DD2 is 2 months and on a good night sleeps 11-5. I know this is a great long stretch (it’s fabulous!) but I wonder if anyone has experience in nudging timings in a baby this age? I’d love for her to go down a bit earlier, and wake for a feed during the night (1-3am) then resettle. She’s still too little for a full adult style stretch without a feed, but the timing means we can’t get long enough. I can go back to sleep at 3am, but when she wakes at 5 I’m looking at going back to sleep at 6 or 7am which doesn’t really work.
DD1 is a toddler and wakes at 7.
DD2 has a bath about 8 and then spends all evening feeding until crashing out between 10 or 11. (On bad nights, she doesn’t feed well, wakes at midnight then spends the next 5-6 hours fussing - this is still fairly common).
On the good nights, would feeding her at 3am, even if that means semi-waking her, help her get another stretch until 6-7am?
If you’ve had this issue (long stretches but too late), did you manage to nudge the timings? How?
Earlier bath and cluster feeding session would be hard because of DD1 but I’d give it a go if I could get more sleep.
I know I’m being optimistic - 6 hours is a wonderful stretch - and “fourth trimester” and “shifts with DH” are the most likely responses. All the advice on early wakings is for babies old enough for proper routines. We’re still at the rhythm stage.