Bedtime taking an age!
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Undertired I would say, same as cee cee said above, if it's taking longer than 20 mins, it's probably too much day sleep and/or not long enough awake time before bed. Go back out, play a little more or read some more books, but also make sure your routine is consistent to signal bed time x
She’s defiantly not undertired. She’s only have 30mins to 1hour at 12. Her routine is always the same x
@Sophie what time is bed time meant to be at/what time she actually falls asleep? based on that nap she could actually be overtired in that case lol 🙈🙈
I’m still feeding to sleep for 80% of the time but on the occasion when she doesn’t go off feeding I need to leave her for her to go to sleep. If I stay in the room she will just keep going. When she is calm I leave the room. She has a teddy doll that she messes about with. If she cries I will go back in, kneel by the cot and pat the mattress. I don’t say anything. Once she is calm again I leave the room. If she cries properly I would go back in and comfort her and I would pick her up if needed. You will get to the know the different cries and what is needed. It doesn’t take long for my girl to settle now. Sometimes being in the room is more of a stimulant and that might be why it’s taking a while for her to go off xx
Hi our little girl used to need rocking to sleep, would sometimes take over an hour. She was getting fussier and fussier over time so one night we tried just putting her down in her cot and leaving her to it. She was asleep within 10 mins. Did this for about a week and now she gets put down awake every night after bath and story time and we haven’t had any problems since 🤞
We also never wanted to do cry it out. But sometimes she will cry out on and off for maybe five mins and we do leave her now. It’s usually when she’s really over tired and we know she’s about to fall asleep. Anything longer we would go in and comfort, hope that helps x
Try the chair method. It’s a gentle technique. We are trying it out now and slowly it’s getting better
@Weronika we’ve tried it a few times it makes her worse x
@Amy thank you lovely I’ll give it a try x
If its taking that long I wouldnt say its the method but the routine that needs tweaked ie maybe nap shortened and more awake time before bed? If its more than 20 mins for us we take a break and play a little then try again after 15-20 mins, I find after that long everyone is too wound up