K&G welcome and congratulations!!! Uhh yeah you described my DD exactly as well!!! Violet catnaps- same as your DS but for 30 mins only- and she seems to get overtired in an instant and cries like mad and is super hard to settle! Very hard to get her off to sleep! She wakes after 30 mins and is still really tired yet I can't seem to resettle her either.... Sounds like a common problem! I just ordered a book called the dream baby guide by sheyne rowley which is supposed to be really good for these issues- ill let you know what I think! Oh and we have the same dummy issue! Wakes looking for it! Also she plays and gets really vocal and loud really quickly too.. And like your DS- she's super smiley and giggly one moment-- then tantrum the next moment! It's getting worse the older she gets too- the tantrums are very distressing..

Danni-Thanks for asking- study is so hard at the moment.... I'm behind already! With violets sleep issues I've hardly been able to do anything. Not sure what to do to be honest! You still thinking of studying?

AM- that waking pattern is very much the same as violets! 8:30ish, 11ish, 2ish, 5ish, 6ish......! Exhausting!

Hello to everyone else- sorry just a quick post while violet sleeps in my arms which is the only sleep I can get her to have at the moment!!