Hi,
My DD was 7 weeks old yesterday and she has me all confused on her sleep and feeding patterns.
She doesn't go to be until quite late at the moment - sometimes up until 1am. Last night i put her in a sleeping bag and caved in and gave her a dummy. It took 30 mins of putting dummy in every time it fell out, but ahe eventually went to sleep about 11.15. She then woke at 4 for a feed and was then up every hour after grizzling but not necessarily hungry. Up to last week she qould reliably go back to sleep until 7/8am. Whilst i can't complain as the stretch from11.15 to 4 isn't too bad - i'm just wondering if this is normal behaviour. I've asked HV and all she says is keep going to the 3 month mark and things get better.
Also her daytime naps - she likes to sleep on me or in her car seat if we're out and about. This means i am doing nothing in the house and it just seems like it will always be like this. If i try to put her in her carrycot during the day, she will be awake within 20 mins max - but in my arms or car seat she will sleep for hours! This also affects her feeding - at home she is feeding every 1 1/2 to 2 hours and even more frequent in early morning and evening. But during the day if we are out she wil happily go 3 hours! (she is formula fed).
I am a first time mum and getting so confused about the different advice everyone gives and this isn't helping my pnd. I was also made aware yesterday that after a certain amount of awake time she should be going down for a nap - how on earth am i supposed to do that? I'm now all confused about whether i should be following a baby led routine or a more structured one - but again- not sure how i would ever get her to sleep at prescribed times/periods!