Sleep and routines, help!!!!

I need some advice from you....

My DD is now 5 and half months old and we have had a fairly consistent routine going.

Her routine has been as follows, wake at 6.30am, fed, playtime for an hour and then back to sleep, wake at about 9.30 to 10am, fed at 10.30am (have tried feeding her earlier but she won't take it!) Has her solids at 11am and then should go back back down for a nap at noon, doesn't always happen. If she does sleep, she wakes at 2pm and I feed her, if not I still feed her at 2pm. Then comes the fun bit...

She stays awake from 2pm, she has her bath at 5.30pm and her massage after this and fed at 6pm, she usually falls asleep during this and then wakes an hour later and she wants to then stay awake! We have tried to bath her earlier and then hope that she stays asleep but this hasn't worked!

Her bedtime has always been 7pm and we have worked out a routine to go along with that and it has worked well up till last week, around the same time as the solids were introduced and things have went haywire!

Is it worth changing her bedtime so it is later, then gradually change it as she gets older and let her have that sleep at teatime?? Or should I try to keep it the same??

Sorry long post!!

Edited by BabyKiwi

Might give it a go and see what happens!! Thanks

What if you dropped the solids say for two days and see if that makes a difference? Supplement her solid meals with a drink.

There could be a number of reasons why she is doing this:

Wind - from the solids is making her uncomfortable. Could be effecting her reflux?
Teeth?
Growth Spurt?
She's not dehydrated?

Coopers naps are 9.30, 1 and 4 bed between 7-7.30. With no solids as he's not interested, and I'm not forcing the issue...

It may be a case of trial and error for a couple of days and she'll probably go back to her normal routine before you know it.

Good luck

great teamwork girls. Yay Baby kiwi on that working! :)
Tyde used to need that 'short' late afternoon nap to be able to handle dinner etc.. otherwise everything would fall to bits, he wouldnt have dinner or a bottle and then would wake hungry in the middle of the night...
all the best! :)