u/Apart_Hovercraft_842

My baby is 20 weeks (16 adjusted) and bedtimes are becoming more and more chaotic.

She usually wakes from her last nap around 4:30-5pm and she tends to fall asleep for bed at about 8-8:30pm.

The in between bit is so difficult and often ends in her crying in our arms as we rock her and then falling asleep exhausted.

Once she wakes from her last nap it’s too long to keep her up until 8pm, so she often has a cat nap on a walk around 6pm but then wakes up from this very grumpy and grizzly. I breastfeed her but she suffers from reflux so spits up a lot and it can be hard to tell when she’s full as she doesn’t give clear cues so she gets a bit uncomfortable which doesn’t help.

I don’t know how to make things calmer for her. How do I manage the in between but? I really want to get a better bedtime routine but she’s always too tired and fussy to even look at a book but isn’t ready to sleep properly until 8pm! Any advice?

My baby is 18 weeks, 14 adjusted and until this week would go to sleep around 7/8pm then wake at 1am, 4am and 6.30 for feeds (breastfeed). She would then doze until around 8.30am. Normally she would feed then I’d hold her upright on my chest as she has reflux before transferring to the bassinet.

This week I have noticed her feeds getting longer, she pops on and off a bit more and she takes longer to settle upright on my chest. Sometimes she drinks more and will settle, other times she cries and I either feed more or rock her based on what cues she is giving.

Last night she also fed at 9pm and I couldn’t get her to settle after the 1am feed so she also fed at 2am.

Does this sound like the 4 month sleep regression? Can the regression make it harder for baby to settle?

Her wake window is 90 mins in the day and she usually does two 90 min naps and a 30 min nap late afternoon. All contact naps

My baby is 18 weeks, 14 adjusted and until this week would go to sleep around 7/8pm then wake at 1am, 4am and 6.30 for feeds (breastfeed). She would then doze until around 8.30am. Normally she would feed then I’d hold her upright on my chest as she has reflux before transferring to the bassinet.

This week I have noticed her feeds getting longer, she pops on and off a bit more and she takes longer to settle upright on my chest. Sometimes she drinks more and will settle, other times she cries and I either feed more or rock her based on what cues she is giving.

Last night she also fed at 9pm and I couldn’t get her to settle after the 1am feed so she also fed at 2am.

Does this sound like the 4 month sleep regression? Can the regression make it harder for baby to settle?

Her wake window is 90 mins in the day and she usually does two 90 min naps and a 30 min nap late afternoon/early evening. All contact naps.

My baby has been on omeprazole for eight weeks due to reflux that stopped her sleeping. She would wake every time we put her flat in discomfort and this improved a lot on medication.

I’m worried about the long term use of the meds. I read it can lead to increase risk of fractures, allergies, more likely to get sick etc.

Are these valid concerns?

I have a 4 month old baby who loves to nap and nurse. Does this still count as a nap?

She will alternate between eating and sleeping but I’m not sure she’s in a super deep sleep as her eyes are a tiny bit open.

If she lets me rock her to sleep and we contact nap I think she gets a much deeper sleep, but I usually follow her cues as to if she wants to contact nap or nurse to sleep!