Advice (apologies for the long post)
I swear I feel like I’m always asking for some kind of advice or support 😂 so my daughter is 6 weeks old. Her wake windows seem SO long now, especially at night. I mean this girl will not sleep unless she’s feeding (she’s ebf on demand). She DEFINITELY does not sleep anymore than an hour to two in her bassinet but as of late it seems like she’s only sleeping in her own space for 15-30 minutes before startling herself awake. She doesn’t sleep for hours after that.
Her wake windows are pretty long in the evening/night. She took a nap around 6:30 and I had her dad wake her up at 7:30 so that we could try to get her to sleep by 9:30 at the latest. WELL ms girl didn’t end up falling asleep until 11 tonight. We don’t use a swaddle because sometimes she rolls on her side, she gets fed, burped, a new diaper and jammies and then gets rocked/bounced/swayed for what feels like forever. We bathe her twice a week, but she does get lotion at night because her skin gets dry.
What am I doing wrong?? I REALLY don’t want to co-sleep but I also feel guilty because she’s so tired and loves her contact naps during the day but I’m just exhausted. Her dad is in college full time and has to be in class by 9am most days so I try to be mindful of his sleep as well. Eventually I’m going to have to go back to work until he graduates and I just can’t fathom getting 3-4 hours of sleep a night and having to work full time.
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Update: it’s been 22 minutes of her sleeping in her own space and she’s awake.
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