Hello,
I'm a first time mum and any advice and help would be so helpful!
My baby wakes up at 7.30 in the morning,
She naps for 1.5 to 2 hours. She struggles to keep to a wake window during the day but does make it to atleast an hour before her next nap. She feeds for about 20 mins before every nap (completely breast fed)
She is always on the sling on me when she has her naps during the day.
After her last nap that ends either at 5.30 or 6.30pm she will not sleep until 11.30pm. I can see she is overtired by the end, she is yawning and has a glassy stare and is very fussy and crying when feeding. During these 4 to 5 hours she cries a lot, feeds on and off and can feed up to 40 mins.
It's really exhausting and I was wondering what I can do to help her have a sleep.
I tried to reduce her day time nap hours but it doesn't make a difference.
I ensure she has a good feed every time.
During the night she will only wake up at 3am to feed and 6.45. She feeds and is quick back to sleep.
I thought it might be due to the light as it doesn't get dark here till about 11.
I also thought it might be due to slow let down of milk during the evening.
I am going to try black out blinds this week and was just wondering what else I could do.
She finally falls asleep when has another feed and its pitch dark at 11.30pm.
Thank you so much.
Firstly is this normal
Secondly what can I do to reduce this wake window to atleast 2 hours