2 month old not napping

[LionsnTigersnBears]

Help!!!! My dd is 2 months today & some days doesn't nap from 10 am to 9 pm. Surely this isn't good? On days when she does nap its only briefly & only in my arms or for minutes at a time in a sling. She sleeps ok in her cot most nights (touch wood). Evenings are especially harsh as she needs to be fed to sleep & so I'm surviving on foods that can be eaten one handed, on a sofa, with one or more boobs out.

I'm out of my depth with this mothering malarky so is this normal?

I can totally sympathize. My DD didn't have daytime naps until she was 9mths old and I used to get so frustrated.
I thought all babies slept in the day DS who was 2 yrs old at the time had always napped but DD had other ideas and there were days when I felt like I was going mad.

both of mine (2.8yo and 3mo) don't seem to know when they are tired, and need strong encouragement to nap (feeding/rocking/sling)and then careful management to avoid them waking up. Once they're gone, though, they can sleep for hours and through a fair amount of noise

the key for us has been that I spot when they need to sleep, then "create" the nap opportunity, make sure they are really fast asleep and only then put them down

I am very when people have these incredible napping babies that just drop off

anyway, doesn't always work, but generally we manage 1-2 naps a day like that, varying from 1 to 2.5 hours. the effort is worth it

do you know your DD's tiredness cues? obvious ones like yawning, but general rattiness, ear pulling etc can also be indicators

My DS was exactly the same, right down to the feeding to sleep and me eating one-handed you describe! Sorry to say but it went on until he was 6 or 7 months old, for the most part, and I found it stressful. Sometimes he would drop off and sleep well in his pram or the car, but mostly he just stayed awake, and wouldn't be 'put down' for love nor money. I became obsessed with trying to get him to sleep but he was absolutely FINE without naps - never showed tiredness or grumpiness or anything, and slept well at night. I tried everything though as I was so worried.

Then one day he just suddenly started needing them - possibly tied into moving around a lot more. Now at 1 yr old, he still doesn't do the early morning/after lunch thing that other babies do, but he has a reliable 2 hours once a day.

Assuming your DD seems fine without her naps and isn't getting screamingly tired and grumpy, save yourself the endless stress and just go with the flow - it'll get better, I promise.

Oh no, that's normal. Don't be going interfering with their natural sleeping needs. It will change as she has growth spurts or particularly busy days. Just let her nap when she fancies it. It is easier than getting stressed out about it and spending hours trying to force her to sleep.

FWIW hardly ever napped. One is advanced for her age due to all the time learning that she didn't spend sleeping perhaps .

OMG Musicmaiden & Narketta 7 months! 9 Months!!!! Aargh!

Thanks everyone. Its good to know its not just me. I really thought there was something wrong with poor dd that she cannot drop off in the day. I know I could quite happily nap if she'd let me :)