Nap Strike Advice?

CaseyB15

Hi Everyone,

 My DD is 3 1/2 months and has been napping 2-3 times a day since she was 6 weeks old.  She generally sleeps for 1 1/2 to 2 hours at a time.  In the past 3 days she has been going down, but waking up 1/2 hour into the nap and refusing to go back to sleep no matter what I do.  As a result, she's exhausted.  It's so clear she needs more sleep, but I'm not sure how to help her.  Her night sleep is still the same and is great.  We co-sleep (bed-share) at night but for naps she has only ever been willing to sleep in her swing (swaddled with static white noise).  Is it time for a new sleep venue, maybe?  Is this the dreaded "four month wakeful?"  I'm at a loss and hope someone might have a similar experience and some suggestions.  Thanks!

 

Casey

webMistress0609

I think this is a common thing at this age. My DS started doing this right at the 3 month mark & still fights naps & nighttime sleep most days now. 

I'm curious about the responses you get since we're in the same boat.  

Lotte134

Unfortunately, this sounds very normal.  At about that age, babies really start to 'wake up' and want to be involved in everything and sleep becomes no fun for them.  I would try some different things in terms of napping and see if that makes a difference - sleeping in the crib or the stroller for example.  That and just being consistent and knowing that things will get better are really all I have to recommend.  We had a rough few months of napping from 4-6 months.  Then DS started crawling and tired himself out a lot more and naps got better again.