Teething and napping HELL!!!

thechickencoop

Ok, so someone please tell me this will get better???  LO has been an awesome napper for like the last 6 months, he goes down easy, sleeps for usually a full hour each nap (just 2 now), no issues.  Over the last few weeks he's gotten worse and worse.  He doesn't want to nurse and he doesn't want a bottle, he just will twist away and scream.  He's obviously tired (red eyes, rubbing eyes, yawning, face rubbing, etc), but he doesn't want to nap!  I've just been putting him in his crib and he'll cry anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes til he falls asleep.  He's had his first 2 teeth come in about 2 months ago, and now he has 6 total with I think 2 more about to cut.  I think he's also on the verge of walking so I know he would rather play than sleep but good grief!!!  

So I just want some reassurance that this is a phase and he'll get back to normal soon!!!

We've been using motrin at night which has helped tremendously, but does anyone have any tips for nap times?  I hate to keep medicating him if that's not the real problem.  ::sigh:: 

mcgeeva

I want to say a few weeks ago we went through this. He would be sitting in his crib for 30 minutes instead fo going straight to sleep like he usually does. That went on for about a week of having trouble going down for naps and at night but now we are back to normal. Taking a bottle was an issue during teething or when he didnt feel good but back to normal again.

danslilgrizzly

We went through this 4 or 5 weeks ago and a little bit again about two weeks ago, but I don't think it was related to teething -- I think it was more related to physical and mental development. My mom ended up suggesting that we increase his waketime and it worked immediately. His waketime went from 1.5 hours to 2 hours and is now 2 hours and 15 minutes and he's been napping very well most days. It's so miserable, but it will pass!

JulesFo

danslilgrizzly:

We went through this 4 or 5 weeks ago and a little bit again about two weeks ago, but I don't think it was related to teething -- I think it was more related to physical and mental development. My mom ended up suggesting that we increase his waketime and it worked immediately. His waketime went from 1.5 hours to 2 hours and is now 2 hours and 15 minutes and he's been napping very well most days. It's so miserable, but it will pass!

I agree with all this. We are going through it right now with DD2. I totally agree that it seems to be developmental -- there is a lot going on right now. 

lindslalala

This was a big problem for us a couple months ago. He was just getting over his 1st cold, and he fought naps worse than ever before. It took about a week before he was back to normal. He was sleep trained when this happened, and it was almost like he had to relearn. It's rough, but it doesn't last forever