again....

She learnt how to roll back to front only about 4 weeks ago. She hates it on stomach but is yet to learn how to roll from front to back.

Bedtime is between 7-7:30 and she was waking on average 2-3 times per night for a quick dummy resettle and then partying from 4-5am. If i could could leave her to it i would but she keeps rolling over and screaming so i need to go in.

Night before last was a bad one and dd wanted her first nap between 7&7:30! Lost my rag a bit thinking that should be the wake up time. Decided on the spot to limit her naps and put to bed at 8 telling myself well have a shit few days but sleeping pattern is all wrong. So i limited her to 3 hours of naps which was really hard. In bed by 7:45 and..... shes been awake screaming her little head off about 6 times and its been really hard to resettle - not like it used to!

She is going to be so zonked tomorrow and i dont know what to do. Am i correct to think if she is so out of sorts from having only 3 hours naps then her sleeping pattern is obviously out of sorts and im doing the right thing? i know someone who had a baby like this and didnt do anything. Baby is now 4 and still a very early riser!!

Darn it i was hoping a sleep guru would have an answer for me before i started the say! [

Why are you limiting naps to 3 hours? My DD is 8 months and naps anything from 2 to 4 hours depending on the day. But I know of plenty of older (9/10 month) babies who nap for 4 hours. Some babies need to sleep more than others and sleep can breed sleep, babies who have plenty of nap time sleep better at night.

I had problems with v early rising ds, think you need to make sure she is not too tired as apparently one of key factors in early waking.
I can't remember if ds had two or three naps at this age but think his first one was about 1 1/2 - 2 hours after he woke up. Then a second nap about three hours after he woke up from that one usually after lunch. Once the after lunch nap was long enough I found that began to go off to sleep better in the evening and early waking improved!
I really rate no cry sleep solution book as gives lots of ideas for improving sleep. Libraries usually have them!

Thanks you two. I was daft and applied adult logic to the situation ie stop oversleeping in day and sleep more at night. I often look at sleep methods and patterns on the internet so know dd's sleeping is not too strange however it seems that everyone i know with a baby is sleeping through throughbut rarely naps in the day. Wake to sleep etc would not work as she essentially already does it when she needs her dummy earlier in the night.

Ive always left her to it with regards to naps. Taken her up when she shows signs of being tired and letting her have as long as she wants which is sometimes up to 5 hours! Just gonna try to get us both back on track after last nights horrendous sleeping.