exhausted by 3 month old only napping in sling

[badbridesmaid]

My 3 month old has started only napping in her sling with me walking again. I thought we had moved on, as from 2 months she would take at least one short nap a day in bed. I don't know why she has gone backwards. She is coming up to a 'wonder week' so I am hoping this is a blip. We also moved house, but her night time sleep has remained good throughout, so I don't think it is the house.

I am just physically very very tired by evening, as I carry her virtually all day every day and she is on the 98th centile for weight. She usually wakes if i sit down. She wakes up if I do housework or make food. My feet are throbbing and the house is a mess. I wish DH would carry her at the weekend, but he is not on board with the sleeping in her sling. He will walk for half an hour, then come back home, and not long later she wakes up. I explain that she needs to sleep for 2 hours +, but he says that wearing her that long is not sustainable. So she gets overtired and grumpy and DH tries to entertain her as he isn't keen to put her back in the sling, and I end up taking her out for a walk again, only now she fights sleep as she is over tired and over stimulated.

I agree with DH that we really need to encourage her to sleep in bed or in her pram as i am so tired every evening, but I don't have the energy for trying this at the moment. I also don't have the energy for getting DH to carry her for longer at the weekend, as we end up having an argument when we talk about it.

I don't know whether she is just going through a blip (wonder week related?) and I just need to wait, or whether she has actually lost the ability to nap elsewhere, and I need to start working on this.

She sleeps really well at night (co sleeping, fed to sleep, but she happily sleeps on her own for 3-4 hours before I come to bed), but I am aware that the 4 month sleep regression is looming, and I feel unable to cope with anything else.

Any advice would be very appreciated. I don't want to try CC methods.

Oh, we already have a blackout blind, our flat is pretty quiet, i can't rock her to sleep as too heavy!

I don't mean to sound so moany, but I feel upset that because I am carrying her all the time she naps, I end up plonking her in her activity centre when she is awake in order to eat, shower, do the laundry, and not interacting with her.

[badbridesmaid]

Sorry, should have said that if I try feedim her to sleep in bed in day, she cries hysterical ly and won't feed or flee.

[Tipsykisses]

Hi bb , sorry you are having a rough time of things at the moment
Have you thought about one of those swinging chairs ?
My dd was settled by movement also but I had SPD & disc prolapse so I couldn't carry her all the time when she got heavier .
When we got the chair it was like a miracle ! X

[badbridesmaid]

Hi, we had a swinging chair that she liked sitting in, but she wouldn't sleep in it, and she has just outgrown it. We did have a hammock which she slept in for a while, but only with me constantly jiggling it- it was more tiring than walking! I will try the pram with a sitting up seat next, she didn't sleep well in the carry cot, but maybe she would prefer being up right and strapped in?

[Hedgehogging]

Mine likes the buggy if she can be sitting up and looking out initially. We go for a nice long walk, she falls asleep eventually and I lay the buggy seat down flat. She's 4 months but have been doing this for several weeks.

I can now put her in there on rainy days or when I need to get a bit done at home and wheel her around the house till she falls asleep. Then I have 30 mins or so to zip around the house like a blue-arsed fly and get as much as possible done!