Bedtime disaster

My 7 month old does good for naps, I lay her down and she takes her binky and puts her self to sleep. She also does ok after her middle of the night feed, she eats and goes back to bed without issues, I lay her down and walk right out. (Im also mindful of all her awake windows and such) BUT Bed time is a disaster. She’ll fall asleep around 7-7:30 but never sleeps more then 40 min, wakes up and cries until she is held back to sleep, she continues to wake up every 30-40 min until 9-9:30 EVERY NIGHT, then she falls asleep for the night. Help! Anyone have any ideas, what am I doing wrong?!

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Hi I’m sorry to hear your struggling with sleep. Yes I would be happy to help and support you and your family. I’m a pediatric sleep consultant postpartum doula and lactation educator. Feel free to book a discovery call on my website. achildssleep.com

Hmmmm could be either over tired or undertired I would say. What wake windows are you following? What’s her general demeanour? Does she seem tired etc?
Might be worth putting to bed 15 mins later for a week and if no change, 15 mins earlier

What time does she go to bed and what time does she wake up in the am for the day

7-7:30 bedtime every night?

Cora, mine does the same thing. I stopped trying to put down at 7:00. I gave in thinking she just preferred a later bedtime. But that made things worse. It went from 9, to 9:12, to 9:20. Last night it was 9:30. OMG! Don’t know what to do

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