Hi all
My baby is 9 weeks old and I’m having a terrible time trying to get him to nap of a day.
He is a brilliant sleeper of a night. He goes down at 10pm and feeds around 3 and 6 then goes back to bed until 7 or 8am.
Of a day it’s a different story. He refuses to nap unless I am holding him or if we are out in thw pram.
He is a very light sleeper and he wakes himself up twitching most of the time. I put him in a sleeping bag which he loves of a night but doesn’t make a difference of a day. I have tried getting him to sleep and only putting him down when he’s in a deep sleep, recreating nighttime conditions (dark quiet room playing white noise), putting him in his next to me and laying next to him etc.
I’m currently resorting to putting him in his pram and rocking it at the first sign of movement ...I now get a 30 min nap out of him. The only thing is he now SCREAMS and fights his sleep when I try get him down for a nap. His crying lasts around 10 mins for me but sometimes doesn’t stop for my bf. He only goes down without a fight after his bottle and without fail wakes up 30 mins later. He will laugh and play for around an hour then start getting tired and thats when the screaming match starts. I’ve tried getting him straight back to sleep once he wakes from his nap but he wakes up completely wide awake so have to wait for his next cue.
Any ideas or just keep going?
My baby is 9 weeks old and I’m having a terrible time trying to get him to nap of a day.
He is a brilliant sleeper of a night. He goes down at 10pm and feeds around 3 and 6 then goes back to bed until 7 or 8am.
Of a day it’s a different story. He refuses to nap unless I am holding him or if we are out in thw pram.
He is a very light sleeper and he wakes himself up twitching most of the time. I put him in a sleeping bag which he loves of a night but doesn’t make a difference of a day. I have tried getting him to sleep and only putting him down when he’s in a deep sleep, recreating nighttime conditions (dark quiet room playing white noise), putting him in his next to me and laying next to him etc.
I’m currently resorting to putting him in his pram and rocking it at the first sign of movement ...I now get a 30 min nap out of him. The only thing is he now SCREAMS and fights his sleep when I try get him down for a nap. His crying lasts around 10 mins for me but sometimes doesn’t stop for my bf. He only goes down without a fight after his bottle and without fail wakes up 30 mins later. He will laugh and play for around an hour then start getting tired and thats when the screaming match starts. I’ve tried getting him straight back to sleep once he wakes from his nap but he wakes up completely wide awake so have to wait for his next cue.
Any ideas or just keep going?