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Napping Question

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Forgive me if this has been discussed, I can't search from my phone.... My baby is sleeping decently through the night but day time naps are horrendous! She fights to break out of being swaddled, but if I leave her arms out she startles herself awake. Although she sleeps in her crib fine at night, she will only tolerate 10-15 minutes at a time in it during the day. She'll sleep in my arms, in the car seat while we're out, but that's it! She's clearly still tired when she wakes and cries bc if I go in and hold her, or reswaddle and give a pacifier she goes back to sleep, but only for another few minutes before she's crying again and I have to go back in. Any tips on how to help her relax and stay a sleep longer on her own during the day?
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  • AshleyM0125AshleyM0125 member
    No tips, but dealing with this too!

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  • prhernandez09prhernandez09 member
    What! It sounds like something i was about to post, my son is the same way. I dont know what to do, maybe they just want to be up more
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  • Robin910Robin910 member
    Ugh, same situation here too.
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  • CassHanson24CassHanson24 member
    I would recommend the book "your sleepless baby; the rescue guide". I am still in the process of reading it and trying the suggestions out. But it is a really good book. I got the kindle app on my phone and bought it on amazon for 10 dollars!
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  • Lalala2326Lalala2326 member
    Sounds like she's having a hard time transitioning from light sleep to deeper sleep during the day.  A lot of babies do better when they have motion in order to do this - likely why she is sleeping better in the car or your arms. Have you tried a vibrating bouncer, swing, etc...? If you are not wanting to do that then you would probably do better to make sure to hold your baby till they are in that deeper stage of sleep - meaning asleep enough that you can lift their arm and not have them flinch. Often takes about 20 min or so, but your baby is likely going to rouse themselves around the 45 min mark if they are lying still on the crib till they get better at transitioning between sleep phases on their own. I absolutely will never recommend any sort of cry it out at this age. Babies this little are just incapable of understanding what's going on or that you are ever coming back and often haven't developed those self soothing skills yet. It'll get better as your little one gets older but for now, again, in my opinion either some sort of motion for naps or holding till she's gone into that deeper sleep are likely your best bets. Be thankful your little one sleeps great at night. My first did neither well at this age. 
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  • SonadoraSonadora member
    I seriously swear by the Love to Dream Swaddle. My LO hates being swaddled, wants his hands by his face, but still startles awake. This swaddle sack thing stops the startle reflex and gets his arms by his face. I also swear by recreating night time conditions for napping as much as possible. So swaddle sack, darkened shades in the room, a snack to top him off if it isn't a meal time, etc.
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  • visualcircusvisualcircus member
    What works for me is I will wear the baby in his carrier and do walking, chores until he falls and stays asleep for 30 minutes, then move him to his napping spot. A long car ride from doing errands does the same thing. He'll be asleep for 2 hours after this routine. His room has a box fan and the shades are darkened, and I don't swaddle during the daytime. 

    Other than that he fights sleep all the time for naps. Sometimes a pacifier works but really the moving motion puts him into to a better sleep. Keep trying to see what works for your LO... this is the first week I've been able to get him down for naps consistently and he's 5 weeks old. 
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  • Mwendt615Mwendt615 member
    My LO is 2 months old and doesn't really have a nap schedule of any kind. Is this bad? If so, how did you ladies start your baby on some form of nap schedule? I use the term schedule loosely but you get what I mean. My LO will randomly fall asleep in his swing or if I'm holding him but that is about it. If I'm holding him when he falls a sleep then I always try to put him down in his pack and play for a nap. Usually works but doesn't last long. Thanks for your help everyone!
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  • ElleMF728ElleMF728 member
    Lalala2326 said:

    Sounds like she's having a hard time transitioning from light sleep to deeper sleep during the day.  A lot of babies do better when they have motion in order to do this - likely why she is sleeping better in the car or your arms. Have you tried a vibrating bouncer, swing, etc...? If you are not wanting to do that then you would probably do better to make sure to hold your baby till they are in that deeper stage of sleep - meaning asleep enough that you can lift their arm and not have them flinch. Often takes about 20 min or so, but your baby is likely going to rouse themselves around the 45 min mark if they are lying still on the crib till they get better at transitioning between sleep phases on their own. I absolutely will never recommend any sort of cry it out at this age. Babies this little are just incapable of understanding what's going on or that you are ever coming back and often haven't developed those self soothing skills yet. It'll get better as your little one gets older but for now, again, in my opinion either some sort of motion for naps or holding till she's gone into that deeper sleep are likely your best bets. Be thankful your little one sleeps great at night. My first did neither well at this age. 

    This x 100!!! I read so many articles about this with my first who wad a cat mapper due to trouble with transitioning. There really isn't a whole lot you can do except use swings or carriers to help, they just need time to mature enough to grow out of it unfortunately.
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  • danilegsdanilegs member
    My 11 week old does this exact thing! We have tried all sorts of things and at the end of the day I would rather resort to holding or wearing vs. have her get overtired. I just fear what happens next week when she goes to daycare. I'm afraid they will hate me for not getting her to nap in the crib since that is the only way they let infants nap! Let's just hope that for what I pay them, they train her to do it.
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  • roonarpia+1roonarpia+1 member
    edited October 2015
    All 5 of my kids were like this!  Cat nappers I called them...it is so stressful but gets better around age 1 (at least for my kids)
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  • Knottie1459358632Knottie1459358632 member
    My buddy is the same way. He's 15 weeks and for a month+ now we can't make it past 30-45 min for naps. If I pick him up from his crib and lay down with him he'll sleep for 2 hours! I'm trying to create good habits and not have him rely on being nursed or rocked to sleep, but then I end up doing just that because he gets so over tired.
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  • LabPupLuvLabPupLuv member
    The swing works great for us right now! I don't know what we would do without it.
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