talk me through the 4m wakeful...

damabo80

DD has decided that daytime naps lasting more than 10mins are beneath her.

Which sucks for me. I live for daytime naps lasting more than 10mins.

How long will this last for until she realizes the awesomeness of a 60+min nap? Somehow, she is managing to survive on 6-8 hours of sleep (total of the course of 24 hours).

Mrs.EmmaLouise

I think we only just recovered from this... sorry. But, A got sick at 5.5mo, which didn't help her sleep at all.  Then 6mo shots, then teething, flu shot, teething.  Yeah.  But now sometimes it's okay  Good luck.

erinkate23

This too shall pass.  This too shall pass. 

Will she sleep in a swing, or in the car, stroller, in a Moby, on you? At this age, find whatever works and get as much sleep as you can. 

Good luck!!

HElizabethDU

I don't know if it will work for you, but I had an "aha" moment around that age that she wasn't actually done sleeping at the 10 min mark.  I went back in a rocked her and 9 times out of 10 she fell back asleep.  I read that if they get shorter than a 20 min nap they aren't really getting into their full sleep cycle. 

So maybe try getting her back to sleep after the 10 min mark, and see what happens?

ksulli

My LO agrees. Naps are for quitters. I thought I had the least sleeping baby in the world. She'll nap on me for maybe an hour, but her eyes are spring loaded if I try to put her down. I pick her up, try to get her back out again, and after trying for a while she either wakes again when I out her down, or decides that was enough and she's up to play.

nicobean1

This was when we sleep trained. And at around 3.5 months, DS started taking his naps at home in his swing.

GL!