I am very very very tired right now. DD stays up for days it seems like with hardly any napping. Then she crashes for 4-6 hours one day in her swing for a long nap. Due my DHs job, we go to bed after midnight all the time, and I've totally given up trying to get her to sleep before he comes home due to lots of reasons (dinner, we all wake up, alarm, dog gets excited blah blah blah.)
She fights sleep during the day and evening a lot and will keep nursing almost to sleep, then sit up with all this new energy, babbling and smiling at me but also grumpy because she is still tired. She'll even put her head down a lot.
Any advice? I've tried taking her in dark rooms, napping WITH her, etc. but nothing works unless SHE feels like sleeping at the time. She does take 10-20 minute catnaps in the swing or on my lap, though. She goes to sleep just fine at 1am or whatever and sleeps until 9-10am. I try to get her to sleep an hour or two each evening in the swing, but it doesn't always work.
I am not sure, but I think she is waiting for Daddy to get home. The only thing that can fix these hours is his switching jobs, so...
Please, advise!
Edit: She is 8.5 months. Also, she is walking half the time, so maybe her interest in walking is doing this more than usual?
Last edited by islandofapples; 08/19/11 07:53 PM.
