I am a FTM to a 4 month old and really struggling in the daytime with naps. He sleeps ok at night usually with only one or two wake-ups, but the days have become miserable because he refuses to nap. I can spot when he’s becoming tired and try everything to get him to sleep before he melts down but it never happens.
This morning, for example, he started to yawn at around half eight and so I put him down in his pram with white noise and he started screaming inconsolably. I’ve tried his crib and the carrier so far and he’s still refusing to sleep. He has fed a lot so I know he’s not hungry. This happens every day and I’m lucky if he gets one decent nap a day. I can walk for miles with his pram and he just cries.
I feel hopeless because the days are awful - I feel so low and can’t stop crying because I must be doing something really wrong but I don’t know what. I am trying to follow an EASY structure but it’s impossible because nap time never comes. I know he’s only young but I need some sort of structure to my day or at least five minutes to put him down without him screaming. Does anyone have any advice or do I just need to wait it out and hope it improves?
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Alovelycupoftea88 · 21/07/2020 10:23
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