Fighting their SLEEP!

ragsdalejennifer

Hi Ladies!

I haven't been very active on posting on this board, but I am constantly lurking and reading all the helpful advice and tips!

I have a four month old little girl that has just started really fighting her sleep. She will scream, cry, tears flowing, dig her head into my chest, grab onto anything she can and pull, spits her binky out, etc. I try to watch for signs when she is tired and she has been on a pretty good napping schedule. Is there anything else I should try? She does not go to sleep on her own at all yet, every nap and bedtime include rocking her and her binky and "sshhhh" or singing until she falls asleep.

Are any of your LO's fighting their sleep already? Any tips?

Thanks!!

joann_limon@hotmail.com

My son is 4 1/2 months old and we have been having this same problem for the past few weeks.  My  mom watches him during the day and he only slept 20 min. the whole day.  Then last night I was sure he would fall fast asleep since he hadn't

minervacullen

Dd is doing this, but usually only at bed time. Nap time is still normal. She cries, arches her back and flings herself, it's exhausting. Last night it took two hours to get her to bed, ugh. I look forward to a couple of hours of me time, or tine with dh,

ragsdalejennifer

I am glad we arnt the only one! Hopefully it will pass quickly.

Wild_flower25

Its been like that a while for DD. 

I found out that if she does that at bedtime, sometimes just putting her in her bed and letting her settle herself works better than trying to force her to be rocked. 

I'd say your at the

MichelleEZcheck

My little guy has been fighting sleep since day one!  He's an active guy who likes to constantly be doing something and doesn't like being in a restive state for very long.  I've been learning in the past couple of weeks about sleep schedules

hansonam446

My LO does this sometimes too. I don't really know what calms him but I'm pretty sure he's teething so I think it's part of the problem. I walk around with my son or lay him flat on his back and he seems to calm down.

kaidekka

I'm a little early to this board...hope you don't mind me posting!

DD has recently started fighting sleep as well.  I've found that sometimes she just wants me to lay her down.  I'll move any toys out her line of vision, put her in the

pb_bride

DS started fighting sleep (naps moreso than night time) when he was 3.5 months.  We ended up doing sleep training when he turned 4 months as I no longer could rock/bounce him all day long for every single nap (I'm SAHM). When he finally napped, he

puppy_love6969

Wild_flower25:

Its been like that a while for DD. 

I found out that if she does that at bedtime, sometimes just

Jackiemxoxo

My LO was doing this for a little while and I played music on my ipod. Now, every time she starts fighting it, I play this one particular song (slow paced song) and it instantly calms her, where I can rock her to sleep and she doesn't fight it.

susan10918

I know your pain! My LO has been fighting sleep since she was 1 month old. I know she is so tired, but she just wont fall asleep peacefully.  She wont take her pacifier unless I hold it in her mouth, she will bury her head in my arm and try anything

Snowmum1212

pb_bride:

DS started fighting sleep naps moreso than night time when he was 3.5 months. nbsp;We ended up doing sleep training when

KikiSmash12

No tips, just sympathy. My DD is about the same age and she acts like I'm torturing her every nap time. It's getting really old!