She will drift off for maybe 15-20 mins and then wake up. I do believe that at the end of the day she is just so overtired. Before the last 2 days she would sleep all night, would sleep 6-8 hours straight now shes not sleeping at night either. She slept for 3 hours last night and was crying the rest of the night.
She's currently sleeping now. And has been for i guess 3 hours. But today she had one 1 hour sleep and was awake for the rest.
id say this is mostly related to being overtired, can you try and resettle after that first sleep cycle?? do it now while shes younger as it will get harder, or go in at the 10 min mark and gently pat her as she stirs to try and get her to go into the next sleep cycle
Sometimes i can resettle her and others she won't take a bar of it, the eyes will begin to get heavy but then she wakes herself up by waving her arms or legs. Shes also got a nasty habit of grabbing and pinching at my chest so i have scratches and marks from her.
I've tried cuddling her to sleep and its the same sleep for 30-60 mins and she will wake up. I've tried laying down with her and she just whinges the whole time.
DP has the magic touch but as he works and is gone 11 hours of the day hes not able to settle her for me.
I'm hoping its just a phase and she settles down.
ETA: Yes i think shes too fascinated by the world around her. So i sometimes have to resort to the pram with a light blanket covering so she cant see out.
Sounds like overtiredness to me too (not only Kailey but now also her Mummy )
6-8 hours is a long time for a little one to go during the night even if they are formula fed and it would be more normal at her age to be waking every three hours or so so don't worry too much about her not sleeping through at the moment.
As for being overtired - I hear you - DD had a stint where she didn't sleep at all during the day and it almost did my head in. Does she have some sort of bed time routine that you are establishing? Like swaddling her tight and darkening the room and playing a CD or whatever works for you? If so then maybe try starting this routine after she has been awake for an hour of two even if she doesn't seem tired (remembering that most kiddies Kailey's age can't go for more than about 2 hours of being awake). And pat her or cuddle her or whatever until she does go to sleep (it may take a really long time - try and stick with it - once she has got a bit more sleep she will then want to sleep more and be a much happier little lady)
Also, there is a really really good program run by ACT Health called First Steps - ring the Maternal Health line in your blue book and they will be able to give you all the details - and it deals specifically with sleep and feeding problems in the first three or four months of your bub's life. Are you joining one of the mother's groups that they organise in your area? The maternal health care nurse who facilitates these will also be a huge resource of information - but for now give First Steps a call - they are incredibly helpful and have great information on things like recognising tired signs so that you can put them to bed before they get overtired.
I remember with DS his sleep changed dramatically at around the 2 month mark (and lots of my friends little ones have too). I think at that stage they're becoming so much more alert and taking in so much more of the world, that they don't want to sleep because the world around them is so intriguing. It's around this time that they start seeing colours, are able to focus and properly look at things that aren't 20cms in front of them, really start taking people in etc. Mind you, I can't quite remember how we got through it... I'm pretty sure that at that time it was when he stopped self settling, so we started rocking him to sleep during the day and just generally doing whatever we had to to help him get the sleep he needed during the day - if he slept well during the day, he slept well at night iykwim? Anyway HTH and you manage to get a good nights sleep tonight...
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