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Attachment Parenting
My 13 wk old baby won't nap
My baby is 13.5 weeks now, and just started daycare 2 weeks ago. We are
struggling there because he will not nap in a crib. It's my fault, I
guess, we bed share at night, and since he has always been resistant to
sleeping alone, I let him sleep on me when nursing, or in the sling, or
in our bed. How can I break this habit?
He is a baby that never gets tired. I have never seen his eyelids droop unless nursing or in the sling. We have tried swaddling (and not), swing (he just screamed), bouncer (likes it for about 5 minutes, but doesn't make him tired), rocking, shooshing, bouncing, etc. Nothing works. It gets to the point where he is overtired and cries, and we give up.
I have tried to move him from the breast into his crib or pack n play, but no matter how slowly I go, the minute his head touches down, he snaps awake. I've tried leaving my hand on him, patting him in the crib, etc.
I'm at my wits end. I hate hearing how miserable he was at daycare (and no, I don't have the option to stay home) because he won't sleep. And once he's tired, all he does is cry. He is only in daycare for 4 hours/day. At home, I watch for his tired cues, he usually gets sleepy 1.5-2 hours after he has woken last, and that's when I try to get him to sleep. I can bounce him on the yoga ball in the sling, and usually he'll pass out, but that's something that can't be duplicated at daycare (not to mention, if I try to move him from the sling, he wakes up)
Any other suggestions that I haven't tried???
He is a baby that never gets tired. I have never seen his eyelids droop unless nursing or in the sling. We have tried swaddling (and not), swing (he just screamed), bouncer (likes it for about 5 minutes, but doesn't make him tired), rocking, shooshing, bouncing, etc. Nothing works. It gets to the point where he is overtired and cries, and we give up.
I have tried to move him from the breast into his crib or pack n play, but no matter how slowly I go, the minute his head touches down, he snaps awake. I've tried leaving my hand on him, patting him in the crib, etc.
I'm at my wits end. I hate hearing how miserable he was at daycare (and no, I don't have the option to stay home) because he won't sleep. And once he's tired, all he does is cry. He is only in daycare for 4 hours/day. At home, I watch for his tired cues, he usually gets sleepy 1.5-2 hours after he has woken last, and that's when I try to get him to sleep. I can bounce him on the yoga ball in the sling, and usually he'll pass out, but that's something that can't be duplicated at daycare (not to mention, if I try to move him from the sling, he wakes up)
Any other suggestions that I haven't tried???
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Re: My 13 wk old baby won't nap
Not sure if you are already doing this, but here goes.
At that age we really struggled with the same things with DD. I read HSHHC and we started soothing her to sleep after an hour away. We never let her go more than two hours awake before trying to put her down. This made all the difference for us.
We got her to sleep for naps at that age by letting her sleep in the bouncy chair. We put the chair on the coffeetable and sat on the couch and bounced it with our foot. At first we would bounce it the whole time she slept - over time we got to where we could stop boucning once she was alseep. Eventually we could move her from the bouncer to her cradle swing, and finally to her crib.
If it gives you hope, she is a great napper now and goes right down without a fight. Hang in there!
I have shopped around, interviewed every single provider in town that had infant openings, and all had systems revolving around crib sleeping. I found a nanny who was pretty awesome and likely would have worn him, but we couldn't afford her unfortunately. It would have been $1500/month! We're currently paying $700. My husband and I are both students, so our budget is pretty tight.
Looks like we'll just keep trying and hope it gets better in a month or two!