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Fights sleep

beanie1977beanie1977 member
in October 2015 Moms
I try to get my LO to start the nap routine when I see his eyes droopy or he yawns. Plus it's usually been long enough that I know he should be ready.

But he FIGHTS a nap. He pushes off of me, shakes his head back and forth, tries to escape the swaddle, cries, etc. I know (or at least think I know) he is tired but he seems to refuse to sleep.

It takes fairly vigorous rocking and loud shushing to get him calm and then it usually takes 2-3 tries to get him down. I will put him down and he instantly wakes and then we are back to rocking and shushing. If he is still awake after 3 tries I give up and we go back to the living room to play.

Anyone else have a fighter? What's your solution?
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Re: Fights sleep

  • jasminelukejasmineluke member
    Same deal here ... Posted about this a couple days ago.
    Basically from what I read and gathered - just try to get her down in any way you can to prevent him from getting overtired. It seems that being overtired can cause this. Some people suggesting using pacifiers, swaddling, swings, rocking, etc.
    what works for me is to rock LO in the glider and allow her some time to settle down from crying and kicking around. Once she has calmed down I am able this swaddle her (without her trying to break free) and then I put her down immediately into the Rock and play where she naps and sleeps at night... Trying to practice drowsy but awake. It often takes 2-3 tries as you said before she actually goes down. She often wakes up at 45 mins mark which I let her do so unless it's her long midday nap (usually 2-3 hours) in which case I repeat the whole process when she wakes up and put her back down for another 1-2 hours.
    How old is your baby? My LO is 3 months this weekend (13 weeks). Maybe it's an age thing /developmental milestone /growth spurt thing. I sure hope she grows out of it!!!
    She does it at bedtime and also MOTN feedings :/
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  • momma2charmomma2char member
    edited December 2015
    I agree with PP.. My girl will do the same thing when she's overtired. It's so difficult to get her to sleep for naptime- She has a meltdown and tries to escape her swaddle every time she's overtired. Sometimes I feel like I was catching her when she began to get sleepy but I actually caught those signs later than I should have and it makes it extremely hard to get her down :( I've started going by the clock now instead of looking for signs of her being tired and it's working much better! I won't let her NOT have the nap though if she's fussing.. I usually will rock her to sleep swaddled with white noise and her twilight ladybug shining stars on the ceiling with her screaming until she settles down (sometimes it takes 5 minutes of screaming and kicking until she's done). When she sees the stars on the ceiling I put her down when she's drowsy but awake and she will fall asleep on her own. I found this week she has had a growth spurt though which has made napping MUCH worse.. it took me 30 minutes to get her to sleep only to have her nap for 15-40min max and had to repeat this all day for a few days!!
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  • jasminelukejasmineluke member
    Good to know its not just me.
    I keep looking for signs and often try at difference times as well to hit the right window ... All of which doesn't work too well one way or the other.
    Just trying to hold tight and pray it's just a phase . Has been 2 weeks or so of this already!
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