I am going to tear my hair out

If she has a had a big 3 hour sleep then she may not be tired enough to go to bed at 6. I would try getting her up at 4pm and then put her to bed at 6pm. Keep the last hour quiet, maybe a bath/massage/cuddles/book etc.

Edited to add- awesome you are in such a good day routine

Edited by cuppatea

oh glad to hear it is "normal" guess I will just have to put up with for now..lol

Edited by MeganGrace

You'll find it will improve gradually, even a month or so from now she will be that much happier during her awake time as they learn to cope with less sleep and more awake time.

Josh was like that as well, he did grow out of it fast.

lol Emma beat me to it i was just about to say about jungle hour.

We found that it happened with both girls so followed the same routine the second time around, we'd give the girls a bath at about 4.30/5ish, they'd have a feed, then would settle to bed about 5 - 5.30ish this gave us a small amount of time about an hour and a half to be able to have some dinner un-interrupted, then we knew bubs would wake and that was it for a couple of hours but we were finished with dinner and were better equipped to handle it, we'd let them stay up during that time and just cuddle or lay under the playgym or whatever.   

But before that routine worked, I found i'd do the main prep for dinner in the morning sleep time, so that when feral time started i knew i just had to turn the oven on, We had a front pack which we used or sometimes i'd go off for a walk with her in the buggy.

Sometimes it's better to just run with it, if you know no matter what happens she'll not go to sleep between 7 and 9pm, then don't mess with her and make her more upset, just roll with it and it will pass with less stress.

My midwife had a theory that at 5.30 when Neil came home from work, Fay sensed that she was no longer the centre of my focus cos we were trying to get dinner together and talking to each other. And she used to be feral from then until about 9pm when either she or i was too knackered to keep going and one or both of us gave in and went to sleep.
We had a lot a take out and reheated meals during that time
Keep with it it does get easier around 3-4 months, when she gets used to being awake more during the day and learning that night time is for a big sleep. Fay now sleeps from 6pm - 7am (except tonight when i have only just got her down for some reason all she has wanted to do is slap my face and chest all night, weird child)

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Its def called the witching hour and most new mums I go too are amazed at how feral their cute little buttons can turn  in the evenings thru till 8-9pm.

Yay Megan!