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ok so this kid pretty much refuses to take multiple naps.

starlettedirstarlettedir member
in Houston Babies

She'll take a long one mid day(4+ hours) but flat out refuses to take a morning one.  I let her fuss(no crying) for a while today. When I finally picked her up she was in the greatest mood. It's been the same for two other days this week. She'll take VERY small cat naps(5-10) min here and there but other than that she's raring to go.  It doesn't matter where I try to get her to nap.  My arms, swing, crib, bouncy chair....she's just not having it

At night she goes down at 8ish. She sleeps a 5 hours stretch followed by a four hour one.  She typically goes back down for another 2-3.

She's almost 7 wks.  Do I just roll with it? 

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  • CareBear01CareBear01
    yeah - i would just roll with it. if she wasn't sleeping at night, i might suggest waking her after a few hours, in case her day and night was confused, but generally, don't wake a sleeping baby!  ;-)
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  • Suzi-G-Suzi-G- member

    imageCareBear01:
    yeah - i would just roll with it. if she wasn't sleeping at night, i might suggest waking her after a few hours, in case her day and night was confused, but generally, don't wake a sleeping baby!  ;-)

    Ditto this, so long as her preferred napping --or non-napping-- schedule doesn't A) make her a constant crankasaurus or B) disrupt her night time sleep I'd just let her do her thing.  Unfortunately (or fortunately for some) I really think a lot of how kids sleep is just hardwired in them.  They come pre-programmed to nap or not nap, STTN or not and you just get what you get.  It's the baby lottery.   Big Smile

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  • TexasPaigeTexasPaige
    If she is in a relatively good mood most of the day, I would roll with it. My younger son is eight weeks old, and the daytime naps are constantly evolving. For awhile, he wouldn't sleep at all in the morning no matter what I tried. Just this week he has become more interested in taking two long naps.
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  • starlettedirstarlettedir member
    I STTN from the moment I came home and dropped naps totally by the time I was 8 months. I guess I'd rather what she's doing during the day and keep how well she goes down at night. You know I just jinxed myself right?!?
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  • KelleyAKelleyA
    Yea, you probably need to roll with it a bit longer.  She's probably just had her big 6 week growth spurt and she's getting adjusted a bit. I would say if you have a schedule in mind that you want write it down and do your best to work towards it. If you know what times you want her sleep/awake then you might try stimulating her during the awake times and keeping things calm, lights low and quiet when you want her to rest/sleep. Hopefully she'll transition onto that schedule if you give her some times and some cues.  Good luck!
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  • starlettedirstarlettedir member
    I go back to work next week and she'll be going to sil's. I hadn't been really working on a nap schedule with her and was just letting her sleep when she wanted to. I'll share with SIL her newest nap preference lol
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  • melrrrmelrrr

    imagestarlettedir:
    I go back to work next week and she'll be going to sil's. I hadn't been really working on a nap schedule with her and was just letting her sleep when she wanted to. I'll share with SIL her newest nap preference lol

    I think "nap preferences" is a great name for it. There's no "working" on a nap schedule at this age, and probably won't be for a while. That was at least my experience! 

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  • step2mom2010step2mom2010

    Just roll with it.  She is going to do this to you a couple of times...LOL.  Kolby dropped his morning nap at 4 months.  Then just recently picked it back up...sorta.  Each time they hit a growth spurt they rearrange your life!

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  • starlettedirstarlettedir member
    Thanks everyone :-)
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  • erica_kasparerica_kaspar
    imagestep2mom2010:

    Just roll with it.  She is going to do this to you a couple of times...LOL.  Kolby dropped his morning nap at 4 months.  Then just recently picked it back up...sorta.  Each time they hit a growth spurt they rearrange your life!

    So true! I typically just let Olivia set her own schedule. I just kept to the EASY routine. Eat Activty Sleep (your time). I didn't set a certain time like its 9 you need a nap or its 7 you must eat etc.

    Her sitter also lets her set her own time and now she is getting the hang of a 9 am (2 hour nap) and 1 pm (2 hour nap). Just go with the flow.

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