9 months and still having sleep issues! Help?
I have been battling with Ember's sleep since she was born. When it comes to bed time around 8pm-ish she seems exhausted and falls asleep but wakes up an hour or 2 later and stays up for 2-3 more hours! I am so exhausted.
Here's an example of her schedule:
Woke up this morning at 6 am (went to bed the following night around 11ish)
So, awake at 6:00am
Bottle, food, play
Nap at 8am-10am (sometimes not a full 2 hours)
Awake, bottle, play, food etc
Nap again at around 1pm- 3pm (again sometimes less than 2 hours)
Awake, play, bottle, food, play etc
8-9pm ready for bed, fussy, sleepy. Goes to sleep.
Wakes back up at 10pm (or 2 hours after falling asleep) and is up til 12 or 1am. And wakes several times for a bottle through the night, but "sleep eats".
Why is she waking up after "bed time "? Its like she is using that as a 3rd nap. I've tried putting her to bed earlier/ later and either way she ALWAYS wakes an hour or 2 after going to sleep. I don't know what to do, or what to change. Its like she just takes decent cat naps and wake up and isnt really getting a full nights sleep.
With my older two children, I never had this problem when they were babies. They went to sleep at night, stayed asleep and woke up in the morning after about 10-12 hours of night sleep.
What is going on??!
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