So just back in the UK after 3 weeks on the west coast of the U.S. DD handled the east to west jet lag and flights beautifully. We got back on Sunday and it has been pretty hellish since. She slept well on Sunday night, which was no surprise due to the exhaustion of travel. Even then she couldn't really settle properly until 3am, just lots of startling awake and crying out then going right back to sleep. Monday night she was up for 2 hours between midnight and 2am as well as not really settling until 3am. Last night was HELL. Went down at 2020 and slept to 2310. She was then up until 300, with about a 20 minute snooze. I have been waking her up about 30 minutes earlier each day (930 today) and putting her to bed roughly 30 minutes earlier each night. I'm also limiting her naps to 1.5 hours (she normally only does 40 minutes). Is there anything else I should be doing? I make sure she sees plenty of daylight each day and keep it dark at night, even when she is awake.
I am used to this myself and obviously my own jet lag is making this worse. I am used to the second night being the worst and last night just threw me totally. She just could not settle. She was clearly exhausted but just not able to sleep. I felt so bad for her. I am wondering if taking her into a dim room to play and burn some energy during the night might help?