7wk old napping habits

[Sunnylands27]

Hi, FTM is it 7wk old DD.
Trying to get into a rough sort of routine with bath boob bed In evenings & am also trying to get proper naps in during the day. However, DD will only have 1x nap in the afternoon and it’s extra long - 3hrs, and I have to wake her up! At night she will wake every 1-2hrs for a feed or nappy change (or both). I try to get her to have a morning nap but she’s sooo awake even with dim lights, quiet and in her sleeping bag so we generally give up. She’s the same with afternoon nap and will fight it, takes about 1hr to get her down.
My concern is that she’s not getting enough sleep! For example she woke at 5.30am & other than the odd 5 min cat nap has not stayed asleep since and it’s now 11:55am!!… is it ok for a baby so young to be avoiding sleep so much?

At 7 weeks I'd personally forget about trying to get her to nap in a cot or Moses basket, just let her sleep wherever works best, on you, in a sling or a pram, anywhere she will sleep.

Have you tried using a T-shirt that your DH (if you have one) has worn as the sheet in her crib? It should give it a reassuring smell that might help her to settle.

Thank you! I will let her nap where she falls asleep for now, if she even does. Sometimes I worry she’s overstimulated if I just let her nap anytime but I guess that mustn’t be the case as she won’t nap even on the dark, quiet.
She’s so young still I want to enjoy her but I just worry it’ll affect her development.. FTM probs
Will try and have a more chilled approach, and give the T-shirt thing a go as I know she just wants to be close and feel safe. X

It won't affect her development. It takes them a while to get used to day and night too. I would just go with it for now and try to feed/rock her to sleep if you can. But don't stress over jt.

At around that age my DS really resisted naps (and was a poor night sleeper too). I got really stressed about it, worrying he wasn't getting enough sleep, and would march round the streets for hours trying to get him to drop off in the pram. He probably started to get into a nap routine at around 3 months and it sort of happened naturally (even though he still needed to be in pram or sling). So I'd say just try to go with the flow for now.

My DS has never slept for the 'recommended' total amounts (he's 8 months now) but he seems to be doing fine developmentally :)

Thank you, I’m just going to relax about it for now. Today she napped in her pram carrycot for 30mins whilst we were out… first time EVER I was very excited! We’re currently bed sharing at night time & she will nap in the day if I do bedshare with her so I think I’ll try to do that if she wants to & if not then we’ll just carry on with our day & hopefully like you say she’ll start wanting naps when she’s a bit older.