Sleep😕

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My LG is 6 months old. And the last couple of weeks I've been trying to get her in routine by putting her to bed at 7.30 and she goes to sleep by 8. But the last few nights she's been fighting it and not going until 10 and by this time she is completely knackered, she normally has a half hour nap between 5-6. Is this why she's not going to bed at normal time? Shes also really tired and crying all the when im trying to get her to sleep shes just fighting it. Even her personality has changed the last few days 😕

Loads of leaps and spurts in the first year and at 6 months especially. It will be a phase.

I know if my son slept that late in the day at any age it would certainly mean bedtime was much later. My nephew next door is exactly the same, exhausted by 4pm, has a nap and is then up until 10pm. Completely normal!!

Thankyour both she's just been a complete diva the last few days aswell.

How many naps are you having a day? I noticed my DS went a bit all over the place with settling between 6-7 months (he’ll be 8 in 2 weeks now) because he was trying to drop from 3 naps to 2 and it was a long process. I just went with it, followed his lead and he eventually settled back to going to bed normally with no fuss. Agree there is also a massive growth spurt and leap at this time that can throw everything out of whack!

She normally goes back after being a wake for hour and half.. but the last two days she's figting it and not going until she's over tired and it's exhausting. She's 6 months on 14 x

This is just me but I think an awake time of 90 mins is short for a 6 month old. We were doing 2.5 hours before first nap at that age. Are you having 3 or 4 naps a day? I always found that if I put him down for the morning nap too early he was using it as an extension of night sleep. We also had no naps after 5. What’s your current day schedule?

It's her choice she gets grump and crys a lot of she don't go back to sleep in 90 mins. Like today she woke at 6.15 went back at 7 and woke at 8 and then had a nap at 11.40 and woke at 20 past 12. And now she's gone back at 1.50. Am I supposed to keep her awake longer then? Because she will scream the house down? And what do you mean by day schedule ??

At 6 months I followed the 2/3/4 routine ish. She may well be ready to drop that last nap as it is quite late in the day. You could bring her bed time forward til she adjusts then stretch her afternoon awake time by a few mins a day so that by 12 months she'll be doing 7am-7pm.
As pp have said though, with wonder weeks leaps, developmental changes, growth spurts, teething and illness there are many things that could disrupt sleep but they should pass after a few days. I've found implementing a consistent routine to help eliminate some of the guess work and know whether my child is hungry/teething etc.
Good luck!

She's been ill since end of noveneer she had broncolitus and she's still got a little coffee now 😕 apparently it can last for ages after 😑 I'll try your advices with the sleeping but she's never hungry cause she always has food before she's like it 😯

Not coffee coughing

I just meant if you had a rough routine or schedule that you went with for naps/milk/food etc.

Bless her . If she’s not been well that changes things a bit. My DS has just got over his first virus and then nasty cold and yes his awake times were less because he wasn’t well and was more sleepy. It can take a while for their little systems to clear. So I’d hold off doing anything till she’s totally better, just follow her lead as you’re doing. But when she’s better you could try as suggested extending the wake times slowly, we are also on a sort of 2/3/4 routine now.

Hope she’s all better soon, there’s nothing worse than seeing them unwell

Thankyou😊 what would you suggest about feeding as she's started being weined now how many times a day etc?

We have started weaning but it’s VERY slow. He’s not really interested in food and we’ve been weaning for months. We are EBFing and he’s still nursing 3-4 times a day and one night feed. With this I’d just follow babies lead, they will drop feeds when they are ready. My DS tends to only want to fed just before a nap and before bed- although he doesn’t feed to sleep. Some will advise an eat/play/sleep routine to separate feeding from sleeping completely but what we do works for us .

She's loving the food bless her😊 she has bottle to go asleep majority of the time certainly bed time. I give her breakfast and tea and some times youghart in between x