We have a lovely little girl who is four now but when she was a baby she drove us INSANE with her refusal to take naps longer than about 15 minutes. She used to pull her eyelashes to keep herself awake and her childminder was also completely frazzled.
As you can imagine, she was a grumpy, unhappy, sleep deprived child and remained so until she grew out of the need for naps. Even now she wakes up at about 5.30am.
Her lack of daytime sleep contributed a great deal to my feeling depressed over a long period.
We now have a second daughter who is 7 weeks old. She also takes only short naps, but I don't know whether this is simply what 7 week old babies do. Unlike her older sister, she likes the dummy, so at least has a way to self-soothe. She does, however, spit the dummy out and wake herself up, which is a large part of the reason for her short naps.
Please reassure me this is wha 7 week old babies do? When do they get into a better napping routine?
I feel despondent at the thought of going through the same thing again
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alison56 · 05/08/2009 18:47
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