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8 week no napping child mommas come on in!

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So my MIL and my mom have been watching my LO since I went back to work.  He has just recently stopped napping all together.  He gets super fussy at around the 1.5-2 hour awake time mark but he will refuse to fall aslepe ANYWHERE.  I was hoping to start transitioning naps to his RNP and crib in his room but the child refuses to sleep!!!!  I am not even at home so I can't monitor his sleeping myself which is frustrating.  Tell me this is a phase that will end eventually please!!!!  I can't get anything done when I get home because he is SO fussy from being awake all freaking day!!!!! 
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  • smilelarismilelari member

    When he starts to get super fussy, you've missed the window.  Ask mom and MIL to try putting him down sooner.  You might have to experiment a bit, but maybe try 60 or 75 minutes of awake time?

    Have they tried things like taking him for a walk?  The fresh air and bouncing of the stroller might get him to sleep

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    He gets so tired that they usually try right after he feeds. He does this to me on saturdays and Sundays too.  I feed him, play with him and then try to relax him into a nap mode when I see the yawns start coming.  He usually peaks at his fussiness at about 2 hours after so i try putting him down at 1 to 1.5 hours after being up.  He gets tired, eyes start to close, and his body goes slack but then he forces his eyes open and wakes up looking around.  He is fighting sleep like he is missing something.  I wondered if it was the change of my MIL and my mom watching him but he did the same thing with me even though I was there.  Sigh. 
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  • J+J=AJ+J=A member
    I could have written this myself! I'm sorry to hear this is happening. My DD sleeps at daycare but refuses to sleep at MIL's house. She slept 2 hours total from 7 til 6 when she was there. She then also screams as soon as she sees me from pure exhaustion. I agree with you that it's the change. Every place is so different and I think our LOs are confused. Maybe coming up with at least a "loose" schedule will help? Does he like to be swaddled or have some routine that you normally do that will help them? That's my new plan for next week.


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  • Froggy76Froggy76 member

    Are they putting him down and just expecting him to fall asleep?  I think most infants at that age need to be held and rocked to sleep.  My DD still only naps in my arms.  Once in awhile I'm able to move her to the swing or pack n play after she's asleep, but then she doesn't nap very long.

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  • junebug_07junebug_07
    My LO is 8 weeks also and although she naps she, too, needs a lot of "encouragement" to take a nap.  She takes several "cat naps" throughout the idea (2-3 30 minute naps) and maybe one longer nap where she is deeply asleep.  To get that longer nap I have to swaddle her or put her in the sling.  The sling is actually my favorite way to calm her when she is being extra-fussy and if she is right there at the brink of dozing off it will put her to sleep for sure!

    I went back to work this week (she is staying with my mom) and so far she has only napped while being held.  Neither one of us has had much success with putting her down to nap but I don't think we've tried that hard, either.  
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  • Jenny952Jenny952 member

    My DD is 10 weeks but has never been a good napper.  She gets it all in at night, going about 15 hours, waking only to eat.  During the day she often nods off after nursing or if I put her in the swing.  But it's not for more than 20-30 minutes.  When I can tell that she is really fussy and tired and needs to fall asleep, I swaddle her or put her in the moby and rock her or walk her around.  Sometimes I just lay her in her crib with some white noise. 

    Your LO is probably trying to adjust to the new schedule, and having something different each day is probably tough on her.  She goes to day care, your mom's and your MIL's each week?  That's 3 different places and routines, plus being home with you on the weekends.  I would suggest trying to get all 3 on the same schedule so she's eating and resting at the same time.  She doesn't have to nap every day, but have quiet, rest time.  I'm sure after a couple weeks, she'll get more used to everything and will start falling asleep easier.

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