baby only sleeping 8 out of 24 hours?!?!

baby820

i am going to completely lose my shiit if she doesn't sleep! she has got herself into a pattern of only sleeping 8 out of 24 hours for the last week! she sleeps (2) 3 hour streches at night and cat naps for 15 minutes at a time during the day. i literally spend ALL day trying to get her to sleep! as soon as she starts to snore and is really asleep, i leave the room and she's up again! what am i supposed to do?! we play classical music, have the baby crack machine on, she hates the swaddle and is very well fed. i am at my wit's end here and don't know what else to do. please help me, any advice is appreciated! if this is the 6 week growth spurt when should it be over?!

TIA

Mistress_Seraph

Don't know if it will help but my suggestion is:  keep a blanket or stuffed animal with you at all times.  And when she falls asleep, before you leave the room, put the blanket or stuffed animal with her.  It'll have your scent and she might stay asleep longer thinking you are still there.

divakotka

Sometimes I run a blowdryer in his room (on cold air). For some reason the noise helps him to fall as well as stay asleep.

Also, my DS would never nap for more than 20 minutes at a time until I started putting him on his tummy. I know some people frown on this but I only do it for naps and I keep an eye on him. Ever since, he has been taking amazing naps, sometimes 2 hours long.

Before he would wake crying and crabby from his short naps, now he wakes up smiling at me.

 

applecider

It's a 6 week old thing.  It'll get better, but now is the time to call for back up.

My son would still nap in a sling with DH for another 3 hour block from 6-9 at night while DH played video games and I got a little extra sleep.  Motion, like the swing and the car were also sanity savers.  I would often hit the drive through and enjoy my peaceful drive home munching on curly fries.