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I think I'm just going to let him stay awake all day.

ChelseyB5186ChelseyB5186 member
in April 2012 Moms

I don't know what's worse, not continuing to force him to nap when he's tired, or him screaming his lungs out every time we try to put him down.  I know he's tired, about an hour and a half after he wakes up, eats, and plays, he starts getting fussy, and then before you know it, he's rubbing his eyes and yawning.  I try to get him swaddled and start to put him down before he gets to the point where I've missed that window.  However, he screams bloody murder for at least 10 minutes when we try and get him to sleep.  I can't help but feel that him being so upset all the time from being put down to nap is worse than just letting him be tired and not nap throughout the day.  Only problem is, that means he's just going to get all of his naps at my boob.  I've tried carrying him to the swing after he's passed out at the boob, but when he's unswaddled like that, he just wakes up after 5 minutes.  Ugh, I don't know what to do with this kiddo, I just want him to be well-rested, but trying to achieve that makes him so upset :/

ETA: Other than the fighting sleep, he's a very happy baby.  This is the only time he really cries and gets upset.

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  • imimahoneyimimahoney

    Ari screams bloody murder when we put him down. He is fine until he gets swaddled and then all hell breaks loose. It usually only lasts for 5 minutes though and then he is out. I think H and I have just gotten used to it. 

    Have you tried putting him down before the eye rubbing and yawning occurs? I read that yawning is usually the last sleep sign before the fussiness begins.  

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  • ChelseyB5186ChelseyB5186 member
    imageimimahoney:

    Ari screams bloody murder when we put him down. He is fine until he gets swaddled and then all hell breaks loose. It usually only lasts for 5 minutes though and then he is out. I think H and I have just gotten used to it. 

    Have you tried putting him down before the eye rubbing and yawning occurs? I read that yawning is usually the last sleep sign before the fussiness begins.  

    Yeah, I've been trying to do that, but I feel like it happens so soon, like an hour or less after he wakes up from a 30 minute nap!  I notice that he gets frustrated and vocal during activity, and fussy...that's right before the yawning happens.  That's when I try to swaddle him and get him down.   

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  • imimahoneyimimahoney
    Sometimes Ari is fussy after 45 minutes and then sometimes its an hour and a half. I noticed later in the day he gets fussy earlier than in the morning. 
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  • Ladybug32110Ladybug32110 member
    D is also only awake 45-90 minutes between naps. I think that's fairly common at this age so maybe you could try getting him ready to be put down at the 45 min mark... 
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  • metuckermetucker member
    We were working on a nap for 3 hours yesterday. I feel your pain. 
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  • ChelseyB5186ChelseyB5186 member

    imageLadybug32110:
    D is also only awake 45-90 minutes between naps. I think that's fairly common at this age so maybe you could try getting him ready to be put down at the 45 min mark... 

    I feel bad. Like, I'm always putting this baby to sleep when he doesn't want to, and every hour LOL.   I'm going to try it though, I know he'll still fight it, but hopefully not as hard.

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  • ChelseyB5186ChelseyB5186 member

    imagemetucker:
    We were working on a nap for 3 hours yesterday. I feel your pain. 

    Aww, I feel like you and I have the same baby LOL.  We're having all sorts of issues!   

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  • cbiewercbiewer member

     

    This made me feel better. Peyton still wants to be held to nap for the most part. Now if only I could figure out why he is screaming at the boob lately. He is on reflux medicine. I think it is time to refigure the dosage.  

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  • WildcatPrincessWildcatPrincess member

    If he's only taking 30 min naps he's probably not getting enough rest and does need to go down 45 mins to an hour later. Does he seem rested when he wakes up? You might have better success trying to get him back to sleep when he wakes after those 30 mins and see if you can extend the nap.

    Also you can try nursing him swaddled and then transfer to the swing. If DS has been awake awhile I always swaddle before nursing in case he falls asleep, otherwise I can't put him down.

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  • ChelseyB5186ChelseyB5186 member
    imageWildcatPrincess:

    If he's only taking 30 min naps he's probably not getting enough rest and does need to go down 45 mins to an hour later. Does he seem rested when he wakes up? You might have better success trying to get him back to sleep when he wakes after those 30 mins and see if you can extend the nap.

    Also you can try nursing him swaddled and then transfer to the swing. If DS has been awake awhile I always swaddle before nursing in case he falls asleep, otherwise I can't put him down.

    He can't transition through sleep cycles during the day (at night he has less of a problem)- and his sleep cycles are exactly 30 mins on the dot.  We try to soothe him back to sleep when he wakes up, but he fights us again and it seems like we're not going to have any luck keeping him down.  I'm not sure if I would consider him rested, but he's happy to see us when we come in.  Then again, he just gets grumpy not that much later, so who knows. I've tried nursing him and then putting him in the swing, but sometimes I guess I don't burp him well enough (maybe I'm afraid I'm going to wake him) and he wakes up upset, and when I pick him up, he burps...but then it's hard to get him back to sleep again.

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  • DevonPowDevonPow member
    Try keeping him swaddled in the swing. I get DS2 down for his nap while swaddled in his miracle blanket, but with legs out. I either nurse or rock him and then pop him in the seng. Since his legs aren't swaddled I can strap him on, but his arms being swaddled helps him stay asleep (most of the time - today was a bad nap day!)
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  • ChelseyB5186ChelseyB5186 member

    imageDevonPow:
    Try keeping him swaddled in the swing. I get DS2 down for his nap while swaddled in his miracle blanket, but with legs out. I either nurse or rock him and then pop him in the seng. Since his legs aren't swaddled I can strap him on, but his arms being swaddled helps him stay asleep (most of the time - today was a bad nap day!)

    Oh we do keep him swaddled in the swing.  Otherwise, he tries to eat his hands and smacks himself in the face too much.

    Also, if he is going down for a nap every hour or so, and I'm nursing him while swaddled (so I can put him in the swing after I nurse him), it feels like this kid is going to be swaddled all day, ya know?  I kind of feel bad doing that to him...

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