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8 wk old and naps

Ilene&ScottIlene&Scott
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Hi There.  I was curious how often your baby naps and for how long.  What is recommended?  

 My LO gets so tired during the day but I have such a hard time getting her to nap...and the nights can be grueling because she is so overtired.

 Any suggestions??

Thank you! 

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Re: 8 wk old and naps

  • emilymacallemilymacall member

    Do you swaddle?  I had a problem with my daughter fighting her naps until I started to swaddle her and turn on her sleep sheep to help her fall asleep.  I think the swaddle and the white noise from her sleep sheep are her cues that it's time to sleep. I've done this the last couple of days and had success - I guess I'll see how long it lasts!

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  • Ilene&ScottIlene&Scott

    Hi Emily!  Well I have tried to swaddle but she absolutely hates her arms being tucked in.  If I tuck them in anyway, she screams bloody murder and it takes forever to calm her down.  I have even tried doing it when she is in her milk coma, but she wakes right up and gives me a piece of her mind.

    When she was 2-3 wks old, we would swaddle her and she would love it...Not so much now.  I'm glad its going well for you!  Thanks for trying to help :)

    ilene 

     

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  • anne.joshanne.josh
    i have no advice but wanted you to know you arent alone our little guy is exactly the same! hoping some others will have some advice for us both :)
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  • JayandJackJayandJack member
    What about leaving one arm out? DS loved it when he was younger and we only just started putting both arms down because daycare does.
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  • emilydholmes1emilydholmes1 member
    Do you try putting her down when she starts to show signs of being tired? My problem was that I didn't know what the signs were at first so I would wait until LO was screaming and fussy because he was already overtired and then he didn't sleep at all which made days miserable and nights even worse. We are reading "Healthy Sleep Habits, Healthy Child" and it recommends putting your child down between 1-2 hours of being awake. I thought that was ridiculous at first but after a few days of trying it, it really worked. LO is sleeping right now :)- he never naps long but I know I can get him down. Hang in there....
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  • emilymacallemilymacall member

    Audrey hated the swaddle at first but we started with just swaddling the lower half and then including one arm.  Now we swaddle just her arms but not her feet since she loves to kick.

    Do you have anything that makes white noise?  I really think that helps more than anything. It seems to calm her down enough to help her go to sleep.

    It will get better!

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  • ShuTreeShuTree

    My baby is so fussy and tired during the day but just won't stay asleep.  i do everything from the swing, bouncy seat, rocking, and when i lay him down anywhere on his back he does the 5 minute jolt, 10 minute jolt, 15 minute jolt and wakes up after any of those. If he makes it past 15, he wakes at 20 minutes or 30 minutes.

    Things I do: bounce on an exercise ball with him swaddled or unswaddled
    - I lay him on his tummy to sleep sometimes.  The first time I did this he slept 1 1/2 hours...now I can't get it to work anymore because he always wakes up after the above # of minutes looking for his pacifier which falls out when he turns his head.

    It's a vicious cycle.

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  • cruisebride2005cruisebride2005
    I think most 8 week olds are still pretty bad nappers.  DS was nearly 8 months before he could take a proper nap without being held or waking after 30 minutes and DD seems to be on a similar path.  With DD, I've become  big fan of wearing her in a wrap at least once a day to make up for earlier failed naps in the day.  She usually takes around 4 naps - one in the morning, another another noon, a long one in the late afternoon and a short cat nap around 7 at night.  She's been sleeping two hours now in the wrap which is pretty typical of her late afternoon nap.  I agree with previous posters that white noise can help but there's really not much that you can do at this age.
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  • JenniferpitJenniferpit
    I have a similar problem.  My 10 week old doesn't take naps in the afternoon but will sleep most of the evening and all night.  We do have an issue with her getting overtired some nights and having her be fussy for sometime but she does go down.  At most she has slept 1 1/2 hours at one time in the afternoon but usually at most it's 30minutes.  She stays with a sitter now so it is worse because the baby isn't used to sleeping with 5 other kids making noise.  I was never quiet when I had her at home with me but it was just me and two dogs during the day and the tv on.
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