So my 4 month old DD has been co-sleeping with us since 11 weeks. She will only sleep properly if I lie with her day and night. Every night I put her down in her cot (asleep) when we go to bed and normally she lasts 30-45mins before waking crying and coming in with us. We have had a few 90mins but that's it.
Tonight she has gone nearly 2hrs so far and actually woke around the hour mark but has managed to resettle herself without me going in and with no crying just a tiny bit of whinging which is a huge achievement!
This has now got me thinking: today she had much less daytime sleep than usual and was really tired at bedtime so is she normally having too much day time sleep?
Normal day:
5/5:30 wakes
7-9am nap
11:30-1:30 nap
3:30-5 nap
6pm last bottle
6:30 bath
Normally asleep by 7, I wake her for a bottle at 9:30 before we go to bed and then she wakes around 3 for another one.
Today-
7am woke (went to bed late last night due to the heat)
9-11 nap
12:45-1:15 nap in the car
3:15-3:45 nap in the car
6pm bath as crying and very tired
6:15 last bottle
Asleep by 6:30, woke her for a bottle at 9:30.
Other difference is she did have a bigger bottle at 9:30 than she usually does. We normally give her 150ml bottles and how much she drinks is really inconsistent however the last few days we have noticed at night she is consistently clearing 150ml so tonight we offered her 180ml and she drank the whole lot!
So has less daytime sleep or a bigger feed helped her settle in her own bed or is it a coincidence?