Dd is 15 weeks old and isn't terrible at night but I feel we're on a downward slope. This past week she seems to be sleeping from 7.30 til midnight with no issues and then after that she's unsettled and wanting her dummy back every hour from then til 7am.
She currently naps twice a day and we struggle to fit that third nap in and I feel she might improve if we could sort that out. Perhaps I'm clutching at straws but I want to try. I read on here they should have three naps a day at this age.
She feeds every three hours in the day so I find a nap routine hard to fit in as she can't always get a long one else she is too hungry. Then we have the issue where we get to 5.30pm and she crashes out.
Mostly we start her day at 7am but she's never very hungry then and mostly only takes 2-3oz so by 9.30 she's hungry again so I feed a bit early and she usually reliably naps until 10.30-11. She's then awake until 1pm, has that feed and then naps til about 2.30. If we have the school run she might stay asleep then until we're back at half 3.
Then the tricky bit comes because she then is ready for a nap between 4.30 and 5.30 but I need to be cooking dinner etc and can't rock to sleep at that point. She'll then crash out on my lap at dinner time but then it's bath and bed and she'll cry all through her bath as she's over tired.
How do I cram that third nap in somewhere? Will it really help her nights? I am aware we are probably creeping up to the 4m regression. She's only just had her 12w jabs as she was in hospital when they were due and we had to delay them.
I feel like I'm constantly second guessing myself even though this is my third and I'm always wondering if things should be different which then causes me anxiety when in actual fact I might just need to relax and let her do what she needs to do.
We also have the issue that she doesn't really suck her dummy. It mostly hangs in her mouth and she flicks it with her tongue. How do I get her to take it properly? She can suck it and occasionally does do but not for an extended period of time.
Sorry that's so long thanks for reading.