Girls I need your help:(

Natlynn73012

So im asking for your advice/help, bryn has been reverse cycling for about 2 or 3 weeks now and I have no idea how to get her back on a regular bed time schedule. She was doing amazing for about 2 weeks I thought we were really getting on a schedule she was sleeping from 9pm to 5 am with naps during the day. Now she doesn't go down until about 2 am and shes back up at 5 or 6 am and then sleep ALL day. I have no idea how to change this I have tried keeping her awake during the day but as most of you know when a baby wants to sleep they will sleep. I try changing her to wake her up, washing her face, playing with her, bouncing her, talking to her. You name it I have tried it. I am also getting desperate at night for sleep which is creating bad habits. She gets in a mood around 8pm where if my boob is not her mouth (whether shes eating or not) she is screaming. I try to resist and shoosh and rock but eventually I'm so beat I just give in. I'm not sure if she is old enough to "cry it out" (shes 2 months as of Sunday) but I am afraid ill be stuck with her on my boob for the next 6 months. The funny thing is she recently went to my moms for the night and she was down at 10 pm with a bottle before bed and up at 6 am. WTF!! I feel frustrated and like im not doing my job as a mom. She is 2 months old and has no schedule what so ever AT ALL. advice??

Bemyselfandi

She won't have a schedule for at least another month, if not longer......my son didn't start a schedule until daycare started a schedule with him, and it really didn't become regular until about four months.

Nighttime, I can't give you too much advice as I have good sleepers but she might be going through a growth spurt. Cluster feeding sucks, but it's how they get through, and she will probably go back to normal. Good luck, sorry you two are having a difficult time.  

mindymaske

I was having the same problem like 2-3 weeks ago. But last week it just switched and we are back to normal and sleeping pretty good during the night. So, maybe its just a rough spell? I thought I was going to die of sleep exhaustion but now Im good again. Babies are funny

katiem1025

Avery is about the same age as your daughter and I think we are going through the same thing! She was sleeping 8 hours straight for a week, then went through a growth spurt, eating every 90-120 minutes, and now she is back to normal but her sleep is all over the place. 

I have been desperate at night to get her to sleep and know that I just need to be strong and stick to a plan. 

1. Figure out a bedtime and bedtime routine and stick to it

2. Put her down for naps drowsy but awake (this makes a HUGE difference in the quality of her naps and nighttime sleep)

3. Wake her up at the same time every morning, or at least "start" her morning at the same time with the same routine.

4. Don't use props to get her to nap during the day

5. Watch her wake time during the day

6. No long naps right before bed

On nights where she has had a two hour nap from 4-6 she is a monster when I try to put her down for bed at 7:30/8. 

It's funny because I nannied for two little boys starting when they were ten weeks old and by twelve weeks I had them both sleeping 8-10 hours straight at night...now that it's my own child I feel SO confused and feel like I'm getting further and further from her sttn.