Catnapper - help!

tweedle29

I feel like I have tried everything. Swaddle, no swaddle. Crib, swing, white noise, rocking. Dd will not sleep longer than 20 min at a time during the day. The longest stretch is prbably half an hr. When she wakes, I try to shush or rock her back to sleep but she is wide awake. But I feel like she is basically tired all day long, and we spend the entire day trying to go back down for a nap. I look for signs that he is tired and put her down right away...it just doesn't seem to work. Anyone else going through this? Any suggestions??

Jinnifah

DS is the sane way - the only time he naps longer is if we take him for a drive or if I nurse him on my pillow, let him fall askeep at the boob, and don't move for 3 hours he does seem quite tired and it makes him fussier, but on the otherhand he does 5th stretches at night those days. For me it's a case of pick your poison I guess.

FyreFlyeRush

Mine does the same. If I hold him, I can get 3hours out of him. We bed-share, so he nurses off and on all night, but he sleeps from about 9-7, only waking to nurse. He loves being out and about, and he'll sleep the whole time.

Sherbet Lemon

Carseat? Dd takes her longest naps when she falls asleep in the car. I carry the seat into the house and she sometimes sleeps 3 hours. 

Also, totally off topic, but I read the title and thought someone had stollen your cat. I'm an idiot.  

elbelle77

DS started sleeping 8 hrs at night this week (yea!) but now only catnaps during the day.  Sorry, no advice to give, but ur not alone.

annaprettyman

What worked for me is to follow the sleep, eat, awake, back to sleep routine (Secrets of the Baby Whisperer method).  I found that if I kept LO awake a bit longer to make sure he was really tired when ready to sleep again, that helped.  Also, at times I nursed him again before he was ready to sleep so that he would have a full tummy. 

I've been there- what worked for me was to literally get out a pen and paper and track his cues for a few days.  I was finding that he would nap for short periods as well.  It helped to look back on how the day went and see areas where I could do something about his "rhythm."  Not sure if that helps, but at least worth a shot.  Good luck!