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DTNZ4Ever
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15 week old & napping
DTNZ4Ever
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How much is your 15 week oldnapping? DS takes very short naps which makes him very cranky in the pm. How do you get your LO to nap?
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Re: 15 week old & napping
When you figure it out, please let me know : )
Mine takes very inconsistent naps. I have used Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child and it really helped, but I think they are still young enough not to have formed a routine. Sometimes he only sleeps 15 minutes, but today he slept from 9-12 at daycare. Its just never the same.
DD is 16w. We have active awake times followed by 3-4 naps about 1-2 hours each, usually 1.5-2hrs. She wakes up between 6 and 7am, is awake for about 45 minutes before she crashes for up to 3hrs. After that, we run in 3 hours cycles of: wake, eat, change diaper, play (play mat, read, soft toys, go to the back yard and watch the dogs, get the mail, etc.), swaddle, pacifier, and nap.
I do still have to go in to her room frequently to replace her paci, but usually she just lays her head back down to nap when I do.
GL!
Natalie Kate - October 4, 2011
Blighted ovum, d&c at 9w, July 2012
Blighted ovum, d&c at 10w, September 2013
BFP May 28, EDD February 4, 2015
My DD is 12wks old and was an awful napper until about 2 weeks ago. One of those babies that needs help sleeping.
I just recently bought Healthy Sleep Habits Happy Child. Very helpful! The best advice for us is to not have periods of wakefulness longer then 2 hours. Also to use the same methods of soothing every single time. I also used a very mild form of CIO. I would let her fuss (not cry) for a little bit. After a while I would go in and put her nuk back in if necessary. Sometimes (depending on how upset she is) I will pick her up and rock her. Just enough to settle her back down. Might be a bad habit but it works everytime.
She now has been sleeping through the night, 8-12 hours straight! Takes 2, two-three hour naps (usually around 10 and 1:30) and a brief cat nap in the early evening. Usually around 5:30, wakes around 6:30. The time of day she naps is still pretty inconsistent (depends on when she wakes in the morning) but the length of her naps is at least two hours. She's generally on a 4 hour schedule. Good luck!