Looking for advice
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Looking for some advice on what the hell is going on 😅
Baby girl is 10 weeks old, but 4 weeks adjusted.
We are FINALLY getting past some really intense evening colic (thank you gripe water 🙌), but now settling and sleep have become the struggle.
A few things going on:
Morning naps
After her morning bottle around 9am, she really struggles to settle. Ideally I try to have her asleep by 10:30/11, but she mostly just cat naps and seems overtired/frustrated.
Afternoon sleep:
After her afternoon bottle, she usually falls asleep around 1pm and sleeps SO peacefully and deeply. I usually let her sleep a little extra, but by 4pm I wake her to feed because otherwise I honestly think she’d sleep right through.
The issue is she’ll wake, take part of her bottle, fuss, then act like she wants to go right back to sleep. I’ve tried keeping her awake, but she’s miserable when I do. So she usually falls asleep n and will wake up around 6/6:30’
Then by around 6:30-8:30pm she’s usually awake again and has always had a pretty big wake window during that time. (Previous nights colic nights screaming and reflux issues)
The last 2 nights we pushed her bath about 30 minutes later and I don’t know if that messed with her sleep pressure or what, but bedtime has suddenly become REALLY hard. Normally she would take her bottle and fall asleep pretty easily.
Now: (last two nights)
• takes forever to settle
• super active after feeds
• moving constantly/grunting
• wide awake after her 2am feeding
• only really settles if sleeping on me
My Wonder Weeks app says she’s going through Leap 1.
Anyone else experience something similar around this age/adjusted age? Is this developmental?
Overtiredness? Sleep regression? Reflux?
Would love guidance on schedules/wake windows/routines that helped your babies at this stage because I feel like I’m constantly guessing 🥲