My DD is 17 weeks and since she was a few weeks old has not slept more than an average of 12 hours in a day. I keep seeing how babies her age need at least 14-15 hours but I can't even get close.
She is ok at night. She's in bed from around 7.30-6 and it's a bit variable but usually she wakes for around 3 feeds on average. She usually resettles ok (for the first half of the night anyway, she starts to get restless around 4am) and has recently started to sleep for a longer initial stretch - had 5 hours the other day, praise be!
The main problem is naps. She's always resisted sleep during the day, since a few weeks old. Her wake windows seem to just be long, and when she does go to sleep her naps are rarely more than 40 minutes. I often spend longer getting her to sleep than she actually spends sleeping. She seems to hate napping and cries every time I try to get her to take one. She usually naps in a rocker bed. She doesn't really like the sling anymore (I think because she knows it means sleep) and even doesn't sleep in the pram or the car.
She's very smiley and seems to be generally hitting milestones. Is it a problem that she doesn't sleep 'enough' or just the way she is? Did anyone else have a non-sleeping baby?
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MissHoney85 · 19/04/2021 09:40
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