8 week old and sleep/naps

[Margo34]

How long and often (roughly) should baby nap during the day?

And if baby can't nap anywhere but being held, does it get better? When? How?

How do you get baby to nap whilst not being held or nursed to sleep?

Yes they do definitely learn to sleep not just on you

Some things that you can try are:

Warming up the Moses basket before you put them down.

Using a T-shirt that DH (if you have one) has worn as the sheet in the Moses basket so that it smells of him.

And if all else fails, get some snacks and drinks, your phone for MN and your favourite box sets and put your feet up

A sling can be useful too if you feel like you need to do anything.

I tried so hard to get me daughter into a routine, but she only really got into one at around 5 months.
I wore a sling a lot for naps during the day, and did a combination of co sleeping and next to me for the first 5 months.
My daughter wanted to be held a lot less at around 4/5 months old.
At 6 months old she went into her own room for night and her naps and somehow slept so much better. Was amazing as I got my evenings back.
It will get better with time.

Baby sleeps fine at night in next2me, for 3-4hr stints at a time without fuss.

It's just day time naps. Baby resists. We use the bassinet for day naps downstairs. I've tried warming the bassinet, using a t-shirt, etc etc.
I've tried taking baby out for walk in bassinet to get baby to sleep and still baby fights sleep even then. Baby isn't hot or cold or hungry or wet or poopy or windy or tickled by clothing labels. Baby has even started fighting sleep in the sling and bouncer chair and anywhere else.

My DH has given me snacks.....on the table across the room. I'm looking at them. I can't reach them. If I move baby will wake up and fight sleep again even if its after 10m or 30m or any amount of time. Im fed up of watching boxsets. I am fed up of the judgement and comments from DH and FM and DMIL of making a rod for my own back. There's no rod here, I don't want to be pinned under baby 80% of the day. But I am because baby needs to nap and this is literally the only way.

So....help. How do I help baby nap somewhere that isn't on me? How long should baby nap for? How often?

Help before I boil my head.

I'd really ignore the comments.

If you are really struggling, the No Cry Nap Solution might help

Some babies are cat nappers (little and often), some will sleep longer chunks. No-one can tell you exactly how long they will nap for due to this. At 8 weeks they nap quite a bit. If you Google it, there is a chart that shows you the recommendations each age should have each day.

My DS would only sleep on me. It's tough going. I found movement helped - sling so you can do other things, pushchair / sling and go for walk, ride in car, using pushchair in house. You just need to experiment a bit to see what works for you and what you are happy with.

Try and let go of the idea that you will be able to out baby down for a 2 hour nap whilst you do something else as you'll only be disappointed and frustrated when it doesn't happen.