I'm gonna lose it!!

littlebean4 · May 2013

Please tell me I am not the only one!!! What is the 45 min. intruder?!?!?! What are 30 min. short naps?!?!?! I wouldn't know bc my child doesn't even get that far! I'm ready to scream. She has never been a good napper, I've probably posted about her and what to do 15 times. She napped on me for the first 8 weeks. Then I began putting her in the RnP for naps which resulted in 30-45 min naps. Sucked but doable. For the last probably 3 weeks, she naps anywhere from 15-30 mins, usually around 20-22. It's freaking ridiculous! I've tried everything, putting her down earlier, later, in between. She currently gets rocked to sleep so I know she might not be able to put herself back to sleep once awake yet somehow she manages just fine at night, sleeps 730-5. I'm just so frustrated with rocking her for 10 mins. just so she can get up in 15 mins. over and over and over again.AHHHH

sorry had to vent

BLPL101 · May 2013

I'm right there with you. It sucks, but it's pretty normal from what I've read.

2u2wow · May 2013

i understand where you are coming from...so hard when you can't get a break!!

just a few thoughts....

are you feeding before she goes down? if not could she be hungry?

does she have a soother? i find if DS's falls out it can wake him up...maybe try getting rid of it

hate to say it but some kids just aren't nappers!

maybe she doesn't like to nap in the RNP?? DS2 was liking to be rocked to sleep and i was napping him in the bouncy chair then he wasn't napping well so i tried laying him in the crib with a blanket under him to kind of tuck around him to feel lik ehe was cuddled up. now he's rolling to his side and sometimes onto his tummy in the middle of the night so i just have him flat in the crib with nothing...seems to work fine as he likes to sleep on his side now.

do you swaddle? maybe try not swaddling cause maybe she wants to suck her hands to self soothe?

hope any of those might help!!!

good luck

jobiann · May 2013

I'm sorry you are having a bad time. I feel like my LO doesn't nap as much as he did in the first few months.

My d/c tells me she is lucky if he goes down for two 30 minute naps, one in the morning and one in the afternoon...although lately (the past few weeks) she's been putting him back in her bedroom, shutting the door (with the monitor on) and he has been sleeping longer for her, maybe 40 minutes to an hour. And she told me he sleeps longer if she puts him on his tummy. So I tried that at home when and he does sleep longer on his tummy then his back. Crazy, huh?!?

I think some kids just are not nappers. DS also soothes himself by rubbing his A&A security blanket on his face. Whenever he stirs, I just gently put his blanket near his face and he grabs it, rubs a bunch and falls back to sleep. He's never really taken a pacifier...which I'm thankful for. The A&A security blanket is perfect because it's small and very very thin so I don't worry about suffocation.

Do you use a white noise machine at all?

littlebean4 · May 2013

I do still swaddle for naps, which she screams at the second I wrap her but if she's not swaddled she wakes up the second I put her down, but I'm gonna try to wean her soon either way. Also, she doesn't take a pacifier and she's a huge hand sucker so hopefully she'll eventually soothe that way

NortyLeigh · May 2013

I am with you, only I've gotten a week of the longest nap being 510 minutes ONCE a day! Screaming by bed time because he's so tired. If you find a magic cure, please share because I've tried everything!

ETA: Should say 5 to 10

rockyrollgirl · May 2013

I had issues with my daughter on this for the longest time. She would take these little cat naps and at the end of the day she would be overtired. The screams are horrendous and she won't even nurse. I started sleep training her and now she does sleep at least 2 hours at a time. (Most days) She does have days where it is a struggle to get her to take these long naps. What worked for me was waiting to see if she would soothe herself back to sleep before I go running in to get her. A white noise machine (or even a fan) works wonders too.

MichelleEZcheck · May 2013

Aw, I'm sorry- my little guy was the same way for the longest time so I totally understand! Up until a month ago, he would only sleep for 30 minutes at a time- maybe 60 if I was lucky and it was brutal on me trying to go back to work!

Three things that we tried about the same time that I think helped us- not sure if it will work for everyone, though: 1) moved him into his crib in his own room because with him sleeping in our room, we were all keeping each other awake at night! 2) added 1/2tsp of rice cereal to his formula which has helped make him more full at feedings. We'd had our theories that he just wasn't satisfied at feedings- we'd let him eat as much as he wanted but he'd still act like he was hungry. Now he seems satisfied. 3) he has never been a very good back sleeper- always has issues with his startle reflex and arm flailings but screams if you try to swaddle him- we discovered that if he sleeps on his tummy that all stops and he gets actual deep sleep. Now he's starting to sleep for 7 or 8 hours at a time.

We also use a white noise machine and a fan in his room. He's been our colicky little guy since day one, so those first three months were really, really hard. Just non-stop screaming when he wasn't asleep and since he hardly slept, we were pretty much at our wit's end.

I hope you find something that works for you- in the meantime, hang in there- I know it seems like this will never end but I think that eventually it does start to get better.

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