My DS is 11 weeks old and for the past week or so has been refusing daytime naps. At night he’s brilliant - I swaddle him, he goes to his crib, sleeps well, no complaints. The daytime naps are what’s driving me crazy.
Most what he can manage is 1,5-2h max awake after that he start to cooing and generally you can see that he is getting tired. Making him sleep is easy, the problem is - he can’t stay asleep. I tried everything. Different places to sleep - his crib, our bed, Moses basket,in my arms,even BabyBjorn bouncer tho I know it’s not advisable to do that. I tried to to swaddle him,I tried different blankets,try to rock him to sleep, leave alone on his bed hoping (hahah) that he will magically fall asleep on his own, nothing. He closes his eyes, all good you think and then after 5-30 minutes he’s up again. Most what he can manage is 1h and that’s already a miracle. Usually it’s just maybe 1-2 30 minute naps and the sometimes he will stay up 3-5 hours between them because he just refuses to go down and then obviously he will get even more cranky and fussy and start crying.
I don’t know what else to do to make him sleep at daytime. You can clearly see he needs it, he’s tired but can’t stay asleep. My arms and legs are falling off already from waking miles around the house trying to rock him and all that works for 20 minutes maybe.
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TheOceanClub · 04/05/2021 09:58
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