Yep..another nap question...

Chunstad · January 2012

Of course napping is against my LO's religion. I'm trying my best to convert him. His longest time has been 45 minutes, but they are usually 30 minutes ONCE a day. Yes it sucks for both of us. After each napping fail, we go downstairs and I praise him for trying. He is too young for sleep training, but should I keep on trying to get him down every hour after the nap fail? My husband says "he's just not tired, let him be!" Yes, I follow sleep cues, we go to his bedroom with the sound machine and keep it quiet. He doesn't like sleeping in his swing anymore, either. I guess this frustrated Mommy needs some words of encouragement. Oh yea, he sleeps great at night. (Knock on wood)

nbbride06 · January 2012

Just get through the next month doing whatever you have to do, and then you can always sleep train when you are ready. From 2-4.5 months, I had to bounce LO in the laundry room with the dryer on to get her to sleep for every nap and then I had to hold her. Yep, nothing got done...ever. At 4.5 months I was at the end of my rope (both at night and for naps) so we sleep trained. I thought I wasn't the CIO type, but it was the best decision ever.

Chunstad · January 2012

nbbride06:
Just get through the next month doing whatever you have to do, and then you can always sleep train when you are ready. From 2-4.5 months, I had to bounce LO in the laundry room with the dryer on to get her to sleep for every nap and then I had to hold her. Yep, nothing got done...ever. At 4.5 months I was at the end of my rope (both at night and for naps) so we sleep trained. I thought I wasn't the CIO type, but it was the best decision ever.

Thank you for your reply. I didn't think that I was a proponent of CIO, but I am rapidly changing my mind-this is getting rediculous

jmo866 · January 2012

How long are you waiting before his first nap? Being overtired for that, then a bad nap could set the tone for the day. I have read that 45 minutes is normal, if he wakes rested and happy (DS did this for 3 months until recently) but I have heard 30 mins means overtired. I couldn't go on cues at that age, just by the clock b/c DS fought sleep so hard. Is there anything else that works other than the swing?

amymccoy1217 · January 2012

I was going to ask something like this today. My son has always been ok at taking naps but over the last couple of weeks he has gotten worse and worse. This week he has been sleeping maybe 1.5-2.5 hours total, split up in 20-30 min naps. He is so tired by the end of the day. He is also sleeping good at night but I don't know what to do about naps. I used to always get him to sleep in the swing but all of a sudden he doesn't like it. I dont know if it's his age, a stage, or his new pattern?

Chunstad · January 2012

jmo866:

How long are you waiting before his first nap? Being overtired for that, then a bad nap could set the tone for the day. I have read that 45 minutes is normal, if he wakes rested and happy (DS did this for 3 months until recently) but I have heard 30 mins means overtired. I couldn't go on cues at that age, just by the clock b/c DS fought sleep so hard. Is there anything else that works other than the swing?

Well, I'm on the lookout for his sleep cues, and yawns start coming about two hours after he wakes up. He wakes up very happy, since he sleeps good at night. The only other thing that works is either the car or sleeping on me :-)

jmo866 · January 2012

Chunstad:
jmo866:

How long are you waiting before his first nap? Being overtired for that, then a bad nap could set the tone for the day. I have read that 45 minutes is normal, if he wakes rested and happy (DS did this for 3 months until recently) but I have heard 30 mins means overtired. I couldn't go on cues at that age, just by the clock b/c DS fought sleep so hard. Is there anything else that works other than the swing?

Well, I'm on the lookout for his sleep cues, and yawns start coming about two hours after he wakes up. He wakes up very happy, since he sleeps good at night. The only other thing that works is either the car or sleeping on me :-)

I think 2 hours may be too long at that age, try 1.5 hours and see what happens? Just from my personal experience with DS, other bumpies I have talked to, and what I have read. GL!

fairy_diva · January 2012

Yep, 2 hours is way to long at his age. Your DH is wrong, an over tired baby wil fight very hard to stay awake. My LO at that age could only make it an hour at the most and sometimes even now can only go an hour before needing a nap. We also went through the 45 min nap length from about 7 weeks to around 4 months. In the last few weeks I can get 1 hour to 1.5 hour naps and occasionally a 2 hour nap from him at least 3 times per day. Even now he may not always show me a yawn or nose rubbing but he wil start to get fussy, that's when I get him ready & down for a nap. We also swaddle for his naps, use room darkening curtains and a rain cd on repeat. Oh and I rock him, I know some don't think it should be done but I do it when we're home.

Chunstad · January 2012

Thanks for all the replies, ladies-sorry for the late response, our power has been out. I will try to get him down sooner :-)

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