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LO WILL NOT NAP!! SO FRUSTRATED!!!!

lsmithk2lsmithk2 member
in November 2011 Moms
My LO is almost 14 weeks and used to be a great nap taker, but now he is not having it!!  I really only get one good nap from him and it's in the morning.  This nap usually lasts for 1-1.5hrs and the rest of the day it's either nothing til bedtime or a couple 30min catnaps.  He does sleep really well at night though.  He goes to bed at 8:30 and will sleep until 6-7:30.  I just wish he would nap during the day because he gets overtired and really fussy, but will NOT sleep!  I can't get anything done except to try and soothe him.  He has been doing this for about 2 weeks now with the naps.  I don't know what to do???  Any advice or suggestions or any help would be great!! I'm going crazy!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: LO WILL NOT NAP!! SO FRUSTRATED!!!!

  • lcourter24lcourter24 member
    Baby's that age only need a total of 12-14 hrs of sleep in a 24 hr period.  So if your LO is sleeping 10-11 hrs at night, then there's 6-7 hrs right off the bat, so LO will only nap a total of 3-4 hrs during the day bc he goes down at 8:30.  I know it's frustrating bc my LO is doing the same thing.  I feel like they are in between needing a nap after every feeding and only taking 2 longer naps a day.  It will probably take a month or so for our LO's to figure out how to be awake and content for longer periods.  This is my take on it at least, lol.  I try to at least get my lil guy to take one really good nap mid day so he's not a complete grump all evening.  They're changing so much right now, we just need to keep our heads above water.  It will get better!!!!
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    My little girl was a horrible sleeper at night and napper.  I finally got the happiest baby on the block DVD.  Kind of late in the game to jump on that bandwagon.  But I swaddled her like the DVD said, even though she HATES it, turn on white noise (iPhone has lots of white noise apps that are great) and laid her down in her bassinet and jiggle it.  It is like MAGIC!!!  I know it sounds silly but when she starts to get fussy, I do those 3 things and she fusses for a few minutes and concks out.  It has changed our life.  We do it at night to and she is now turning into a great sleeper.  It is worth a shot!  Make sure to do a nice tight swaddle.  He will fight it but it will work hopefully.  Good luck!
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  • rockonbeurselfrockonbeurself
    Mine stopped napping too. I'm getting used to the transition!
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  • smilelarismilelari member
    How soon after the morning nap are you trying to put him down for the next nap?
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  • smilelarismilelari member

    imagelcourter24:
    Baby's that age only need a total of 12-14 hrs of sleep in a 24 hr period.

    Actually, I'm pretty sure that from 4-6 months of age the requirement is 10-12 at night plus 4-6 during the day, so anywhere from 14-18 hours per 24 hr period

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    LO #1 - Took 2 years and 2 IVFs ~ DX - severe MFI mild PCOS homozygous MTHFR (a1298c)
    LO #2 - TTC 7 months, surprise spontaneous BFP!
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