Sleep Adjustment Suggestions? 15 Weeks Old

At this age naps can be hard. I would let my nap in the swing often times. When she is waking at night to eat, so you wait a few minutes before you run in to feed her? Mine were both sleeping through the night at 2 months, but would occasionally wake at night. I would wait 5 minutes to go in and 99% of the time they would self sooth in under that 5 and be back to sleep. If you want her to sleep in a bit more you might try moving her bed time back a little each night until it is more around 730 or 8.

I would try putting her down for a nap in the morning no later than 7, then again again at 11 and then again at 3. Try up for two hours down for two hours(or if she sleeps longer). Whenever she wakes keep a mental note, or write it down to try again in two hours. She is young and sleep training is hard, but watch for the signs. try about 40 minutes before you are going to put her down to lower the light level, the sounds, rock, read quietly or sing quietly to her. Sometimes it hard to find the "right" schedule for a baby.

Good luck!

Is her room soundproofed? Is she napping in a secluded quiet area? Try some soft lullaby music to drown out any noises from the house.
I'm thinking if she's up at 5, maybe an earlier nap in the morning? 8:00? When kids are overly tired, they won't sleep as restfully or as long.
I would try to eliminate the "crash" at naptime, as she is most likely overtired if she is crashing out.
And I think her afternoon nap is ending too close to her bedtime. She should be napping after lunch--1:00 ish.
Good luck!

If she is up at 5 them she needs to go back to sleep around 7. 4 hours up is way too long to be up. I would perhaps feed baby at 5 and try to lay back down with her or just feed her back to sleep. Is there a reason why you wait 4 hours to put her back to bed? Are you swaddling her? That helped my daughter. Also, she may need 3 naps during the day at this age. One early morning (which is just continued nightime sleep for 45 minutes). And then one or two afternoon naps. She is so young. Sometimes they just sleep when they are tired at this age and there really isn't a set nap schedule yet.

Hi,
Most recommend not sleep training until after 4 months, even to 5 months. Until then babies should be napping about every two hours in order to be well rested. if they aren't doing that then they will become overtired over time and not want to nap ever. It becomes a vicious cycle. :)
We napped my son every two hours or so for the first 4 months and it worked fabulously. Sleep training him at 5 months was easy. Since then he's been doing two naps (hardly any protesting) and sleeps 11-12 hourse at night. I highly recommend the book by Dr. Weisbluth (sp?) Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child. The beginning is a bit dry because he's explaining the science of sleep in children, but its helpful to know because you know his recommendations are based on science and not just an opinion.
Good luck!!

dont even bother to schedule before 6 months old. they just arent ready for that. Some are but its b=obvious your daughter isnt. i wish i had learned more about infant sleep before i had my daughter as i feel i spent months trying to get her to sleep making us both crabby people. go to dr.sears.com and read about infant sleep....also get a high quality( meaning if its sold at babies r us it ISNT high quality) baby carrier and wear your baby so they can sleep and you can get stuff done. good luck and once you learn about baby sleep youll be able to see your child is normal!

I would suggest trying to put her to bed around 7:00 pm.Then maybe she will sleep until 6 or 630. Or you could just feed her at 5am and then put her right back to bed (then maybe you can get a couple more hours). My son at that age was getting up at between 6 and 7am and then down for a nap at 8 or 8:30. He would get up and eat, be awake for about 2 hours, back to bed around 12 or 1pm, up for the rest of the day at 3pm. I also started not responding to that 5 am cry at about 4 months and he eventually learned that nothing was going on at that time and adjusted by just staying asleep. I also got rid of the middle of the night feeding the same way at 9 months old. I just stopped going in with a bottle and he figured out it wasn't worth it to wake up at all. If for some reason you need her up at 5am (work or something) I would say that first nap should be at about 7am (up around 830 or 900) back to bed around 1100 or1130 (up at 100 or 130) down again if needed at 230 and staying asleep no later than 4pm. Hope this helps!

C.

Just read your response to my similar question. It's horrible isn't it?!?!?!? If you find something that works please let me know. And I will do the same. Good luck! And I really hope this is just a phase for the sake of our sanity!!